MATHEW MOLE – CT
Singer-songwriter whose debut album entitled The Home We Built peaked at the top of the iTunes chart upon its release. The album was also named the iTunes Editors Chocie “Best of 2013” Album of the Year.
Matthew Mole is a singer/songwriter from Cape Town, South Africa. He has been described as “a multi-instrumentalist blending Mumford-honouring nu-folk and layered production”. Matthew’s first release was an independent EP entitled ‘You Did Well, Kid’ in 2011.
In 2012, he won the ‘Converse Get Out Of The Garage’ contest and subsequently signed to Just Music, releasing an EP called ‘Same Parts, Same Heart’ shortly afterwards. In 2013 Matthew released ‘The House We Built’ on Just Music, which became an iTunes No.1 album in July – the first time a native South African had ever reached the top spot. The album spawned a number of successful singles including ‘Take Yours, I’ll Take Mine’, ‘You & Your Crown’ and ‘Autumn’. In 2014, a deluxe edition of ‘The Home We Built’ was released and in 2015 Matthew released a live album ‘ITunes Sessions’.