After releasing Be Okay To Not Be Okay and Get Away, I actually
thought it might be time to let Would rest for a while. The plan was to collect
a few leftover songs and maybe release a small, mixed record with B-sides.
I also really wanted to finally release the Neil Young cover that I had
originally planned for Get Away but didn’t dare to include at the time.
While I started re-recording some older songs, new ideas kept coming up. Those songs felt too loose for Palila, but also didn’t really fit another quiet folk record. So little by little I stopped working on the old songs and instead kept writing new ones. Over time the tracklist changed completely and the album became more cohesive than I had originally planned.
The record somehow ended up sounding lighter and more summery. I think around that time I finally understood that there are no real rules for how to do this. There is no single correct way to make records. I’m glad that I finally understood that.
– Mattze
While I started re-recording some older songs, new ideas kept coming up. Those songs felt too loose for Palila, but also didn’t really fit another quiet folk record. So little by little I stopped working on the old songs and instead kept writing new ones. Over time the tracklist changed completely and the album became more cohesive than I had originally planned.
The record somehow ended up sounding lighter and more summery. I think around that time I finally understood that there are no real rules for how to do this. There is no single correct way to make records. I’m glad that I finally understood that.
– Mattze
released June 27, 2025
Music and words written, recorded and produced by Matthias Schwettmann
Except Out on the Weekend: written by Neil Young
Lapsteel guitar on Out on the Weekend: Sebastian Windhorst
Drums: Dennis Reher
Album photography: Rudi Ens
Album design: Matthias Schwettmann
Mixing & Mastering by Matthias Schwettmann
in Hamburg, Germany
Music and words written, recorded and produced by Matthias Schwettmann
Except Out on the Weekend: written by Neil Young
Lapsteel guitar on Out on the Weekend: Sebastian Windhorst
Drums: Dennis Reher
Album photography: Rudi Ens
Album design: Matthias Schwettmann
Mixing & Mastering by Matthias Schwettmann
in Hamburg, Germany
"Take A Break erinnert hübsch an Wilco, Teenage Fanclub, Westcoast und eben Neil Young." – Rolling Stone
"Wer gepflegten Westcoast Sound mit Anspruch mag, wird mit geschmackvoll unaufdringlichen Songs und schönen Hooklines belohnt. Eine rundum schöne Platte!" – hooked-on-music.de
"Would rücken näher an Palila und nehmen ein launiges, fast sommerliches Album auf, voller Herz und Hooks." – Beatblogger.de
"Großartiges Album!" – gaesteliste.de
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