Mat McHugh has a new album. It is called WAVES as in, vibrations. The vibrations that connect everyone and everything. The waves of energy that we all shimmer in and of. Simple magic.

And he is going out on a tour of the same name (see dates below).

As with his last solo effort Love Come Save Me, Mat is going to be giving WAVES away as a free digital download so that people can hear and share the music around the World.

The first song to be made available from WAVES is SIDEWAYS - a mix of confessional lyrics, acoustic guitars, driving dub influenced rhythms and melodic lines synthesized by Mat sampling his voice and other assorted items he had lying around the studio.

The song is available as an immediate free download from WWW.WAVESTHEALBUM.COM

"WAVES is inspired by my father, who passed away when I was ten. One of my fondest memories of him is his love for his guitar, an old acoustic that he used to play around the house on a regular basis. When I was cleaning out some things last year, I stumbled upon that exact guitar and decided to see if I could fix it up. I wanted to see if it still had any songs in it. With a bit of tweaking and restringing I was able to bring it back to life, recreating that sound I remember so clearly from my childhood. That guitar is responsible for WAVES - every song was written on it and it made its way onto every track on the album".

Mat has always been an independent artist, self-funding all his own recordings, plus manufacturing, distribution and marketing. He did all the engineering and production on WAVES, as well as playing all of the instruments. His longtime friend and collaborator Ian Pritchett helped with the engineering and did the final mixing.

People can start downloading from today and once registered, they will automatically receive an email on the day the rest of WAVES becomes available.

Says Mat of allowing access to the music for free, 'Getting my music out this way allows me to allows me to reach people who might not have heard it before. When someone downloads a song, they share it with their friends, if they like it, and then the cycle continues. I like the idea of the music speaking for itself and, even more, I like the idea of people sharing things. Plus, the act of giving always feels like, to me, a pretty fun thing to be doing.'

For the tour, Mat will be doing some shows solo and some shows with a full band lineup. The performances will feature songs from WAVES and Love Come Save Me with the occasional gem from Mat's deep catalogue of songs from The Beautiful Girls and Seperatista SoundSystem projects.

Download SIDEWAYS FREE from WWW.WAVESTHEALBUM.COM and share the link widely.