"I often come back to these older teenage songs years later and think their earnestness was actually something to be proud of, rather than cringe or make fun of"
On album three, the 24-year-old starts to peel back the characteristic humour to reveal reflections on personal transformation and the trials of young adulthood
From leaving a major label to going viral on TikTok, it’s been a strange couple of years for Matt Maltese, but home-brewed EP ‘madhouse’ comes as his most assured work yet