Looking back, Matt Berry wouldn’t have had it any other way. If his highly successful career as an actor/comedian/radio DJ hadn’t sent him on a different trajectory, he wouldn’t be where he is today: having just released his first album proper, ‘Witchazel’.

Recorded almost entirely in his front room, it touches a central nerve of anyone with a fondness for British psychedelia and/or ‘70’s folk. For Matt, it’s a labour of love, pure and simple.

“I guess the main objective is for it not to be seen as a vanity project. Unfortunately, in this country there’s this idea that you’re not really allowed to do more than one thing. I’m acutely aware people might think I’m not serious. But I’ve always been in bands, making music is what I love doing.”

Having been thwarted in his attempts to form a band at school, Matt joined a succession of groups on graduation from college in Nottingham. “I knew exactly what I wanted to do. But it never happened. Then I ended up doing Darkplace and life took a different turn. This is the music I love. There’s nothing deliberately weird about it. I love doing all the other stuff, but in the end music is what gets me horny.”

“…the result is a revelation…”
- Q - 4/5

“An actor/comedian breaks convention by making a good album.”
- Mojo – 4/5

“The music is ambitious and compelling.”
- Uncut

“…a luxurious intro into his musical world.”
– Clash

“…a loving recreation of 70’s psych-folk.”
– Word

“…brilliant? Yes. Funny? No.”
- NME – 7/10

“…psych-folk genius.”
- The Times - 4/5

“Witchazel is enchanting…genuinely impressive.”
- The Guardian