Believe me, after more than a decade of writing this blog, I do not lack submissions. This is a privileged position to be in. Still, I receive more than I can listen to – there is no team ’17 Seconds’ (and still people
send in their follow-ups, despite the polite requests for them not to do so. I have more than 40,000 unopened emails in the 17 Seconds account).
So, it can be a sheer luck when I get to hear something new – and in the case of Mateo Katsu, I
am so glad I did.
The email stated simply:
ver the course of 14 weeks.”
of the last thirty years, without sounding like a throwback. For me, the artists I most hear within are Sebadoh and Pavement.
According to his bandcamp page, ‘Mateo Katsu write
s, teaches, performs, and records. He was born in Los Angeles, California, and he lives there still. He also runs a small label called Miedlena.’