Kintsugi 金継ぎ - The Japanese art of mending broken pottery by filling the damaged areas with lacquer.
This is the story and inspiration behind Matt Jaffe (Twitter: @MattJaffeMusic) and the new album ‘Kintsugi’.
In January 2019 Matt unfortunately suffered a seizure onstage, landing on and wrecking his acoustic guitar that he had owned for 12 years. After approaching several luthiers to try and have the guitar repaired, Matt had almost given up hope. That was until Schoenberg Guitars (SF) took on the job and provided Matt with a superb result, filling in the space between the shards of wood with a caramel-coloured epoxy.
As several of Matt’s friends noted the similarity between the repaired guitar and Kintsugi, and also after the surgical reconstruction of his skull following a 2015 craniotomy, Matt decided that he had the perfect name for his album.
Just as a Phoenix will rise from the ashes once more, Kintsugi is a story of destruction and rebirth which Matt has found through his new music.
Matt is a talented singer and songwriter from San Francisco and I had the pleasure of listening to Kintsugi today. Featuring tracks such as ‘Cut Me Down the Middle’ and my personal favourite ‘Voodoo Doll’, the album portrays his story perfectly.
Being a fan of artists such as Bowie, Neil Young and E.L.O, I found the listening experience of ‘Kintsugi’ an absolute pleasure and have added it to my own personal playlist!
However Matt is truly unique and tells a story that everybody needs to hear, which is so beautifully and perfectly reflected in his music.
I highly recommend checking out the album on Spotify HERE
If you want to keep up with what Matt is doing, you can follow him on Twitter HERE
Review by Anthony Hurney (Twitter HERE)
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