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Matt Elliott

Musician
Forlisteners into leonard cohen, nick cave, post-rock textures, and somber, slow-bloom folk ballads.
8 Reviews 1 Definitions 8 Charts

The Profile

English singer-songwriter from Bristol, formerly known for the electronic project The Third Eye Foundation; his solo work shifts to dark, Mediterranean-tinged folk with long, cathartic crescendos.

Former Third Eye Foundation; Bristol-born; solo trilogy Drinking Songs / Failing Songs / Howling Songs; reviews highlight anti-war themes, Mediterranean/Balkan influences, and intense, intimate live shows. One review notes a path from Bristol to France and then Spain.

DeBaser’s reviews paint Matt Elliott as an English singer-songwriter from Bristol (ex–The Third Eye Foundation) crafting dark folk steeped in Mediterranean/Balkan colors and post-rock surges. The acclaimed trilogy—Drinking Songs, Failing Songs, Howling Songs—anchors his catalog. Live, he’s intimate and devastating. Themes circle sorrow, anti-war reflections, fragile hope, and long-form crescendos.

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