Mat d. and the Profane Saints: News

A brand new studio cut of the song Mudflap Mamma is now on display in the 'listen' section of our website. Enjoy!

Thanks so much to everyone who came out to the show last night at the Chesterfield. Special thanks to Rick Swanson the and to Burlap Wolf King for making it another great night to remember.

Jesse Claeys was kind enough to invite Mat d. and Kurt Mullins down to the Sioux City Journal for a recent interview. Followig the interview (which is available on Jesse's blog the Heard Mentality on the Journal's website) Mat recorded a live performance of the song 'Metropolicana' from his latest CD 'Merciful 66' The video is streaming online at www.SiouxCityJournal.com Enjoy!

The Saints wish to thank Chris Radloff and his lovely wife for doing such a great job on the new promo photos. Chris runs Hippie Boy Design - a booming web design and photography company here in Sioux City. Not only did he break us into a truck yard on a Sunday afternoon in the rain for some shots with a classic white freightliner, he also captured what we feel are some damn cool photos of three guys with faces for radio and made us look as good as humanly possible- with the help of photo-shop of course. (The fourth and only exception was Jeff, who looked quite dapper in his clothes-pin tie and vest. Why the hell didn't we put him out in front???) And, even though he couldn't seem to get a smile out of Mat (who swears he was smiling the whole time) We'd like to direct you to his site in case anyone of our readers needs a professional or personal website and/or professional photography (and kick ass senior pics from what we're told) to give this long haired friend of ours a call. Visit Chris at www.HippieBoyDesign.com You'll be glad you did.

Ray Randall at www.AmericanaRoots.com was kind enough to include the track "Metropolicana" from Mat d's latest solo CD Merciful 66 on the latest edition of the Americana Roots Review Podcast (68 to be exact) The podcast features new music from 4-5 bands per episode. You can download and listen to the podcast at http://www.americanaroots.com/podcasts/

We've posted paypal links from our friends at Tradebit.com in our Purchase section of the website. If you have a paypal account you can now purchase our music directly from us right here coutesy of Tradebit.com, a leader in digital products and downloads. The Mermaid Ep, Small Town Burning, Brand New Faith, and Mat's solo albums Gasoline Rattle and Merciful 66 are all currently available.

'Drive Thru Romance' the long awaited follow up tp the 2006 LP "Small Town Burning..." will not see the light of day and has been scrapped. After rehearsing new, stronger material with the line-up featuring Kurt Mullins on guitar and newest member Bob Birch on Bass, the band has found it's stride and will soon begin work on a full length CD with the working title "Dirt Town City Limits" While some of the music intended for release on 'DTR' will be present on the new CD- all of the tracks from the ground up will be re-recorded and rearranged to reflect the band's evolving and grittier new Americana sound. It's more country, with punk, jazz and blues influences that we look forward to showcasing at the Chesterfield in Sioux City on October 25th.
We've also updated the tracks in the music section. A few live tracks have been added (and removed!) largely in part and thanks to our new friend Lee who was kind enough to send us a bootleg recording of our August 1 performance at the 29th Annual Sioux River Folk Fest. We've also updated the links section of our website as well.
Hope to see many of you at a live performance sometime soon!

Muster on over to our myspace page and you'll find we have 2 songs available for free download. Visit www.myspace.com/matdamericana to download the tracks. Enjoy!

Merciful 66 is back in stock at CDBABY and is now available worldwide at iTunes.com! If you prefer an alternate digital outlet - CDBABY also offers the digital album at www.cdbaby.com/matd3 Look for Merciful 66 at other premium digital music outlets in the next few weeks and months.

The warehouse at CDBABY.com has informed us that we have SOLD OUT of Merciful 66! A new shipment of CDs are on their way to their warehouse and the album should be available for purchase by the end of the week. You can also purchase the digital/mp3 album at CDBABY if you'd rather not wait til then. Visit www.CDBABY.com/Matd3 to order.

Well, actually it's four out of five carrots. (Carrots-Stars-same thing!) But we were sure pleased to hear that the good folks at BluesBunny.com in the UK dug the latest CD "Merciful 66" To read the full review visit www.BluesBunny.com or visit the press section of our website and click the link titled 'reviews'.

We're proud, and sort of scared to announce that we're now available for purchase through Amazon.com and Walmart.com's digital music store. Our songs ranging from every album since our debut EP in 2006 are selling strong on both sites. So go ahead, save money, live better- and buy profane.

Thank you to everyone who visits our little hole in the wall website. Since last August we've gotten about 200,000 hits to Mat d and the Profane Saints.com - and we're still going strong. Let's make it half a million in 2009!

The Profane Saints are proud to announce that we'll be performing alongside Burlap Wolf King and the County Line band in support of musician Charlie Parr from Minneapolis on December 20th at Nutty's North in Sioux Falls South Dakota. More info soon.

The new version of "Lye Soap, Cigarettes and Gasoline" is on display in the music section. Revamped and re-recorded. Enjoy!

MERCIFUL 66 NOW AVAILABLE ON CDBABY.COM



Mat d's latest acoustic/solo CD 'Merciful 66' is now on sale at CDBABY.com The physical CD is available by mail order, however if you prefer the digital album you may also purchase the MP3 album at the site. The CD will also be available at iTunes, Tradebit and others in the coming weeks and months. Click the album cover above to visit the store and purchase the CD. Links to Mat's and the Profane Saints' albums can also be found in the Store section of this website.

Mat's latest CD "Merciful 66" was released on August 1st at the Sioux River Folk Festival. The CD will be available at CDBaby.com and iTunes. More updates soon.

Press about the new CD "Merciful 66" and the Sioux River Folk Festival has been added to the PRESS section of the website.

The July 18th performance at Black Sheep Coffe has been cancelled due to Sioux Falls Jazz Fest (be sure to check out Snakebeard Jackson performing at this free festival)

Mat d. and the Profane Saints will return to the Chesterfield on October 25th, 2008. Opening act to be announced soon.

Thanks to the good folks at FOTM and the boys of Snakebeard Jackson for inviting Mat to perform at the 1st annual Newton Hills Hoedown in Canton, South Dakota. Portions of the acoustic set were captured on video and can be viewed at www.myspace.com/matderiso