{"id":4633,"date":"2026-09-22T11:38:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckandtap.com\/alpharetta\/event\/live-music-152\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T12:43:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T16:43:46","slug":"live-music-152","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/truckandtap.com\/alpharetta\/event\/live-music-152\/","title":{"rendered":"Wire & Wood After Party Live Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

Multi-instrumentalist-turned-songwriter Mathis Hunter has been a journeyman in the Atlanta music scene and beyond for decades.\u00a0 When looking for ways to categorize his music, it is hard to ignore the diversity of ideas and the endless genre experimentation that characterize his discography.\u00a0 While this approach may at one time have seemed puzzling, in today\u2019s musical landscape it proves to be Hunter\u2019s overarching strength as a songwriter.\u00a0 Woven through his albums are threads of clever melodies, hypnotic riffs, prominent grooves, and earworm-inducing hooks from an artist that can pull from and operate within various genres.\u00a0 Hunter is seemingly able to find inspiration from the past and the future simultaneously, while crafting songs and a sound that, while hard to pin down, offer a great deal to the willing listener.<\/h4>\n

Despite Hunter\u2019s history of broad experimentation, his solo albums have taken a somewhat more probable path where sequencers and samplers give way to a more traditional \u201crock band\u201d setup: two guitars, bass, and drums.\u00a0 Influences still reign in from all angles, however there is a strongly traceable guidance from UK rock of the \u201860s through the \u201890s such as The Stones, Small Faces, Traffic, Budgie, Iron Maiden, The Stone Roses, Primal Scream\u2026and there and back again.<\/h4>\n

Hunter\u2019s active and prolific musical odyssey began on bass guitar with mid-90s punk rock luminaries Quadiliacha<\/u><\/a>, while the latter half of the \u201890s saw him as a guitarist, and later as drummer, of the space rock outfit Good Friday Experiment<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0 In 2006, he co-founded his longest lasting project, the cosmic disco entourage Noot d’ Noot<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0 In 2007 he joined The Selmanaires<\/u><\/a> as a percussionist\/guitarist where he remained until 2009.\u00a0 2010 saw the release of Hunter\u2019s first solo album, Soft Opening<\/em>, on which he performed most of the instruments but also utilized many members of his other bands for overdubs.\u00a0 After the release of Soft Opening Hunter remained focused on Noot d’ Noot<\/u><\/a> until it disbanded in 2014.\u00a0 It was at this time he also began a somewhat parallel career as a DJ<\/u><\/a>.<\/h4>\n

In 2015, Hunter formed Frosted Orange<\/u><\/a> with former Noot d’ Noot members along with drummer Lee Corum<\/u><\/a> and guitarist Andy Morrison<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0 After the release of Frosted Orange’s debut album Hunter became a full-time DJ and then went “solo” again, bringing Corum and Morrison along for 2017’s Countryman<\/em><\/u><\/a> album, 2019\u2019s Mother Tongue<\/em><\/u><\/a>, and 2020’s Mood Lighting<\/em><\/u><\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0Frankie Sparks<\/u><\/a> joined the group on bass in February 2020, just in time for the pandemic to shut down live performances.<\/h4>\n

Two more albums and an EP followed- 2023’s V<\/em><\/a> and Can’t Stay<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0 and 2025\u2019s The Way In Is Not The Way Out<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 A new album, Relentless<\/em>, is set to be released 30 April 2026 and the band will be performing RELENTLESSLY over the summer to support its release.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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