Track by Track is our recurring feature series in which artists guide readers through each song on their latest release. Today, Matchbox Twenty break down their first album in over a decade, Where the Light Goes.
Today, Matchbox Twenty have unveiled their first new album in over a decade, Where the Light Goes. The multi-platinum pop-rock band returns with relatability, authenticity, and their trademark sound.
Originally, the commercial titans were planning on reuniting just for a few songs and a tour. But after working on what would become the record’s title track, the band became driven by inspiration.
“At this time, we were just going to tour and put out a song or two and this was one of the first ones we all kind of agreed on,” frontman Rob Thomas says of “Where the Light Goes.” “The real telling thing for me was after I sent Paul the...
Today, Matchbox Twenty have unveiled their first new album in over a decade, Where the Light Goes. The multi-platinum pop-rock band returns with relatability, authenticity, and their trademark sound.
Originally, the commercial titans were planning on reuniting just for a few songs and a tour. But after working on what would become the record’s title track, the band became driven by inspiration.
“At this time, we were just going to tour and put out a song or two and this was one of the first ones we all kind of agreed on,” frontman Rob Thomas says of “Where the Light Goes.” “The real telling thing for me was after I sent Paul the...
- 5/26/2023
- by Jonah Krueger
- Consequence - Music
Matchbox Twenty has debuted the first track off Where the Light Goes, out May 26 via Atlantic Records. The upbeat, optimistic song “Wild Dogs (Running In A Slow Dream)” is the rock group’s first new music since their 2012 LP North.
Where the Light Goes, the band’s fifth studio album, was produced by Gregg Wattenberg with band members Paul Doucette and Kyle Cook.
In the years since North, the members of Matchbox Twenty have been pursuing other projects. Frontman Rob Thomas released his fourth solo LP, Chip Tooth Smile, in...
Where the Light Goes, the band’s fifth studio album, was produced by Gregg Wattenberg with band members Paul Doucette and Kyle Cook.
In the years since North, the members of Matchbox Twenty have been pursuing other projects. Frontman Rob Thomas released his fourth solo LP, Chip Tooth Smile, in...
- 3/17/2023
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Moon Zappa and "Matchbox Twenty" drummer Paul Doucette just finalized their divorce ... and they agree on one thing ... their daughter will live like a glamorous Hollywood princess. According to their divorce docs ... 9-year-old Mathilda will get the standard celeb kid trappings -- private schools and music lessons -- but Moon and Paul also signed off on ... "photo or video shoots for Mathilda's career." Also ... they've agreed to never allow her to be "baby-sat by a hotel baby-sitting service,...
- 4/11/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Rob Thomas won three Grammys at 28 and then was inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame, but he reveals he spent his twenties hell-bent on brewing up drama to fuel his musical success. The 41-year-old Matchbox Twenty frontman spoke to The Huffington Post ahead of the band's summer tour of North America, which marks their 20th anniversary.
"When I was young I used to think I had to create drama around my personal life so I could write about it. A lot of the relationships and bad decisions of my early twenties was me subconsciously wanting to create the kind of environment that bleeds angry songs. I was trying to get into horrible relationships that I knew would fall apart spectacularly, so once they did I could write about them.
"Now I realize that, unfortunately, as you get older that drama is there all the time so if you turn...
"When I was young I used to think I had to create drama around my personal life so I could write about it. A lot of the relationships and bad decisions of my early twenties was me subconsciously wanting to create the kind of environment that bleeds angry songs. I was trying to get into horrible relationships that I knew would fall apart spectacularly, so once they did I could write about them.
"Now I realize that, unfortunately, as you get older that drama is there all the time so if you turn...
- 6/27/2013
- by HuffPost Canada Music
- Huffington Post
“We always say I was more famous than she thought I was, and less famous than I thought I was.”
It’s not your usual husband-wife chat, but then this is Rob Thomas describing the state of play when he met Marisol Maldonado at the onset of his career, one album along the road of three Grammy Awards and an exalted position on the high plinth of American popular rock.
Rob Thomas with his wife Marisol Maldonado
Today in London, Thomas is mock-angsting because his wife has texted him ‘good morning’ from the Us and then promptly disappeared. “Why do women do that?” he asks the room. His Matchbox Twenty bandmate Paul Doucette offers sagely, “Because they have things to do?”
It’s immediately clear that, between these two parts of the band, there is no hierarchy, an achievement in itself, because Thomas – he of the legendary Carlos Santa collaboration on Smooth – is equally famous,...
It’s not your usual husband-wife chat, but then this is Rob Thomas describing the state of play when he met Marisol Maldonado at the onset of his career, one album along the road of three Grammy Awards and an exalted position on the high plinth of American popular rock.
Rob Thomas with his wife Marisol Maldonado
Today in London, Thomas is mock-angsting because his wife has texted him ‘good morning’ from the Us and then promptly disappeared. “Why do women do that?” he asks the room. His Matchbox Twenty bandmate Paul Doucette offers sagely, “Because they have things to do?”
It’s immediately clear that, between these two parts of the band, there is no hierarchy, an achievement in itself, because Thomas – he of the legendary Carlos Santa collaboration on Smooth – is equally famous,...
- 10/4/2012
- by Caroline Frost
- Huffington Post
New York — The recording process for Matchbox Twenty's new album was somewhat like living in a frat house – with tons of red wine instead of beer.
While creating "North" – and living together in Nashville – lead singer Rob Thomas jokes that the foursome "spent, like, $40,000 on wine. Just on the wine."
"At 5, 6 o'clock, we'd break for dinner and things would just go south," Thomas, 40, said in a recent interview. "And we would think it was awesome, everything we were doing was awesome, and we'd come back in and we would meet some new band out in the middle of Nashville and bring them back to the studio ... and play all this crap. I know they walked away going, `Dude, the new Matchbox Twenty record is going to suck!'"
None of those songs made it on the album "North" – which may be part of the reason it debuted at No.
While creating "North" – and living together in Nashville – lead singer Rob Thomas jokes that the foursome "spent, like, $40,000 on wine. Just on the wine."
"At 5, 6 o'clock, we'd break for dinner and things would just go south," Thomas, 40, said in a recent interview. "And we would think it was awesome, everything we were doing was awesome, and we'd come back in and we would meet some new band out in the middle of Nashville and bring them back to the studio ... and play all this crap. I know they walked away going, `Dude, the new Matchbox Twenty record is going to suck!'"
None of those songs made it on the album "North" – which may be part of the reason it debuted at No.
- 9/17/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Matchbox Twenty are back. The group has announced the release of their new studio album "North," scheduled to be released September 4 on Atlantic. Here's a factoid to make you feel old: “North,” their fourth, is the band's first all-new album in a decade. Band mates Rob Thomas, Paul Doucette, Kyle Cook and Brian Yale wrote the album together last summer in Nashville before relocating to Calabasas, CA to record with Grammy-winning producer Matt Serletic. “The title refers to us finding our way,” says Matchbox Twenty’s Doucette in a release. “We went into this record with a lot of material. Many...
- 5/18/2012
- by Dave Lewis
- Hitfix
The Valley Girl has dumped the rock star. Moon Unit Zappa filed for divorce from Matchbox Twenty guitarist Paul Doucette last month after nine and a half years of marriage, E! News confirmed Wednesday. And her reason for the split? Zappa cited irreconcilable differences, according to court documents filed Dec. 27, because...that's pretty much what everyone cites. She and Doucette, who tied the knot on June 1, 2002, have a daughter together, 7-year-old Mathilda Plum Doucette. Zappa also requested that the court terminate Doucette's right to spousal support. The artist and singer-actress is the eldest daughter of late rocker Frank Zappa, and therefore the older sister of the...
- 1/5/2012
- E! Online
Add one more couple to the list of 2011's celebrity splits. Moon Unit Zappa, the daughter of late rocker Frank Zappa, plans to divorce her husband of nine-and-a-half years, Matchbox 20 guitarist Paul Doucette.
According to TMZ, Zappa filed papers late last week ahead of the New Year's weekend. She and Doucette married in June 2002 and have one daughter, seven-year-old Mathilda Plum.
At age 14, Moon sang lead vocals on her father's single, "Valley Girl," which, like, totally launched a massive pop cultural trend with terms like "gag me with a spoon." Yes, really. It was the '80s.
Zappa has worked as a stand-up comic, a writer and an actress. She's most recently been seen on episodes of "How I Met Your Mother" and "Gray's Anatomy."...
According to TMZ, Zappa filed papers late last week ahead of the New Year's weekend. She and Doucette married in June 2002 and have one daughter, seven-year-old Mathilda Plum.
At age 14, Moon sang lead vocals on her father's single, "Valley Girl," which, like, totally launched a massive pop cultural trend with terms like "gag me with a spoon." Yes, really. It was the '80s.
Zappa has worked as a stand-up comic, a writer and an actress. She's most recently been seen on episodes of "How I Met Your Mother" and "Gray's Anatomy."...
- 1/4/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Frank Zappa's daughter Moon Unit Zappa -- her real name -- has filed for divorce from her husband, Matchbox Twenty guitarist Paul Doucette ... TMZ has learned.Moon Unit filed the papers in L.A. County Superior Court last week -- seeking to end her 9-and-a-half year marriage. Moon Unit and her husband were married in June 2002, and have one 7-year-old daughter named Mathilda Plum.Fun facts: Moon Unit also has a laundry list of acting credits,...
- 1/4/2012
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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