MATT LANGE ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM RELEASE WITH RECOVERY | A COLLECTION OF 13 ORIGINAL SONGS & INSPIRED REIMAGINATIONS OF WORKS BY NINE INCH NAILS, MAZZY STAR, FAILURE & SLEEP TOKEN
PROJECT SET FOR RELEASE AUGUST 13 VIA BA DA BING RECORDS
A veteran in the worlds of music and film, acclaimed solo artist, producer, remixer, & composer Matt Lange honors his numerous expertises in his latest offering, RECOVERY, a collection of originals and inspired reimaginations of tracks by Nine Inch Nails, Sleep Token, Mazzy Star and more. He brought the album to life with immersive clarity and palpable power by mixing it seamlessly in Dolby Atmos for an elevated listening experience. RECOVERY will be released August 13, 2026. Pre-save is available HERE.
What began as an exercise to reacclimate to singing during the COVID pandemic – after getting laid off from a leadership position at Pro Tools manufacturer Avid, leaving a long-term relationship and suffering a jarring injury – transformed into a full-fledged autobiographical project that’s been over five years in the making. He initially recorded renditions of Failure’s “Another Space Song” and Sleep Token’s “Alkaline,” which unassumingly laid the foundation for RECOVERY. In 2025, history ironically repeated itself as he lost his job as Director of Brand Partnerships at Fender, and he tore his ACL requiring surgery. Still, he kept making music.
Looking back, Matt Lange mined his most formative influences for inspiration. For RECOVERY, he reinterpreted “And All That Could’ve Been” by Nine Inch Nails with reverence and a raw touch. He brought a different kind of gravity to Mazzy Star’s effervescent and ethereal nineties ballad “Fade Into You.” Plus, he tackled Emma Ruth Randle’s “Real Big Sky” with a combination of grandeur and intimacy—accompanied by his friend Ekaterina Gorbacheva. In between, he wrote the original material. “I Could, I Should” cuts deep with its incisive and intentional lyrics. A gently plucked arpeggio complements his tender delivery as he laments, “I’m licking my wounds with my knife in my gut.” Adding another dimension, off-kilter percussion maintains the track’s heartbeat, and an airy lead glows in the background.
Elsewhere, softly strummed chords anchor “How Much More Will you.” Caught in a moment of confusion, he wonders aloud, “How much more do I leave to fate?” “Without even overanalyzing it, you can hear a relationship ending,” he comments. “These are some of the most intimate pieces I’ve ever written.”
Then, there’s “It Conspires.” For the finale, a windy buzz dissolves beneath the undertow of sparse industrial bass and glitchy beat-craft. The song’s tempo quickens accelerated by dramatic strings, pulsating electronics, and anxious guitar. “‘It Conspires’ bookends the entire journey, and it lyrically shows a progression from the beginning to the end,” he reveals. “It’s very existential. I was in a moment of searching for what’s next. You start to ask, ‘What’s the meaning of all this?’ After reading The Alchemist for the fourth time, I was trying to feel connected to something greater. There’s an overtly cinematic outro. I dive down this existential wormhole and make a grand exit like a phoenix rising from the ashes. Light comes out of the rubble.”
“I did a couple of covers just to warm up my voice. I used it as a developmental tool, but it unexpectedly hooked me in. I treated the covers as if they were my own. I had to become them, and in turn, they had to become me,” shares Matt Lange. “The album was made out of desperation when I was still healing. I had no idea what was going to happen, and there was no end goal. I just picked out interesting songs.”
Matt Lange
Recovery
(Ba Da Bing Records)
Release Date: August 13, 2026
Pre-Save Recovery HERE
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