Matt Thiessen, the frontman of punk-rock band Relient K, is releasing his first solo album, Wind Up Bird, under the moniker Matthew Thiessen and the Earthquakes on August 31st.
You can listen to the mesmerizing first single from the album, “Man of Stone,” on Spotify now.
Thiessen has used the Earthquakes moniker in the past to release a handful of piano-driven solo songs that appeared on different compilation albums, including original tracks “The Calendar, The Energy (If This Is You Then Woe Is Me)” and “Poison Ivy,” a cover of the Beach Boys song “The Warmth of the Sun,” and a demo of the song “Faking My Own Suicide,” which later appeared on Relient K’s fifth studio album Five Score and Seven Years Ago.
Check out the tracklist for Wind Up Bird below.
1. Dude
2. Man of Stone
3. Forest
4. Oedipus
5. Climb
6. Mother’s Triumph
7. Higher Power
8. Clean Sweep
9. I’m Gonna Cry
10. Wind Up Bird
11. Daydream
If you want to hear those Earthquakes songs live, you can check out Matty T and band on Owl City’s North American fall tour.
