Matthew Houck was born in Alabama, began performing as Phosphorescent in Athens, Georgia in 2001, and then later became a Brooklyn, NY-based artist. His latest Phosphorescent project is titled C'est La Vie, recorded in his new hometown of Nashville, at a studio he built himself. In the five years since the previous Phosphorescent album, Houck has also faced meningitis and became a father twice. Considering that he named the new album C'est La Vie ("That's life"), it's no surprise that Houck is philosophical about it all. As he says via his record company: "These significant moments in life can really make you feel your insignificance. It's a paradox, I guess, that these wildly profound events simultaneously highlight that maybe none of this matters at all."
Here are the Top 30 new releases played on Studio One Tracks for the week ending Nov. 18, 2018:
1 Elvis Costello & The Imposters- Look Now
2 J Mascis- Elastic Days
3 Kurt Vile- Bottle It In
4 Phosphorescent- C'est La Vie
5 Kero Kero Bonito- Time 'N' Place
6 Mitski- Be The Cowboy
7 All Them Witches- ATW
8 St. Vincent- MassEducation
9 Thom Yorke- Suspiria (OST)
10 Cat Power- Wanderer
11 The Nude Party- The Nude Party
12 Ian Sweet- Crush Crusher
13 Peter Bjorn and John- Darker Days
14 Paul McCartney- Egypt Station
15 Hymn For Her- Pop N Downers
16 Molly Burch- First Flower
17 Ty Segall- Fudge Sandwich
18 Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis- Wild! Wild! Wild!
19 Metric- Art Of Doubt
20 Hiss Golden Messenger- Devotion
21 Jim James- Uniform Clarity
22 Parker Milsap- Other Arrangements
23 Valley Maker- Rhododendron
24 Cloud Nothings- Last Building Burning
25 Fleet Foxes- First Collection 2006-2009
26 Bob Dylan- More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14
27 Charles Bradley- Black Velvet
28 Georgia Anne Muldrow- Overload
29 Rhett Miller- The Messenger
30 Swearin'- Fall Into The Sun