There is music that performs at you. And then there is music that finds you.
Matthew Sturgess, who records and performs as The Silver Reserve, makes the second kind. On a classical guitar, with carefully layered loops and a voice that carries the weight of things honestly felt, he crafts songs that don’t rush toward meaning. They circle it, wait, and then, quietly, they arrive somewhere true.
We all carry a reserve, don’t we? Something set aside for the moments when the world sits heavy. A place inside where beauty, steadiness, and the particular comfort of being understood still live. Matthew’s songs seem to know where that place is. They are written from it.
This is an evening to set down what you’ve been carrying. To sit with music that asks nothing of you except your presence and gives something back that’s hard to name but easy to feel.
Beauty, darkness, hope, and joy, all held in the same breath.
Join us in person at The Joinery in Settle, or from wherever you are in the world online. For those attending in person in the Joinery, your ticket price includes a drink (alcoholic and non alcoholic options available).
What others have said:
“Songs of warmth and beauty that scratch at the inside of your heart. In a world that sits heavy on your chest, this is music that reminds you how to breathe.” – Thea Gilmore, Cooking Vinyl
“Miniature masterpieces amid towering sonic architecture.” – Louis Brennan
“Beautiful, fragmentary songs which slowly dismantle you.” – Seamus Fogarty, Domino Records
“Perfectly bleak beauty… a hugely talented songwriter.” – Simon Godley, God is in the TV
“Quietly spellbinding.” – Andy Brown, Soundlab
