Q+A MATT GOSS
THE ONE-TIME TEEN HEARTTHROB IS ABOUT TO MOVE BACK TO THE UK AND HAS A NEW SOLO ALBUM ON THE WAY. BUT WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH NEW BROS MUSIC? WE FIND OUT…
STEVE O’BRIEN
“LUKE AND I VOWED WE WILL NEVER BREAK UP AGAIN. ONCE I’M DONE WITH THIS RECORD, THE LOGICAL THING WOULD BE TO DO A BROS ALBUM. THAT ALL DEPENDS ON US FINDING A COMMON LANGUAGE CREATIVELY.”
Matt Goss is a busy man. Not only does the sometime Bros frontman have his fifth solo album ready for release next February, he has another (festive-themed) record in the can, too, and he’s planning to move back to the UK after a decade in the United States where he’s been one of Vegas’ most in-demand performers.
Rest assured, though, Brosettes, this flurry of solo activity doesn’t mean that the group he’s most famous for is over – far from it. It’s just that what any new Bros album will sound like needs some sorting out between Matt and twin brother Luke first.
“I’ve got to find a happy medium where I can make sure my brother is completely heard,” Matt tells us, “but not to the point where he’s the main authority, otherwise we’ll make a rock record.”
We caught up with Matt via Zoom to find out about his current plans and learn more about exactly how healthy his relationship is with Luke after that famously stormy 2018 documentary After The Screaming Stops.
Congratulations on the forthcoming solo album, The Beautiful Unknown. Was this a record conceived and recorded in lockdown?
It was lockdown written, but the first half of this lockdown I fell completely out of love with music. I had no interest in it. I didn’t want to sing, I didn’t want to touch my piano or my guitars. I had no idea about how to write a song. And because I was doing four shows a week, I found myself just waiting for those gaps when I didn’t have to sing. Then I sat at my piano one night at two o’clock in the morning, and I was just like, ”If nothing happens here, I’m going to go back to just calling it a day.” Then I sat and wrote this song called Shipwreck. I loved the chord progressions. I liked the way the melody was coming out of my throat – it just felt good. So I called Babyface the next day, and he said, “I Iove it, come to LA and let’s record it.” So, I did exactly that.