Matt of Matts finds strange joy in separation on latest release “Matching Horses”

Matt of Matts turns the aftermath of a marriage into something strangely ceremonial, with a wonderfully uneasy sense of motion in “Matching Horses.” The song is built on unstable synthpop textures and a danceable pulse, finding energy in emotional contradiction grief and release moving together. What makes it powerful is that it doesn't sugarcoat the ending. “Matching Horses” frames divorce as its own initiatory wedding, a point where one life closes and another begins.