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Matthew And The Atlas

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Founded by Matt Hegarty, Matthew and the Atlas was borne of the late 00’s folk rock movement as he became a regular in the West London scene. It was after playing at the Communion Clubnight that the event-turned-Record label released his first official EP in 2010. Since then, he has released four albums, traversing a range of musical territories from classic acoustic folk, to dramatic synth-laden electronica, and urgent guitar led alt-rock. The common thread has been a song-writing style that marries a subtle melodic sensibility with lyrics full of natural imagery and dark emotional heft - all delivered in his striking and distinctive vocal. In the process Hegarty has quietly built a major cult following in Europe and the US.
On his latest record, Matt travelled to the famous Rockfield Studios in Wales, recording 11 tracks live to tape over just a couple of days. Here he worked with Kevin Jones (Wunderhorse, Jay Anderson, Bear’s Den), and their aim was to capture a moment in time and a sense of place into the recording, with all the magic and intimacy just a lone voice and a guitar can bring.

Genres

: indie folk

Total plays

181.3 million
Updated on 2025-07-30

Country

United Kingdom

Social media links

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Monthly listeners

175,963

Followers

115,180

Top Cities

  1. United Kingdom
    London
    2,642 listeners
  2. Australia
    Sydney
    2,321 listeners
  3. Germany
    Berlin
    2,471 listeners
  4. Australia
    Melbourne
    1,985 listeners
  5. Germany
    Hamburg
    2,038 listeners

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Most popular tracks

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Elijah
Elijah
25,091,988 4:10 2016-01-11
I Will Remain
I Will Remain
24,887,939 3:27 2010-04-11
Palace
Palace
23,126,360 3:08 2017-10-06
Can't You See - Acoustic Version
Can't You See - Acoustic Version
8,960,341 4:49 2016-12-23
Cali
Cali
8,689,279 3:57 2018-04-13
Elijah - Acoustic Version
Elijah - Acoustic Version
7,757,996 4:40 2016-12-23
Pale Sun Rose
Pale Sun Rose
6,840,090 3:04 2014-01-01
I Followed Fires
I Followed Fires
6,222,801 3:50 2010-10-31
Out Of The Darkness
Out Of The Darkness
4,800,882 4:10 2014-01-01
Pale Sun Rose
Pale Sun Rose
4,673,045 3:07 2019-04-19
On A Midnight Street - Acoustic Version
On A Midnight Street - Acoustic Version
3,887,064 3:33 2016-12-23
Gutter Heart - Acoustic Version
Gutter Heart - Acoustic Version
3,486,905 3:39 2016-12-23
Halo - Acoustic Version
Halo - Acoustic Version
2,653,847 3:38 2019-10-18
Counting Paths
Counting Paths
2,646,794 4:06 2014-01-01
White Bird
White Bird
2,613,141 3:25 2019-02-13
Graveyard Parade - Acoustic Version
Graveyard Parade - Acoustic Version
2,491,023 4:28 2016-12-23
Within The Rose
Within The Rose
2,444,526 3:52 2010-04-11
Into Gold
Into Gold
2,071,354 3:50 2014-01-01
No Dreamer
No Dreamer
1,905,622 3:51 2017-11-03
Temple - Acoustic Version
Temple - Acoustic Version
1,838,938 3:30 2016-12-23
Come Out Of The Woods
Come Out Of The Woods
1,801,720 3:43 2010-10-31
A Long Year
A Long Year
1,533,531 3:33 2017-10-20
To The North
To The North
1,453,220 3:36 2014-01-01
Old Master - Acoustic Version
Old Master - Acoustic Version
1,442,543 3:52 2016-12-23
Sleepless River
Sleepless River
1,389,180 2:59 2018-05-25
Mirrors - Acoustic Version
Mirrors - Acoustic Version
1,353,522 3:06 2016-12-23
Modern World - Acoustic Version
Modern World - Acoustic Version
1,106,401 4:01 2016-12-23
Pyres
Pyres
1,047,353 3:41 2019-01-25
On A Midnight Street
On A Midnight Street
1,020,026 3:36 2016-04-22
Old Ceremony
Old Ceremony
957,799 3:37 2014-01-01
When The Light Hits The Water - Acoustic Version
When The Light Hits The Water - Acoustic Version
937,916 3:39 2016-12-23
Glacier - Acoustic Version
Glacier - Acoustic Version
920,795 5:06 2016-12-23
Nowhere Now
Nowhere Now
795,802 3:45 2014-01-01
The Waves
The Waves
777,098 4:24 2010-10-31
Everything That Dies
Everything That Dies
764,650 4:26 2014-01-01
Temple
Temple
754,791 3:34 2016-04-22
In Winter
In Winter
744,038 3:46 2010-04-11
A Memory Of You
A Memory Of You
705,589 3:23 2014-01-01
Kingdom Of Your Own
Kingdom Of Your Own
703,731 3:60 2010-10-31
Veins of your History
Veins of your History
611,430 3:16 2010-04-11
Seventeen
Seventeen
596,597 3:22 2018-05-04
Old Master
Old Master
593,282 3:54 2016-04-22
Graveyard Parade
Graveyard Parade
567,910 4:07 2016-04-22
Another Way
Another Way
533,084 3:21 2014-01-01
Low - Acoustic Version
Low - Acoustic Version
502,183 3:15 2019-09-06
Unstained Light
Unstained Light
479,716 2:53 2017-11-03
Can't You See
Can't You See
473,301 4:24 2016-04-22
Plaything
Plaything
470,693 3:29 2019-04-12
Lava
Lava
463,696 3:23 2017-03-15
Mirrors
Mirrors
454,584 3:43 2016-04-22
Swim Easy
Swim Easy
445,514 3:40 2013-10-30
Calling Long Distance
Calling Long Distance
443,655 3:45 2019-03-22
Modern World
Modern World
443,229 4:11 2016-04-22
Gutter Heart
Gutter Heart
367,498 3:60 2016-04-22
Palace - Mahogany Sessions
Palace - Mahogany Sessions
346,938 3:24 2020-08-21
When The Light Hits The Water
When The Light Hits The Water
335,073 4:45 2016-04-22
Glacier
Glacier
310,368 4:35 2016-04-22
Because The Night - Mahogany Sessions
Because The Night - Mahogany Sessions
296,850 3:02 2020-07-24
Folding Unfolding
Folding Unfolding
282,432 4:08 2023-03-14
Pay It No Mind
Pay It No Mind
280,197 3:05 2018-05-25
Ashes
Ashes
275,088 3:22 2020-11-04
Calling Long Distance - Mahogany Sessions
Calling Long Distance - Mahogany Sessions
258,513 3:25 2020-09-18
Low
Low
235,325 3:21 2019-05-10
Record Store
Record Store
229,137 2:59 2023-08-31
Waging a War - Acoustic Version
Waging a War - Acoustic Version
226,544 4:15 2019-09-27
Waging a War
Waging a War
221,494 4:29 2019-05-10
Pyres - Acoustic Version
Pyres - Acoustic Version
203,222 3:23 2019-09-06
Tower Above the Sun
Tower Above the Sun
200,858 5:25 2019-05-10
On A Midnight Street - Foreign Fields Remix
On A Midnight Street - Foreign Fields Remix
195,802 4:29 2016-09-16
High Fire
High Fire
192,061 4:19 2019-05-10
Nineteen
Nineteen
182,624 3:39 2023-05-17
Begin Again
Begin Again
180,603 4:19 2019-05-10
Halo
Halo
158,625 4:36 2019-05-10
Begin Again - Acoustic Version
Begin Again - Acoustic Version
144,697 3:51 2019-10-18
Hands To Hold - Live At The Flowerpot, Kentish Town, July 2010
Hands To Hold - Live At The Flowerpot, Kentish Town, July 2010
138,069 3:27 2011-01-01
High Fire - Acoustic Version
High Fire - Acoustic Version
117,665 4:14 2019-09-27
Blackwater Valley
Blackwater Valley
114,188 3:04 2024-05-31
This Place We Live
This Place We Live
113,744 3:27 2023-06-28
Beneath The Sea - Live At The Flowerpot, Kentish Town, July 2010
Beneath The Sea - Live At The Flowerpot, Kentish Town, July 2010
113,160 2:53 2011-01-01
Tower Above the Sun - Acoustic Version
Tower Above the Sun - Acoustic Version
97,556 4:38 2019-11-01
Plaything - Acoustic Version
Plaything - Acoustic Version
92,706 3:43 2019-11-01
Pushkar
Pushkar
90,869 3:23 2023-10-13
Change Coming
Change Coming
86,251 3:07 2024-05-31
Calling Long Distance - Acoustic Version
Calling Long Distance - Acoustic Version
84,925 3:58 2019-11-01
White Bird - Acoustic Version
White Bird - Acoustic Version
84,509 3:26 2019-11-01
Palace - Gavin Moss Remix
Palace - Gavin Moss Remix
71,102 3:19 2022-12-02
Cali - Mahogany Sessions
Cali - Mahogany Sessions
70,427 4:22 2020-09-18
Wild Rose
Wild Rose
51,609 2:59 2024-05-31
Codeine
Codeine
48,026 3:08 2023-10-13
Many Times
Many Times
47,636 2:53 2024-05-31
Into Your Arms
Into Your Arms
45,319 3:07 2024-05-31
Caught By The Lie
Caught By The Lie
44,651 3:14 2023-10-13
Man You Used To Know
Man You Used To Know
34,775 3:59 2023-10-13
You See It All
You See It All
33,313 3:22 2023-10-13
Into The Bars
Into The Bars
32,382 4:01 2023-10-13
Standing Here
Standing Here
25,132 2:18 2024-05-31
Faded Out
Faded Out
23,526 3:44 2024-05-31
The Bad in Each Other
The Bad in Each Other
21,617 4:18 2025-01-30
Pine Grove
Pine Grove
19,275 3:06 2024-05-31
Time On My Hands
Time On My Hands
17,987 3:36 2024-05-31
Same As I Used To Be
Same As I Used To Be
17,924 3:32 2024-05-31
Everything Is Golden
Everything Is Golden
15,485 1:60 2024-05-31

New releases

The Bad in Each Other
The Bad in Each Other
2025-01-30
[Willkommen Records]
Many Times
Many Times
2024-05-31
[Communion Records]
This Place We Live
This Place We Live
2023-10-13
[Communion Records]
Record Store
Record Store
2023-08-31
[Communion Records]
This Place We Live
This Place We Live
2023-06-28
[Communion Records]
Nineteen
Nineteen
2023-05-17
[Communion Records]
Folding Unfolding
Folding Unfolding
2023-03-14
[Communion Records]
Palace (Gavin Moss Remix)
Palace (Gavin Moss Remix)
2022-12-02
[Mushroom Pillow]
An Afternoon In Winter
An Afternoon In Winter
2020-09-18
[Mahogany Sessions]
Palace (Mahogany Sessions)
Palace (Mahogany Sessions)
2020-08-21
[Mahogany Sessions]
Because The Night (Mahogany Sessions)
Because The Night (Mahogany Sessions)
2020-07-24
[Mahogany Sessions]
Morning Dancer (Unplugged)
Morning Dancer (Unplugged)
2019-11-01
[MATA]
Halo & Begin Again (Unplugged)
Halo & Begin Again (Unplugged)
2019-10-18
[MATA]
Waging a War & High Fire (Unplugged)
Waging a War & High Fire (Unplugged)
2019-09-27
[MATA]
Low & Pyres (Unplugged)
Low & Pyres (Unplugged)
2019-09-06
[MATA]
Morning Dancer
Morning Dancer
2019-05-10
[MATA]
Pale Sun Rose
Pale Sun Rose
2019-04-19
[Up All Night]
Pale Sun Rose
Pale Sun Rose
2019-04-19
[SMART]
Plaything
Plaything
2019-04-12
[MATA]
Calling Long Distance
Calling Long Distance
2019-03-22
[MATA]
White Bird
White Bird
2019-02-13
[MATA]
Pyres
Pyres
2019-01-25
[MATA]
Cali EP
Cali EP
2018-05-25
[MATA]
Seventeen
Seventeen
2018-05-04
[MATA]
Cali
Cali
2018-04-13
[MATA]
Palace EP
Palace EP
2017-11-03
[MATA]
A Long Year
A Long Year
2017-10-20
[MATA]
Palace
Palace
2017-10-06
[MATA]
Temple (Unplugged)
Temple (Unplugged)
2016-12-23
[Communion Music]
On A Midnight Street (Foreign Fields Remix)
On A Midnight Street (Foreign Fields Remix)
2016-09-16
[Communion Music]
Temple
Temple
2016-04-22
[Communion Music]
Elijah
Elijah
2016-01-11
[Communion Music]
Other Rivers
Other Rivers
2014-04-07
[V2 Records Benelux]
Pale Sun Rose
Pale Sun Rose
2014-02-24
[V2 Records Benelux]
Pale Sun Rose
Pale Sun Rose
2014-02-24
[Communion Records]
Other Rivers
Other Rivers
2014-01-01
[MATA]
Kingdom of Your Own
Kingdom of Your Own
2010-10-31
[MATA]
To the North
To the North
2010-04-11
[MATA]