Matt Costa，男，生于1982年6月16日，长于加州，原创型歌手，有着葡萄牙血统。2008年圣诞节前夕，Matt Costa完婚。

Matt Costa，在12岁的时候获赠生平第一把吉他；不过很快的，另一项更刺激的活动吸引了他--滑板。虽然比一般滑板选手还晚接触这项运动，但是加倍勤练的Matt Costa迅速展现了过人的天赋和技巧，甚至差一点点就转为职业选手。不过三年前练习时的一场严重意外让Matt Costa摔断了腿，不仅得花18个月治疗和复健，也从此改变了他的命运。在那一段人生中的低潮时光，他重拾吉他投入全副精力练习弹奏和创作，并开始用简单的录音器材灌录自己的唱作。

Matt Costa有一副天生的好嗓子，清冽明亮，也许是在加州长大的缘故，他的歌声阳光明媚，没有任何阴郁与颓废，即便是“Cold December”这样看起来冷冷的歌，在有如寒风一般的吉他声刮过之后，留在在你耳边的还是暖暖的阳光。

这是一张可以从头到尾微笑着听完的专辑，Matt Costa很善于在配器和演唱的细节处营造一些小趣味，象标题歌“Songs We Sing”开头和过场俏皮的口琴，“Sweet Rose”里的小颤音、“Whiskey And Wine”里那声“Oh！”，小小的精致的幽默感恰到好处又不会有卖弄的感觉，让你听着听着不时嘴角就会泛起一丝微笑。

Matt Costa的作品旋律极为清新明快，整张专辑里隐隐约约闪现着乡村音乐、摇滚乐、爵士乐、古典音乐以及60年代流行乐的味道，充满了信手拈来自成一派的妙趣，专注的嗓音加上娴熟的吉他弹奏，眼前不禁就会浮现出一个青葱少年的形象，后来上网一搜他的照片，还真就是一副校园歌手的模样，可见乐由心声还真是有这么回事。

“Whiskey And Wine”属于听过一耳就忍不住要翻来覆去听的曲子，老派的爵士曲风在Matt Costa妙手调教下，变得如此灵动妙趣，即兴重复的片段韵味十足；“Oh Dear”、“Desire's Only Fling”应是向老式英伦摇滚致敬之作，而“Behind The Moon”则是带有踢踏舞曲节拍的怀旧小品；“Sweet Rose”则又是一幅加州乡村风光，轻松、跳跃的甜蜜玫瑰；“Sunshine”，开唱前用来替代架子鼓鼓槌敲击声的“1、2、3”加上那句“sha la la”，越听越象是校园歌手，污浊的唱片工业总算有点清新空气了；压轴的“Wash Away”是专辑里我非常喜爱的一首，诗一般的歌词配上Matt Costa深情的吟唱，Matt Costa的才气真是让人妒忌.

专辑

2010 9月21日 Mobile Chateau

2008 Unfamiliar Faces

2006 Songs We Sing

EP专辑

2003: Matt Costa EP

2005: The Elasmosaurus EP

单曲

1. Mr. Pitiful

2. Lilacs

3. Never Looking Back

4. Emergency Call

5. Vienna

6. Unfamiliar Faces

7. Cigarette Eyes

8. Downfall

9. Trying To Lose My Mind

10. Bound

11. Heart Of Stone

12. Miss Magnolia

01. Yellow Taxi

02. Astair

03. Oh Dear

04. Cold December

05. Desire's Only Fling

06. Sweet Rose

07. Songs We Sing

08. Sunshine

09. Whiskey And Wine

10. Shimmering Fields

11. Behind The Moon

12. Wash Away

oh mr. pit

oh mr. pit

mr. pitiful

who let you down?

who let you down?

who let you down?

you still don't believe

you don't believe

you don't believe

that greed's for a show

your soap box unfolds

but, please come down from that cloud

you see at all i don't expect you to admit that you were wrong

just wanna know how you've been

don't make me feel bad that we're still friends

started it all over in my bed

i hope that you see through your picket

i hope that you see through your big yard and white picket fence

to make amends, to still be friends, to still be my friend

so where did you go?

where did you go?

where did you go?

while i was out

while i was out

while i was out

well i don't believe

i don't believe

i don't believe

everything was seen

and if you don't like the movie then quit at me

but, please come down from that cloud

you see at all i don't expect you to admit that you were wrong

just wanna know how you've been

don?t make me feel bad that we're still friends

started it all over in my bed

i hope that you see through your picket

i hope that you see through your big yard and white picket fence

to make amends, still be friends, still be friends,

to still be my friend, still be my friend, still be my friend

you were right i was up all night

thinking about you

dreamed i choked on your kaleidoscope

now you still look deadly

my fatal flower how the tigers all laughed

as i ran along the well worn paths

sapphire eye looks down on my lilacs

down on my lilacs, down on my lilacs

down on me, down on me, down on

insincere as we rolled for years

in turning barrels

i washed my hands in the lake

as you blew it all away with roman candles

so take your fever let me wallow alone

the callus on your eyes have grown

sapphire eye looks down on my lilacs

down on my lilacs, down on my lilacs

down on me, down on me, down on

and your faults have me stoned

paying rent to your ghost

torn up by a frightened little girl

i thought that you were right

so i was up all night thinking about you

i thought that you were right, you were right

you were right, you were right

you were right and i was up all night thinking

about you

and i couldn't speak, covered with bees you flew

above me

figured it all out, i think you've had enough time

i've had long enough to change my mind

burnt trees on a snowy pass

all my friends are far behind

i'm stuck with you tonight

but i'd be better alone

so come on wheels take me far away

where i don't have debts to pay

i can't count on yesterday to find the way home

i know it happens all the time

but they don't have my back

so i'm never looking back

plumes of smoke rise high above

burned bridges lost in luck

i guess it's lost in luck

i guess it's all because

they're found on the fault

on sandy ground

foundations can't be found

and all the stones of change were thrown in my face

i know it happens all the time

i heard them talk behind my back

so i'm never looking back

never looking back

暂无

vienna can you hear me lazing on the afternoon?

cathedral bells are ringing a sound

winter can't ignore her

spring'll bring her back with blossoms

summer bring her back to me now

bring her back to me

shoulder to shoulder, be back in a month i told her

wishing wells i wish her with me

vienna vas machs du

i'm running though the streets of zurich

calling all the trains in europe to bring her to me

anything i got to do now

anything i got to do to be...

back with happy mondays

sleeping in on sundays

just bring her to me bring her to me

all of your truths masquerade around on hallow's eve

so i'll never know what you show to unfamiliar faces

this is the voice that's scared to hear those names

this is the void we'll leave a hole in space

i'll take it kindly if you'd blind me

holding inside the thoughts i have inquisitively wondering

i'll never know what you show to unfamiliar faces

but this is the voice that's scared to hear those names

this is the void we'll leave a hole in space

i'll never know what you show to unfamiliar faces

unfamiliar faces……

i've heard the story

i'm sure he held you down

forced you to do things while i'm not around

but you lies, you lied

but i've got cigarette eyes

feel uneasy i think of you less

my mind is so restless and i'm feeling depressed

oh my, oh my to see you with that spy

you lie, but i know cause i've got cigarette eyes

out in the country i'm sure no one could tell

you held a victim under your spell

so go hide, go hide

but i've got cigarette eyes

i feel uneasy, i think of you less

my mind is so restless and i'm feeling obsessed

oh my, oh my

to see you with that spy

you lied

but i know cause i've got cigarette eyes

so you've got yourself a bright young girl

one who lies with you in bed

when she tells you that she likes the weather

don't believe a word she says no more

if i wait long enough, someone might come out

if i tried i could meet somebody else,

so i'll fol false prophets walking down my street

to keep keep me busy so soundly i'll sleep,

but it's all in the downfall of me

all in the downfall

don't bury my feet so i can run

i'll be your mother and else,

well i walked your steps and held my breath

until your words reached the end

then i lie with a poets face first in the street

when the world casts each shadow i became a she

but it's all in the downfall of me

all in the downfall

so i'll follow false prophets walking down my street

to keep keep me busy so soundly i'll sleep

so i'll lie with a poets face-first in these streets

when the world casts it's shadow i became a she

but it's all in the downfall

it's all in the downfall,

it's all in the downfall of me

all in the downfall

Trying To Lose My Mind

i talk with my friend over the phone,

i'm scared to say things i don't know and be wrong,

and words always sound much better coming out of someone else

but put it in a song and know that we can get along

i'm trying to lose, lose my mind

when it's gone i'll tell you where it went

about the extent of it's stay

strum a few chords and use my voice

and make this song with the hopes that you'd play along, along

-whistling-

and look at the ones before me

some say i waste my time

but normal life seems so boring,

so trying to lose my mind

well i met a girl,

she didnt like my song

she told me that old songs are better

she played me her favorite records

this is how i repayed her

i said it's okay to some but i hope that you can sing alone alone

and look at the ones before me

some say i waste my time

but normal life seems so boring so im trying to lose my mind

behind the mountains where the cuckoo sings

they tried to mine a miner for his golden veins

but a guy gets lonely and a guy gets sick

evil woman you're bound to make a mess of it

your bound^^

she laid me down in her golden sheets

lord save me, lord i was knee deep

well a hundred soldiers and a thousand men

couldn't drag me down but i'm back on my knees again

cause bound londle bound……

wanna leave, wanna go

that woman is a devil yes i know

but i know more than you think i do

you got a hole in your face where i can see through you

well holy me, you've got devils in your sleeves

with the bull in your court you're bound

to make a mess of me

wanna leave, wanna go

that woman is a devil yes i know

i must confess this blood in my chest

i've made a great mistake so cruel

one, two, three there's an owl on me

i'm searching for the way it used to be

why dont you give yourself to me,i

i've got a deal for you

but ph yes i've a lot to confess,

drowning far away from home

tied to a heart of stone

darling my days are so bleak

pretending that you're still alive,

lonely nights, this mariner cries

he's drowning in desperate tides, because

this solitary mindset has left me cursed in fame

but oh death i woudl give my last breath

drowning far away from home

my sinking heart of stone

oh death can i breathe my last breath

yes yes i'd like to confess

because this solitary mindset has left me cursed with fate

but oh death

can't breathe my last breath

drowning far away from home

stuck with my heart of stone

well miss magnolia

you just can't keep, keep me to yourself

you know i've been here way to long

you had me working all day long

no i'm not cut out and i won't be found to make a man for you,

no, no

la na na na

la na na na ……

(continues for a total of 11 times)

well if you see her, make sure you tell, tell her that i'm gone

to find a land beyond where i'll be free

the riverboat and me

a rolling stone, but by and by i'll find me home

la na na na

la na na na

(total of 6 times)

i wrote a letter in the mail it said:

well put flowers on the grave, and may the headstone read:

well miss magnolia

you just can't keep, keep me to yourself

you know i've been here way to long

you had me working all day long

no i'm not cut out and i won't be found to make a man for you

no, no

la na na na……

暂无

Astair your glare is killing me

Astair in skies of blue

The signs you wear are making me

So confused

But the mountains and the trees

Are they just what you need

Or are they less than what

You'd expect to see

And if you're leaving well come

Give me reason why I let you down

Before you turn around now now

Before you turn around

Astair you're there and I'm still here

I swear I'm so confused

The signs you wear are making me

Feel like I'm the one to lose

But the canyons and the seas

Are they just what you need

Or are they less than what

You'd expect to see

And if you're leaving well come

Give me reason why I let you down

Before you turn around now, now

Before you turn around

But the mountains and the trees

Are they what you perceive

Or are they less than what

You'd expect to see

And if you're leaving well come

Give me reason why I let you down

Before you turn around now, now

Before you turn around

Before you turn around

Early in the morning clouds are dropping on my head

Remind me the things last night I should have left unsaid

So please forgive the words I use, my mind it tends to run

Away with the small ideas, I know I'm not the only one

So dear, oh dear

My head it tends to stray away sometimes I cant see clear

Oh dear, oh dear

In spite of all the things I said, I always want you near

Sometimes it rains, sometimes it pours

Sometimes I'm not that sure

But anytime you look at me

Your thoughts I cant ignore

The second hand would pass us by

Should one of us had blinked

But in a minute realize that true love always waits

My dear, oh dear

My head it tends to stray away, sometimes I cant see clear

Oh dear, oh dear

In spite of all the things I said, I always want you near

Early in the morning clouds are dropping on my head

Remind me the things last night I should have left unsaid

So please forgive the words I use my mind it tends to run

Away with the small ideas I know I'm not the only one

I've been waiting, pacing along the halls ever since you left here

I've been cleaning, scrubbing the plates and weeding out the garden dear

I can't fall asleep to your mystery slowly blowing from the shore

I have not failed to be what you'd expect of me

Swallowing glass just to stay pure

All the birds are heading down south but you're staying up north you say

I've got jackets blankets and sheets, its going to be a cold december

It could be warm you see, a statue next to me

Swimming away from the ice and snow

Could I have failed to see the signs in front of me

Warning and flashing symbols, subtle and simple I couldn't see

I couldnt see

If only time could slow down, maybe I could come up

It's such a cold december

It's such a cold december

Its so cold

I cant fall asleep to your mystery slowly blowing from the shore

I have not failed to be what you'd expect of me

Swallowing glass just to stay pure

Summers come and summer has gone

Your christmas cards cant comfort me

You've found new friends and tied all the ends

It's freezing in the loneliest winter

It could be warm you see, a statue next to me

Swimming away from the ice and snow

Could I have failed to see the signs in front of me

Warning and flashing symbols, subtle and simple I couldnt see

I couldnt see

If only time could slow down, then maybe I could come up

It's such a cold december

It's such a cold december

It's so cold

暂无

My sweet rose

AS the two of us grow

I want you to know that nothing's quite as bad

As it seems when you're so sad

So remember my rose, remember my rose

My sweet rose

I'd like to say

I'd like to say no one always gets their way

And no one always thinks the same

My rose, remember my rose

When the seasons change

And the sky turns grey

When the leaves turn brown

I'll be around

My sweet rose

As the two of us change

I want you to know that nothing stays the same

But you and I, we will remain

My rose, remember my rose

When the seasons change

And the sky turns grey

When the leaves turn brown

I'll be around

I want you to know that nothing stays the same

But you and I, we will remain

My rose, remember my rose

My sweet rose

I`ll want to be

I`ll want to be the one to hold U time

Have faith with me

i`ll be your mind

My rose, remember my rose

When the seasons change

And the sky turns grey

When the leaves turn brown

I'll be around

I want you to know that nothing stays the same

But you and I, we will remain

My rose, remember my rose

I want you to know that nothing stays the same

But you and I, we will remain

My rose, remember my rose

We have got no dough at all

Got a jar full of pennies

That dont amount to any

Thing thing thing

These are the melodies

With simple harmonies we sing

We sing of the hardship life brings

It brings it brings it brings it brings

These are the songs that we sing

We sing

These are the songs that I sing

We sing

These are the songs that we sing

We sing

These are the songs that I sing

To make the day better

And we have got no home at all

Travel like the gypsies living off of any

Thing thing thing

These are the melodies

With simple harmonies we sing

We sing of the hardship life brings

It brings it brings it brings it brings

These are the songs that we sing

We sing

These are the songs that I sing

We sing

These are the songs that we sing

We sing

These are the songs that I sing

To make the day better

We sing we sing we sing we sing

These are the songs that we sing

We sing

These are the songs that I sing

We sing

These are the songs that we sing

We sing

These are the songs that I sing

To make the day better

Sunshine

I'd really like to tell you

Oh my sunshine

Even though your skies are blue

You're drying up my bed

How can I get any rest now?

Sha la la la la la la la

Someday

You will get the best of me

Oh someday

Probably when I'm old and grey

I'm lying in my bed

And I will soon be put to rest now

Sha la la la la la la la

Sunshine

I'd really like to tell you

Oh my sunshine

Even though your skies are blue

You're drying up my bed

How can I get any rest now?

Sha la la la la la la la

Someday

You will get the best of me

Oh someday

Probably when I'm old and grey

I'm lying in my bed

And I will soon be put to rest now

I'm lying in my bed

And I will soon be put to rest now (Ooh ooh) [x2]

Sha la la la la la la la

Bottles of reasons I kept in the freezer

Now they wont leave me, why won't they leave me alone?

And with these old reasons are bottled up feelings

I wont be leaving no, won't be leaving alone

What is in it? What is in it?

To pour myself some more

What is in it? What is in it?

I'm always back for more

Oh whiskey and wine

You've messed up my mind

Whiskey and wine

You've got me this time

Bottles of reasons have now reached the ceiling

It's hard to hide it, I'll hide behind it for now

My big mouth said too much, I'm shaking at your touch

All the bottles came crashing down to the floor

What is in it? What is in it?

It couldn't be so bad

What is in it? What is in it?

That's driving me so mad

Oh whiskey and wine

You've messed up my mind

Whiskey and wine

You've got me this time

Bottles of reasons I've kept in the freezer

Now they won't leave me, why won't they leave me alone?

And with these old reasons are bottled up feelings

I won't be leaving, so won't you leave me alone

What is in it? What is in it?

To pour myself some more

What is in it? What is in it?

I'm always back for more

Oh whiskey and wine

You've messed up my mind

Whiskey and wine

You've got me this time

I used to be fine 'till whiskey arrived

Now whiskey and wine stays on my mind

Flowers are nice, flowers are pretty

So I took a ride away from the city

Stories I'd heard of mystery and magic

Traveling caravans left me enchanted

With rivers of sun glow just beyond the plateau

I followed them down to the well

There are your wishes there are your dreams

In shimmering fields of gold

A mystical mistress in the forest of night

Knew that I'd come from city lights

Shimmering fields but of course my dear

Shimmering fields of gold

Many have followed the footsteps you're on

Good to know I'm not alone

la da da da da da

la da da da da da

Shimmering straight ahead I see

Shimmering fields of gold

All you could wish for and all you could dream

Shimmering fields of gold

I would shine just like a million suns if you'd just love me baby

I'll be in your life again so baby, baby just say maybe

Now here I come

To dance around the sun

I've been oh so blue

Stuck behind the moon

Now let me in

Back where we begin

And let me hold you like the way

I used to do

All the stars point me to you and lately they just drive me crazy

A universe can be so cruel so baby, baby be my lady

Now here I come

To dance around the sun

I've been oh so blue

Stuck behind the moon

Now let me in

Back where we begin

And let me hold you like the way

I used to do

I would shine just like a million suns if you'd just love me baby

I'll be in your life again so baby, baby just say maybe

Now here I come

To dance around the sun

I've been oh so blue

Stuck behind the moon

Now let me in

Back where we begin

And let me hold you like the way

Now let me hold you like the way...

Now let me hold you like the way...

Now let me hold you like the way...

I used to do

I used to do

I used to do

I used to do

Float down stream, rivers of dreams

Float down stream, catch your wings

Heavens high, so you fly

Catch your dreams in the sky

But the glaciers have frozen your feet

I can't wait for eternity

And so you watched me wash away

But maybe we'll catch up someday

Maybe well catch up someday

Sun sinks out of view

Stars they shine changing hue

But bright lights have blinded your sights

They cant adjust when day turns to night

And so you watched me wash away

But maybe well catch up someday

The castles we built were so tall

They only left us further to fall

And still I see them far away

But maybe we'll come back someday

Maybe we'll come back someday

Float down stream, rivers of dreams

Float down stream, catch your wings

The castles we built were so tall

They only left us further to fall

And still I see them far away

Maybe well come back someday

The castles we built were so tall

They only left us further to fall

And still I see them far away

As I watch them wash away

Wash away...

Wash away...

Wash away...

Matt Costa有一副天生的好嗓子，

清冽明亮，他的歌声阳光明媚，

没有任何阴郁与颓废，即便是看起来冷冷的歌，

在有如寒风一般的吉他声刮过之后，

留在在你耳边的还是暖暖的阳光。

Matt Costa很善于在配器和演唱的细节处营造一些小趣味，

小小的精致的幽默感让你在燥热的夏天听着也会泛起一丝微笑。