Matt Simons

Biography

Matt Simons (born February 20, 1987) is an American singer-songwriter based in Brooklyn, New York City. Self-releasing his first EP Fall in Line in 2009, he has since gone on to release two full-length albums globally, achieving chart success across Europe, South Africa, and the Americas.

Early life and education

Matt Simons was born and brought up in Palo Alto, California, attending Henry M. Gunn High School. Hailing from a musical family, his grandparents were both opera singers in Los Angeles. Having played the saxophone from an early age, he got a degree in jazz saxophone performance at the Purchase College Conservatory, as well as learning to play on piano, switching to clarinet, guitar, and saxophone, eventually settling back on piano.

Career

He released his second EP Living Proof in 2010 and spent 2011 touring the United States and Europe, including the UK, Germany and the Netherlands. He usually plays piano and keyboards while singing. He also plays the saxophone, included improvised solos on the track "Fall in Line" and in live performances of "I'm Already Over You".
He released his debut album Pieces×Pieces19 June 2012 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Emotionally Involved3:112Gone3:423Let Me Go On3:194With You3:385Pieces3:286Miss You More4:367Best Years3:208I Will Follow You Into The Dark3:559Fall In Line (Live In-Studio)3:2310Pieces (Acoustic)3:47 on 19 June 2012, "Gone" being his debut single. The 10-track album with 9 being his own compositions was produced by Nashville producer and sound engineer Stephen Goose by David.
Simons gained fame in the Netherlands after his rendition of "With You" taken from his album Pieces was picked as one of the theme songs on the Dutch soap television series Goede tijden, slechte tijden. The song reached No. 8 on the Dutch Single Top 100 chart and also peaked at No. 8 in the Dutch Top 40 chart. It was also picked as Mega Hit by the Dutch radio station 3FM in January 2013. As a result the album Pieces also appeared on the Dutch Albums Top 100 chart.
His greatest commercial success came with "Catch & Release×Catch & Release31 October 2014 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1You Can Come Back Home2:492Catch & Release4:003Tonight3:354Weight on Me3:325One Last Time4:216Tear It Up3:077What I'm Looking For3:428State of Things3:449The Higher Ground3:1410Already Over You3:2811Say Goodbye4:55", the title track from his similarly titled album Catch & Release, released in 2014. Originally it became a hit in the Netherlands and Spain as it appeared on the album, but the song saw even further success when it was remixed in 2015 by Dutch house duo producers Deepend, charting as "Catch & Release (Deepend Remix)" across Europe, reaching number 1 in Spain, Belgium, Germany and France, as well as reaching gold status in Norway, Portugal, France, Canada, South Africa, and Austria, and platinum status in Belgium, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Ireland, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
In 2018, he returned with the single "We Can Do Better×We Can Do Better4 April 2018 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1We Can Do Better3:00", released April 4, and announced more music and his third album to be released later in the year.