Matthew Chaim has been releasing music since 2016, as his single "Vanilla Ways" caught a lot of attention on Spotify, and two years later, he released his debut EP, Homemade. All of those events happened just as he opened for other Canadian talents such as SonReal (in 2016) and Caveboy (in 2018).
This year, he traveled to his new home, L.A., from his hometown, Montreal, and got inspired to create what is now The Mathematics of Nature, Chaim's brand new album; his debut album. The project features singles that were released in the past months, "Sunflowers" and "Reason", as well as five brand new anthems. Focusing on relationships, thoughts, and meditation, the indie/electronic singer mixes tough topics with a pleasureful track, and makes it seem so easy.
He just finished his mini tour in North America, playing in cities like Toronto, Montreal, New York City, and Los Angeles. Although, if you were at any of those shows, you would recognize most of the tracks off of the seven song album, because his setlist featured all the songs from the album, with a touch of older (but still great) tunes of his.
The album starts off with an instrumental intro, titled "Tender", that gets more insane and more complex the farther you get into the song. It's then followed by a past released single "Sunflowers", a tribute to his passed father, done beautifully and captures so much emotion. After, track 3 is a simple but unique tune about a past lover, with lyrics like 'I think about you still, do you think about me? I think about us still, yeah I think about we', "Thoughts" is a beautiful and reflective anthem. "Reason" is the song that queues next, which was also released as the last single, right before the album launch, and it has a catchy melody and beat, that will never fail to make you bop your head. The single is followed by yet another reflective song, "Departed", a powerful one about love and loss. Then, "Byways" speaks about living your life and going on adventures by exploring different places, just like Matthew Chaim traveled to Los Angeles by car, which probably inspired this track. Lastly, to end the twenty-four minutes off, a six minute song by the name of "Winter/Fall" closes it off, more of a danceable end to The Mathematics of Nature, and will give you chills down your spines because it's just that good.
Stream The Mathematics of Nature, here.