Matthew Sweet: Influences

Matthew Sweet: Influences

Matthew Sweet's record collection is a veritable syllabus for Power Pop 101. Its urtext is The Beatles' “She Said She Said”, that moment when the Fabs' radiant jangle started to take on a lysergic quality. Through the mesmerising melodies of Big Star and the Raspberries, Sweet developed a flair for harmonies that feel simultaneously ecstatic and melancholic, while Cheap Trick showed him how to weld big hooks to arena-sized riffs.

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