The devolution of Mat McHugh. That’s what we’re talking about. Bands get bi… Read Full Bio ↴The devolution of Mat McHugh. That’s what we’re talking about. Bands get bigger over time. Music gets louder. Everything evolves, there is nothing which doesn’t change over time. Some artists keep trying to find bigger mountains to climb, others make a conscious effort to crawl back into the sea.
In 2002 the frontman and creative force behind The Beautiful Girls began riding the wave as the band’s Morning Sun EP became the radio hit of the Australian Summer. In 2010, after 12 world tours, eight records and 285,000 album sales, the wave reached a musical high-water mark with the critically acclaimed Spooks – a dub tour de force which peaked at number 6 on the US Billboard Reggae Charts and debuted at number one on the Australian Independent charts. The album won over critics around the world and took McHugh to the US for two national tours in the one year. The first with his band to see the old fans and the second to the church of John Butler with nothing but an acoustic guitar between him and a new cast of thousands. The latter was a watershed moment – and now the tide has receded to reveal a new world of inspiration for one of Australia’s best-loved songwriters.
“Spending a year of my life working on Spooks was an amazing journey and it’s a brilliant record, but The John Butler tour was as influential to me as anything in my musical career so far. It was such a grounding, emotionally-fulfilling experience. I’m used to playing in a band to a few thousand people who are having a party, but playing solo to two or three thousand people, I felt connected. Music, for me, has always been about communication. It was a turning point as far as working out what I was going to do next – and that’s what 2011 is about,” Mat muses.
The result is devolution. Mat McHugh’s first album as a naked, raw solo artist. After a decade of striving to get bigger, better, louder and more colourful, the focus is on being transparent. Simple. Honest. Intimate.
This is a roots record in every sense of the word. No computers. No auto-tune. Nothing but guitar, bass and drums. It’s back to where it all began, albeit through the eyes of a man who has spent three quarters of the last decade sampling beats from around the globe and melting them down in his own brand of earthenware.
Devolution isn’t about fashion. It isn’t about what everyone else is doing. It isn’t about trends. Devolution isn’t about a marketing plan and guest appearances. Devolution is about music at its purest. “I want to contribute to the musical landscape in 2011 by making something more about feelings and emotions than it is about musical cleverness,” McHugh says.
“My favourite records, whether they’re Johnny Cash or Nick Drake sound like they could have been made in 2011 or 1960. There’s nothing added, it’s a simple formula. They’re just a little statement of what the people who created them believed to be inherent truths and that’s all I’m trying."
In 2002 the frontman and creative force behind The Beautiful Girls began riding the wave as the band’s Morning Sun EP became the radio hit of the Australian Summer. In 2010, after 12 world tours, eight records and 285,000 album sales, the wave reached a musical high-water mark with the critically acclaimed Spooks – a dub tour de force which peaked at number 6 on the US Billboard Reggae Charts and debuted at number one on the Australian Independent charts. The album won over critics around the world and took McHugh to the US for two national tours in the one year. The first with his band to see the old fans and the second to the church of John Butler with nothing but an acoustic guitar between him and a new cast of thousands. The latter was a watershed moment – and now the tide has receded to reveal a new world of inspiration for one of Australia’s best-loved songwriters.
“Spending a year of my life working on Spooks was an amazing journey and it’s a brilliant record, but The John Butler tour was as influential to me as anything in my musical career so far. It was such a grounding, emotionally-fulfilling experience. I’m used to playing in a band to a few thousand people who are having a party, but playing solo to two or three thousand people, I felt connected. Music, for me, has always been about communication. It was a turning point as far as working out what I was going to do next – and that’s what 2011 is about,” Mat muses.
The result is devolution. Mat McHugh’s first album as a naked, raw solo artist. After a decade of striving to get bigger, better, louder and more colourful, the focus is on being transparent. Simple. Honest. Intimate.
This is a roots record in every sense of the word. No computers. No auto-tune. Nothing but guitar, bass and drums. It’s back to where it all began, albeit through the eyes of a man who has spent three quarters of the last decade sampling beats from around the globe and melting them down in his own brand of earthenware.
Devolution isn’t about fashion. It isn’t about what everyone else is doing. It isn’t about trends. Devolution isn’t about a marketing plan and guest appearances. Devolution is about music at its purest. “I want to contribute to the musical landscape in 2011 by making something more about feelings and emotions than it is about musical cleverness,” McHugh says.
“My favourite records, whether they’re Johnny Cash or Nick Drake sound like they could have been made in 2011 or 1960. There’s nothing added, it’s a simple formula. They’re just a little statement of what the people who created them believed to be inherent truths and that’s all I’m trying."
All I Ever Wanted
Mat McHugh Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'All I Ever Wanted' by these artists:
93FEETOFSMOKE (One, two, three, four) One, two, three Is it ever? (Is it…
A.P.O.S.T.L.E. All I ever wanted was to let you All I ever…
Adrian Lux Leave my heart in overdrive It's all I ever wanted My eyes…
Alan Frew All I ever I wanted, was to drive a fast…
Alexa Cirri All I ever wanted was you All I ever got was…
Amick Byram (Moses) Gleaming in the moonlight Cool and clean and all…
Amick Byram and Linda Dee Shayne Gleaming in the moonlight Cool and clean and all I′ve ever…
Aquilo All I ever wanted was to run away Close my eyes,…
Aranda Tear up the photographs But yesterday won’t let go Every day…
B-Team 40 you already know the name I woke up naked…
Basshunter All I ever wanted Was to see you smiling (smiling) I know…
Basshunter (Wideboys Electro Remix) All I ever wanted Was to see you smiling I know that…
Basshunter - All I Ever Wanted (Wideboys Electro Remix) All I ever wanted Was to see you smiling (smiling) I know…
Beecake He sits on his rooftop She opens his wine He's…
BeFour The Moment you met me and entered my heart Was a…
BlasterJaxx & Tom Swoon I am dreaming 'bout you all the time Like an eagle,…
BoDeans Her people didn't have much going She was 15 years old And…
Bonnie Tyler Everything that's ever been anything Is standing right her…
Brian Melo Slow Down Make it last I'm having the time of my life And…
Brown Boy Brown Boy, Finger Dally on the beat Lovely one, so radio,…
BWA Ron All I wanted was a Bentley A bad bitch and a…
C- Bo All I ever wanted All good things come to those who…
C- Bo featuring Lunasicc and 151 [Featuring Lunasicc 151] Chorus: see Bo All I ever wante…
C-Bo All I ever wanted All good things come to those who…
Calder Quartet I can only say these things to you while you're…
Carlos Santana Well I told you 'bout your attitude And it didn't do…
CDM Project All I ever wanted Was to see you smiling I know that…
children's audio Whatever makes you happy Whatever keeps you safe from yours…
Chloe x Halle All I ever wanted, (all I ever) all I ever All…
Chuck Wicks Girl you got me going Yea I think you know it Oh…
CIV All I ever wanted Was to be successful But no…
Claire Ridgely Sunlight is messing with my sleep, and my head is…
Clarkson Kelly Tear up the photographs But yesterday won't let go Every day…
Computer Magic Always I wanted to surrender But you be my contender Would y…
D.J. Mash Up Unhuhhh Ooooo yea This is all i ever wanted Out here hustlin…
Danny & Luke Oh, going home going home. Making my way back to you. Oh,…
Dave Fredo BPM It's Mxnarchy, baby You're the one that changed up on m…
Dead Horses Whisk me away ′Neath the ol' willow tree In the dark of…
Deadline It's all I ever wanted, it's all I ever needed It's…
Denis Sender feat. Loz Bridge Don't you know my heart is slowly dying Wanting you…
Devon Elizabeth I'm gonna breathe you Cuz God knows I need you I wanna…
Dori Freeman I've been growing tired but you don't seem to care You…
Faith Hill Opened up my heart Start to feel again Take another step …
Feeder All you wanted, all you ever wanted Has been taken, left…
Felipe Luciano I was serving junkies out the peephole Ran the streets I…
Fredo BPM It's Mxnarchy, baby You're the one that changed up on m…
Fredo Santana All I ever wanted To make it to the top All I…
Futurist Ginger cream, sweet to taste I don’t know how commonplace it…
Guvna B feat. Martin Smith Ah man I'm in my bed it's like 2am, I…
Hands Up Freaks & Clubbticket Lonely is how I feel now Here I go again Where will…
ICP; Twiztid [Chorus] All I ever wanted All I ever wanted was I don't wan…
J-Onyx All I ever wanted was You, You, You Nothing I can't…
Jarvis Church It's amazing what a man would do to hide it Push…
Jaydee Bixby Slow down Make it last I'm having The time of my life An…
Jim Brickman I think of you From the moment i wake up Babe, i…
Joesef Every time I pull you closer All you seem to do…
Joey Diamond I look back at the past And I look at your…
John Klemmer Slow down, make it last I'm having the time of my…
Joy Vance I was born on a Saturday, My dad he held me…
Julie Some folks always seem to Find the good things Other folks g…
K-Ozz This all I ever wanted in my life This all I…
Kelly Clarkson Tear up the photographs But yesterday won't let go Every day…
Kevin Gates All I wanted was a Bentley A bad bitch and a…
Kirsty MacColl I'm nearly sober And I can see the truth I'm not immune…
Lars Fredriksen Honey, I can read your mind like an open book Through…
laxcity // b-sides 40 you already know the name I woke up naked…
Lenny Kravitz Baby can't keep on running All I want you to do…
Lions and Tigers (All what I wanted, yeah, all what I wanted, all…
Loren Jamal I feel so bad I should've knew that I Would be right…
Luni Coleone I see some stankin' booty hoes why'all, in the mall They…
M&R Rush Unhuhhh Ooooo yea This is all i ever wanted Out here hustlin…
MacColl I'm nearly sober And I can see the truth I'm not immune…
Margaret Becker From where I lay I can see the sun Rising through the…
Mark Wilkinson All I ever wanted was to say something, More than just…
Mase Uh uh Get Money all over again Get Money all over again Get…
Mase feat. Total [Intro] Uh uh Get Money all over again Get Money all over…
Mase Ft Cheri Dennis featuring Cheri Dennis [Intro] Uh uh Get Money all o…
Mase Ft. Cheri Dennis featuring Cheri Dennis [Intro] Uh uh Get Mon…
Mavenne Give me one wish I’ll ask for more wishes Will I get…
Mazie (All I ever wanted was you) (All I ever wanted was…
MBNel Oh yeah Oh, uh-oh, uh-oh All I wanted was some money my…
Meg Baird You keep playing names now And you keep playing your games…
Michael Brun I was invisible Then I saw your face Nothin's been typical J…
Michael Stanley From "Heartland", 1980, EMI-America Records Group Here I a…
Michael Stanley Band Stanley Michael Volume 2: 1977 to 1980 All I Ever Wanted …
Montana of 300 feat. Dallas Eli All I ever wanted, All I ever wanted All I ever…
New Riders YOU KEEP LAYING NAMES ON ME AND YOU KEEP PLAYING GAMES…
Often Home I had to fight for every drop of attention Then run…
Openceazn All I ever wanted Was a chick to hold me down And…
Patrick Santora I've been trying for so long to get out my…
Peter Andre always call your name When I'm down Having you near, keeps m…
Peter Jackson All I ever wanted was to vibe with you All…
Rag 'N Bone Man No painted trains on the underground No kids with spray cans…
Ralov All these people telling me Ways to make me happy But my…
Ramos & Supreme & Sunset Regime Baby can't keep on running All I want you to do…
Riff Raff Yeah, Ah All I ever wanted Ah All I ever wanted Ah All I eve…
Robert Lasalle All I ever wanted I proudly flaunted I framed on the wall A…
Roxette Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye You stand in the…
Santana Well I told you 'bout your attitude And it didn't do…
Sava Bks All I ever wanted, was mo' paper Stackin' that paper, where'…
Shinedown I lie here alone and wonder why That I come alive,…
Simplistics Just let it go And leave it all behind If I…
Sitti There you were Standing so cute And the sun′der of the room…
Son By 4 Save every little kiss for me tonight Like the one you…
Son By Four Save every little kiss for me tonight Like the one you…
T.J. Wilkins All I ever wanted was You, You, You Nothing I can't…
Ten Cents Short I've never felt so betrayed Like a game, I feel played Thoug…
The Airborne Toxic Event I can only say these things to you while you're…
The Commonheart All I Ever Wanted Never heard a perfect story not…
The Human League (What you gonna say and what you gonna do What you…
The Misery Always on my mind So much wasted time But it meant the…
The Mystery There were moments I wasn't so sure There was someone who…
The Prince of Egypt (Moses) Gleaming in the moonlight Cool and clean and all…
The Reason with this mouth of mine i can take my time it could…
The Rua All I Ever Wanted Verse When your lips are close to mine,…
Three Quarters You're the reason why i get through it's the only way…
Thunder I couldn't sleep last night, listening to the sound in…
Train You were my ticket out of here And I was your…
Treble On Huntington All I ever wanted, All I ever wanted was you. I walked…
Twiztid [Chorus] All I ever wanted All I ever wanted was I don't wan…
Vance Joy I was born on a Saturday, My dad he held me…
Veronica Fusaro where have you gone? it’s been a while since your number…
Watsky My looks wrong, I know I sound odd But when I…
Whitley All I ever loved was you You broke a heart that…
Wicks Chuck Girl you got me going Yea I think you know it Oh…
Winger PAT BOONE Love Letters In The Sand On a day like today We…
Yebba I walked across the wire Straight to the razor's edge for…
Yo Gotti & DJ RPM [Chorus] All I ever wanted to do was live the life Money,…
Zuse feat. Kevin Gates All I wanted was a Bentley A bad bitch and a…
♫ Basshunter All I ever wanted Was to see you smiling I know that…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Mat McHugh:
A Pocket Full Of Shells I got a pocket full of shells And not much of…
A Pocketful Of Shells I got a pocket full of shells, And not much of…
Bad Blood The queen is in the parking lot Counting all the things…
Breaking your Fall Some days seem complicated, other days don't seem like nothi…
Fools Fools, they think they, for sure, know something Oh, of moon…
Go Don't Stop I've been holding out for way too long, been hoping you…
It Isn't Me no, don't you say you love me when you don't love…
Love Come Save Me what would you say if we had never wasted, all of…
No One Left to Blame And when the stars are busy falling at your feet Would…
Strange Days All last night Well I dreamt I was free. Free from both…
Under The Landslide I love my god, god made love I love my god,…
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