Cargo Records

Meditations

"Meditation" reveals a further development in Tow's song-writing craft combining introspective lyrics with pop smarts and a penchant for dizzying space-rock.

Matthew J Tow has become famous in Australia for his pioneering spirit of latter-period Beatles and Bowie, the psychedelia of such artists as Soft Machine and the Zombies and the classic heartfelt pop of The Waterboys and Elliott Smith. In early 2003 Anton Newcombe released the Brian Jonestown Massacre album "And This Is Our Music" and Tow contributed two of his own songs to the album. He also toured as a guest rhythm guitarist for the Brian Jonestown Massacre. A palpable buzz began to surround The Lovetones, and they contributed a song to the James Joyce Chamber Music project alongside such acts as Mercury Rev, Mike Watt, Sonic Youth and REM's Peter Buck.

Track Listing

1. Mantra
2. (I Gotta) Feel
3. Stars
4. Inside A Dream
5. Was I There In Your Future?
6. Genius
7. Sea Shanty
8. Come Home
9. Pictures
10. Across The Sea
11. It's Not Over Yet
12. A Place For Us
13. Wrapped Up In You
14. The Colour And The Cut