Like obvious influence Stevie Wonder, he makes disturbing words sound joyous…Goss has an absurdly funky new sound.” - Dave Simpson, The Guardian

“Strong enough to compete at a high level” - Music Week

“The best record of my life: it never fitted me better.” - Matt Goss on his new album.

Following the Top 20 success of his comeback single, ‘I’m Comin’ With Ya’, at the end of last year, Matt Goss releases his new album on June 21. Both a tribute to his fans and an introduction to a new incarnation of the former global pop sensation, its simple melodies, lyrical introspection and astute observations constitute a stunning return to form for one of the UK’s most soulful voices.

Matt has spent much of this year recording the new album, which he describes simple as “a diary of the last ten years”. The 11-track album highlights Matt's natural talent for understated, beautiful songwriting.  Subjects range from a moving  tribute to his sister, ‘Carolyn’, to his post-Bros depression (‘Watch Me Fall’), life in LA (‘Perfect Girl’) and being in love (‘Best Part Of Me’).

Two of Matt’s personal highlights are ‘Fever’ and the title track ‘Face The Wind’: the former is a “dark tale about a feeling of vacuousness in New York…knowing I had to get through everything at the time to survive”; whilst Face the Wind is “me looking down from Heaven at the woman I love, but not being able to touch or hold her.”

The final track ‘Goodbye’ is a classic, showcasing Matt’s vocal range with a huge chorus. “I used to use it to warm up my own voice,” says Matt, “but then people who heard it said I had to put it on the record. It’s the perfect track to end the album.”

Matt decided to return to the scene after a period of self-reflection, introspection and evolution took him out of the limelight for the better part of six years. As well as penning tracks for other artists during this period, he adds: “I spent my time setting up a great recording studio, completing contractual commitments under my publishing deal with Warner Chappell, painting, and focusing on my future in the industry.”

However, it was a standing ovation after a performance at Carnegie Hall in New York that rekindled Matt’s need to perform: “The fear went,” he says, “overnight it just went. After years of writing for other people, I had to get back on stage myself.”