Wishful Thinking - Inspired by the feeling of hoping for the best but expecting the worst.

Plateau - Inspired by the community in Montreal where I spent two weeks on my dear friend Lola’s couch.

Streetlamps - Inspired by the mood of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside late on a rainy night.

Ya Win Some Ya Lose Some - An alternate take on “I’ve Never

Wishful Thinking - Inspired by the feeling of hoping for the best but expecting the worst.

Plateau - Inspired by the community in Montreal where I spent two weeks on my dear friend Lola’s couch.

Streetlamps - Inspired by the mood of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside late on a rainy night.

Ya Win Some Ya Lose Some - An alternate take on “I’ve Never Been In Love Before” told by someone who has experienced and lost a few loves along the way.

Peddler Pete - A character piece for a man I saw from a bus window smirking in the April sun as he sold single cigarettes of all varieties on Main and Hastings.

Colin’s Coffee - Upon befriending each other Colin and I quickly learned that we shared a love for the delicious hot beverage. The alliteration was too good to resist.

I would like to thank my family for putting up with and supporting me for all these years, my trio mates Colin Zacharias and Adam Kyle for being great musicians and better friends, Bill Coon, Andre Lachance, Brad Turner, Bradshaw Pack, Brad Shigeta, Oliver Gannon, Mike Rud, Peter Bernstein, Jill Townsend, Mike Kinal, Claire Pipher, Mike Preston, Norbert Ziegler, Amber Aitchison, Justice Cote, Teresa Chang, Julian Borkowski, Dave and Sasha at the Porthole, Jonah Laramee, Alex Howe, Caitlin Chow, Patrick and the crew at BHH, Felicia Santarossa and everyone who has come to a gig or bought a CD.

Matt proudly plays Kinal Guitars credits released August 28, 2020

Guitar - Matt Franceschini Saxophone - Adam Kyle Bass - Colin Zacharias

All songs were written, recorded, mixed and mastered by Matt Franceschini

Cover photo by Claire Pipher