2016 – Rock On Purpose

Where Ethereal and Visceral Meet: ‘Viscera’ by My Epic

on September 4, 2018September 4, 2018 By Mary Nikkel

This review originally appeared on NewReleaseToday.com. My Epic isn't your average alt rock outfit. Their 2013 Facedown Records release Behold displayed a musical maturity hardwon through over a decade of shows and releases, matched by lyrics with an intensely honest and perspective-inverting look at the human soul. 2016's EP Viscera, the first in a series [...]

Lovely Things In Ugly Places: A Conversation With Mattie Montgomery

on June 3, 2018June 3, 2018 By Mary Nikkel

This interview originally appeared on NewReleaseToday.com in October of 2016. The night I interviewed Mattie Montgomery on For Today's farewell tour, it was a warm, humid October in Nashville. Their tour manager led me around to the back of the venue, instructed me to wait; Mattie was leading a Bible study in their cramped, dark [...]