Phosphorescent is the stage name of American singer-songwriter Matthew Houck. Originally from Huntsville, Alabama, Houck began recording and performing under this nickname in 2001 in Athens, Georgia. He is currently based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Overview Before recording under the name Phosphorescent, Matthew Houck toured under the name Fillup Shack and self-released a limited pressing of the album Hipolit in 2000.Fred Thomas, [ "Artist Bio: Phosphorescent"], AllMusic, retrieved October 30, 2008 Houck later changed his stage name to Phosphorescent and released the full-length LP A Hundred Times or More in 2003 through Athens, Georgia-based independent label Warm Records. The following year, he released the EP The Weight of Flight. Phosphorescent rose to wider critical acclaim after releasing Aw Come Aw Wry in August 2005 and Pride in October 2007. The latter was named the 12th best album of 2007 by Stylus Magazine"Top 50 Albums of 2007" , Stylus Magazine, October 31, 2007. and received an 8.0 rating from the online indie magazine Pitchfork.William Bowers, "Album Reviews: Phosphorescent – Pride" , Pitchfork Media, October 22, 2007. In 2009, inspired by Willie Nelson's tribute album to Lefty Frizzell To Lefty from Willie, Houck crafted a tribute album to Nelson himself entitled To Willie, released through Dead Oceans. Phosphorescent released Here's to Taking It Easy in 2010.
Muchacho, Phosphorescent's sixth studio album, was released in 2013 to critical acclaim. The full studio album C'est La Vie followed in 2018.
In January 2024, Phosphorescent announced his new album Revelator, to be released in April on Verve Records. For the first time, it features a song written by someone other than Houck - his partner and collaborator, Jo Schornikow.
Discography
Studio albums YearTitleLabel2003A Hundred Times or MoreWarm2004The Weight of Flight EP2005Aw Come Aw WryMisra2007PrideDead Oceans2009To Willie2010Here's to Taking It Easy2013Muchacho2015Live at the Music Hall2018C'est La Vie2022The Full Moon ProjectCalldown Music2024RevelatorVerve Records
Singles and other releases YearTitleLabelDescription2005"I Am a Full Grown Man (I Will Lay in the Grass All Day)"The Great Pop SupplementUK limited 7" release2010Live / Ghost Lights EPDead OceansLimited-press tour EP2021The BBC SessionsBandcampDigital Album2022Trying to get to HeavenTrying to get to Heaven Single
Compilation appearances YearCompilationSong2003Esopus Magazine Number 1 Public Domain"Home on the Range" (trad.)2006Awful Bliss Records: Songs For Another Place"One of My Turns" (Pink Floyd)2009Live at KEXP Vol.5"Wolves" (solo, live)2009 Splice Today: The Old Lonesome Sound"Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)"(Stephen Foster)2009St. Ives Records: It Happened Here"South (Of America)" (live)2010MOJO Magazine: Let It Be – Revisited"Across the Universe"(Beatles)2010More Townes Van Zandt by the Great Unknown"Why She's Acting This Way"(Townes Van Zandt)2011MOJO Magazine: Harvest – Revisited"Are You Ready for the Country?"(Neil Young)2011Margin Call Soundtrack "Wolves"2014The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Soundtrack"Song For Zula"2016Day of the Dead Compilation"Sugaree" (Grateful Dead)2019Matthias et Maxime by Xavier Dolan Soundtrack "Song For Zula"2021Can't Get You Out of My Head - Part 6: Are We Pigeon? Are We Dancer? by Adam Curtis Soundtrack "Song For Zula"
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Ukulele Session by Noahm for Le Soir