Matt Pless

I was born in a nutshell. Next to a two faced conscience on Route 666. Three platters of strumming and humming and paint can drumming, My mother once told me that a man can find Jesus in a trash can, what matters is whether or not you're going hungry when you do. Listen to these songs, or keep moving, but if you do decide to venture on away from this humble shack of cigar box anthems and rattlesnakes, know thisThe Devil comes in Technicolor camouflage.if you miss him, he just might sneak up on you.



Matt Pless makes music, he writes lyrics, and he sings and dances and builds space crafts out of milk cartons. Matt started his first band at 17, they played….you guessed it….punk rock, and like most other suburban teens, they knew a limited amount of power chords but had a lot of heart and knew how to rock and roll! This band was called 3 Prong Outlet. Matt wrote the music and lyrics that made up their 4 CD releases' (now highly collectable of course) and provided the lead vocals in this 3 piece punk rock power pop amphetamine pill. After several years of extensive touring, the band called in quits and Matt went out on his own and began cranking out more songs than ever before. Along the way, people started to notice that he could really write some great songs, praised for his lyrical prowess by various members of the hipster music snob academy, Matt quickly built a reputation on the underground (wherever that is) music scene. To date he has released 3 studio albums of original music and several live and acoustic only collections. A firm believer that a song can sound a thousand different ways, as well as an indecisive obsessive compulsive nut bag, Matt has been known to re-record and release several versions of the same song over a period of time. He has toured all over the country several times playing his infectious brand of folk punk acoustic rag pop, from the streets of New York city to the boardwalks of Venice beach California, he has gained a reputation as an excellent live performer and (aside from a sometimes crippling social anxiety issue) an all around great guy! Aside from his solo work, he also has a project he writes music for called "The Paper Airplane Design" which consists of himself and with the exception of his brother on drums, a rotating cast of band members and lunatics. Matt Pless is a pretty cool guy, come see him when he stops in your town to perform….Oh yes…he also plays guitar and harmonica.
10th Annual Great American Song Contest
Finalist – Contemporary Acoustic Folk