Re Mattei – What’s Wrong With This Picture (2024)
Describing her music as “pinot noir, mix it with a little dirt, add an ice cube, and stir it up real hard…”, Re Mattei is a breath-taking wine cocktail with a head-spinning sonic rush. Growing up surrounded by music, Mattei discovered a passion for music at a young age; in fact, she taught herself to sing and play songs heard on the radio and composed her first song at the age of 9. She hadn’t even hit double-digits age-wise, but she knew music was her fate… it was where she wanted to be. Today, she is also a family nurse practitioner, but she hopes her music can act as a healing power for listeners. The latest addition to her discography is the single ‘What’s Wrong With This Picture’.
Following her well-received album Believin’ Is Seein’, Mattei breathes life into the nostalgic sounds of the 80s with ‘What’s Wrong With This Picture’. Co-produced and mixed by Bart Pursley, with mastering by Hank Williams, ‘What’s Wrong With This Picture’ combines dynamic drums, a bold bass, and soaring guitars in a hard-hitting melody. Percussion slithers in the back with a thread of organ, a slice of keyboards and a breath-taking pedal steel. Interestingly, while this song embraces the 80s vibes, contemporary country tones cling to the classic rock sound.
The melody itself is a fantastic blend of old and new, smooth and gritty, harsh abruptness and flowing charm; however, it is the lyricism that makes the song resonate with me (and hopefully other listeners). Penned by Mattei, ‘What’s Wrong With This Picture’ is about lost love, a nostalgic glean of the one who got away. We all have that picture of our soulmate, the one, the person we were meant to spend the rest of our life with and although we shouldn’t we all look at it sometimes.
Delicately capturing raw emotion through rock music, Mattei sings that “hearts go their separate ways/ All the memories become broken dreams as the picture slowly fades…” It’s a harsh reality when we look back on yesteryear, and Mattei pays tribute to heart-breaking regret with ‘What’s Wrong With This Picture’.
Find out more about Re Mattei on her official website, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, TikTok and Spotify.
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