title: Matthew Swann (musician)
text: # Matthew Swann (musician)
  
  Matthew Swann, performing under the name Astral Swans, is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Calgary, Alberta, signed to Dan Mangan's Madic Records, an imprint of Arts & Crafts Productions. His music style has been described as "introspective late 60s folk à la Nick Drake filtered through an avant-garde 90s lens." His 2015 album, All My Favorite Singers Are Willie Nelson, was described by VICE as "a stark, beautiful project [...] steeped in 60s psych-folk mythology and loner punk iconography." His latest album, Strange Prison, was released in May 2018. Previously Matthew Swann was a member of Hot Little Rocket and Extra Happy Ghost!!!
  
  ## Discography
  
  ### Studio albums
  
  * 2015: All My Favorite Singers Are Willie Nelson (Madic Records / Arts & Crafts Productions)
  * 2018: Strange Prison (Saved By Vinyl / Tiny Room Records)
  
  ### Singles
  
  * 2014: You Carry A Sickness / Park Street (Madic Records / Arts & Crafts Productions)
  * 2018: Controls (song) (Saved By Vinyl / Tiny Room Records)
  * 2018: What Are You Gonna Do With Yourself (Saved By Vinyl / Tiny Room Records)
  
  ### EPs
  
  * 2014: We Went to Europe and Conquered Death (tour EP)
  
  ### Compilation albums
  
  * 2015: Good People Rock: A Yellow Bird Project Covers Compilation (Madic Records / Arts & Crafts Productions)
  