Matthew Lowry Releases Debut Alt-Rock Album ‘Flamingo County’

Independent alt-rock artist Matthew Lowry has released his debut album Flamingo County. The tracklist follows the harrowing story as Lowry comes face-to-face with difficult questions, a-ha revelations, uncharted freedom, and beautiful reflections about the journey of life in his fictional world of Flamingo County – a place where he can embrace his most authentic self.

The album is sonically inspired by rock heroes Jimmy Eat World, Foo Fighters, Andrew McMahon, and Weezer. Meanwhile, the album was mastered by Jesse Cannon, and the music videos were directed by indie rock legend Aaron Marsh of Copeland.

As a cohesive piece, Matthew intends to bring together his friends, family, and new fans for a musical journey that resonates with every human on earth, as he explained to us:

“Flamingo County is a state of mind. That’s the realization that I found myself having as I was not just writing an album, but becoming the person that I was always going to become. My early 30s had found me coming out of this period of deconstruction, not just of my faith (which coming from a very Pentecostal/spiritual family and upbringing is everything to someone), but of almost everything else in my life. 

I was asking myself very honest questions and breaking everything down to the core of me. Who I am, what I love, what makes me happy, what I really believe.  Not because someone told me, but because it’s what I wanted and who I really am.  I just wrote music because it was fun and what I loved. If the lyrics came out, I just hit record on my iPhone and sang what came from my heart. When it came time to record the album, I wanted to do it in my hometown, with my best friends, and just make it this fun thing we did because I love it.  And that’s Flamingo County.  All sorts of genres and influences, but 100% me. Just a Florida boy playing some rock and roll with his best friends.

It’s truly a picture of me trying to embrace who I finally know I am, and the journey of what that looks like, during those few years in my life.  As well as realizing that all I have to do is embrace that state of mind, and I can be in Flamingo County no matter where I am.”