Matt DeMello – Confetti in a Coalmine: The Visual Album / Deluxe Edition

Matt DeMello is a composer and songwriter based in Peekskill, NY. Originally from the suburbs of Providence, RI he grew up on a healthy diet of showtunes, hip-hop, and prog rock bands. His first performances were with community theater ensembles, which soon became noise and math rock basement shows.

Back in 2020 we premiered a video for So Uh…Thanks for Stopping By from NY singer/songwriter Matt DeMello. Confetti in a Coalmine, the LP this song appears on, is now getting a massive deluxe edition – details below!

The Deluxe version of Confetti in a Coalmine is comprised of three distinct releases across three distinct channels:

Confetti in a Coalmine: The Visual Album (YouTube ONLY)
Canaries for the Cauldron: A Bandcamp B-Sides Collection (BANDCAMP ONLY)
Live at Green Kill: 2023 – 4 (BANDCAMP ONLY)
Confetti in a Coalmine: Deluxe Edition for Streaming (Streaming services, i.e. Spotify ONLY)

Each version contains elements of the original album and sessions specifically tailored to the ascribed channel. For the ‘Full Length Visual Album’ on YouTube, listeners will delight in live-in-studio alternate versions of stand-out album tracks like “Sunshine” and “Don’t Mind if I Do!” For streaming listeners, the second and third discs of Confetti in a Coalmine: Deluxe Edition for Streaming are a veritable greatest hits of studio outtakes and Bandcamp rarities across the seven year period of 2015-2022 of writing and recording the original album. The Canaries for the Cauldron.. Bandcamp B-Sides collection digs deeper into the vault showcasing as-yet unreleased Broken Social Scene and Frank Zappa covers. Finally, the Bandcamp-only LP Live at Green Kill: 2023-4 showcases me performing in my elements with full backing tracks over some of the most experimental tracks of my entire discography, not to mention a variation on William Basinski’s Disintegration Loops with avant-garde guitarist Federico Balducci.

Confetti in a Coalmine: The Visual Album

1. So, uh … Thanks for stopping by? (feat. the Rootstock Republic String Quartet)
2. Sunshine (Funky Version – Live at NEWSPACE Audio)
3. Body in a Hearse
4. Candidate (Live at Virtual Oasis Festival 2020)
5. Ensconced by the Dawn
6. Another Word for “Love”
7. A Tension’s Deficit / All-State Firing Squad
8. My Brightest Flame
9. Don’t Mind if I Do! (Live at NEWSPACE Audio)
10. (I Promise to Remember All Your) December Birthdays

Confetti in a Coalmine: Deluxe Edition for Streaming – Bonus Discs:

1. Happy Birthday to a Tom-a-saurus Rex – B-Side
2. Failure by Design (feat. SkyTwoHigh & Luxury Elite) – B-Side
3. Over and Over – B-Side
4. Psycho Killer (Talking Heads cover)
5. Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes (Paul Simon cover)
6. All I Ask of You (Phantom of the Opera cover)
7. Streets Paved in Gold – B-Side
8. I’m Still Your F*g (Broken Social Scene cover)
9. She’s So Heavy (Beatles cover – Tales from the Topographic Soft Machine version)
10. Santeria (Sublime cover)
11. All My Friends (feat. Liz Wagner Biro & John Alexander Busi – LCD Soundsystem cover)
12. Can’t Hardly Wait (Replacements cover)
13. I Found a Reason (Velvet Underground cover)
14. Sunshine! (Streaming Version)
15. Don’t Mind if I Do! (Streaming Version)
16. My Favorite 9/11 Meme (feat. William Basinski & Federico Balducci – live at Green Kill)
17. Strychnine (Sonics cover) – B-Side
18. Eat That Question (Frank Zappa cover, ft. J.M. Smig) – Bonus Track

Canaries for the Cauldron: A B-Sides Collection for Bandcamp – Bandcamp Only

1. Happy Birthday to a Tom-a-saurus Rex – B-Side
2. Failure by Design (feat. SkyTwoHigh & Luxury Elite) – B-Side
3. I’m Still Your F*g (Broken Social Scene cover)
4. Santeria (Sublime cover)
5. All My Friends (feat. Liz Wagner Biro & John Alexander Busi – LCD Soundsystem cover)
6. Come Together (feat. Amanda “Rain” O’Keefe – Beatles cover – Bill Evans version)
7. Can’t Hardly Wait (Replacements cover)
8. Peaches En Regalia (live – Frank Zappa cover)
9. I Found a Reason (Velvet Underground cover)
10. “Funky” Sunshine! (Alternative version – Live at NEWSPACE Audio)
11. Don’t Mind if I Do! (Live at NEWSPACE Audio)

Canaries for the Cauldron: A B-Sides Collection for Bandcamp – Bandcamp Only

1. Happy Birthday to a Tom-a-saurus Rex – B-Side
2. Failure by Design (feat. SkyTwoHigh & Luxury Elite) – B-Side
3. I’m Still Your F*g (Broken Social Scene cover)
4. Santeria (Sublime cover)
5. All My Friends (feat. Liz Wagner Biro & John Alexander Busi – LCD Soundsystem cover)
6. Come Together (feat. Amanda “Rain” O’Keefe – Beatles cover – Bill Evans version)
7. Can’t Hardly Wait (Replacements cover)
8. Peaches En Regalia (live – Frank Zappa cover)
9. I Found a Reason (Velvet Underground cover)
10. “Funky” Sunshine! (Alternative version – Live at NEWSPACE Audio)
11. Don’t Mind if I Do! (Live at NEWSPACE Audio)

Live at Green Kill: 2023-4 – Bandcamp Only

1. So, uh thanks for Stopping by? …
2. An Inkling on a Rooftop / Between Myself & All My Friends
3. Unlimited Bounty No. 4: Absolution II. Light-Rider Defense Network (Would That It Were So Simple)
4. My Favorite 9/11 Meme (feat. William Basinski & Federico Balducci)