Matt Wertz - Gun Shy (2016)

Filled with left-field love songs about guarding yourself, opening your heart to new possibilities, and wrestling with the sacrifice and vulnerability that love requires of everyone, Gun Shy finds Wertz urging his listeners and, perhaps, himself to continue taking leaps. It's an album about stepping into unfamiliar situations, armed with the courage to fail and the drive to succeed. On "Committed," the album's kickoff track, Wertz rededicates himself to the artistic struggle, and with "Slow Motion," he focuses his attention on a loved one by clearing away the clutter and distractions of everyday life. Later, during "Hold On To Me," he channels his inner Michael Jackson on a song that poses some of the biggest questions of his career: why we're here, who put us there, and what it all means. A longtime member of Nashville's songwriting community, Wertz teams up with some of L.A.'s A-list pop writers for Gun Shy, including Ian Keaggy (Hot Chelle Rae, Cody Simpson), Ben Romans (The Click Five, Carly Rae Jepsen), and Seth Jones (Greg Holden, Tyler Bryant).

Tracklist:


01. Committed 03:40
02. Smoke 03:01
03. Lemonade 03:02
04. Slow Motion 03:38
05. Unexpected Love 03:39
06. Easy Things Hard 03:37
07. YKWYK 03:07
08. Patient Heart 03:32
09. Stars Align 03:08
10. Hold On to Me 03:55
11. Gun Shy (Change) 03:32
12. How I Remember You 04:28