Live Sessions (Matt Hires EP)

Live Sessions is the third EP by American pop-rock singer-songwriter Matt Hires, released on March 8, 2011. This new release is a compilation of five live tracks, recorded with a full band at various times during Hires' 2009–2010 State Lines Tour. Upon its release, the EP broke into the top 10 on the iTunes Singer-Songwriter chart.

Live Sessions
EP by
Matt Hires
ReleasedMarch 8, 2011
Recorded2009–2010 at the State Lines Tour
GenreRock, pop
Length16:12
LabelAtlantic
Matt Hires chronology
A to B (EP)
(2010)		 Live Sessions
(2011)		 'Forever (EP)'
(2013)

The EP featured three previously released material, as well as a new track "I Always Lose", and a cover of the American rock band MGMT's hit song "Kids".

Background

Cover artwork

The ep's coverart was design and made by C1 Design & Photography. The original photo was taken by Rebecca Siegrist, the Creative Director and Founder of C1 Design, at the State Lines Tour.[1]

Concept

The band and I just went into a studio and all sat around in a circle and played the songs and tried to approach them in little, different ways. Some of them are a little more stripped down than playing them live and some of them, there's a little more instrumentation. There will be different sounds, even on the songs people have heard before.

— Matt Hires on an interview with GlobalGrind Staff, [2]

Track listing

Live Sessions[3]

# Title
1."Out of the Dark (Live Sessions Version)" – 3:47
2."I Always Lose (Live Sessions Version)" – 2:14
3."Honey, Let Me Sing You a Song (Live Sessions Version)" – 4:02
4."Kids (Live Sessions Version)" – 2:51
5."A to B (Live Sessions Version)" – 3:15

References
  1. Siegrist, Rebecca (March 15, 2011). "C1 Design and Photography: Matt Hires "Live Sessions EP" Album Cover Photography". C1designphoto.blogspot.com. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  2. "Matt Hires Gambles On Girlfriends, The Grammys And Gasoline (PHOTOS)". Global Grind. March 15, 2011. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  3. "iTunes – Music – Live Sessions – EP by Matt Hires". Itunes.apple.com. March 8, 2011. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
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