Matisyahu Premieres New Music Video For “Back To The Old” On Conan O’Brien’s Team Coco

 

 

 

Grammy-nominated Reggae artist Matisyahu has teamed up with Conan O’Brien’s Team Coco to exclusively premiere their new music video for “Back To The Old” today! “Back To The Old” originally premiered on Billboard and is the second single off of Undercurrent, which is set to release on May 19th via Thirty Tigers. Undercurrent is musically Matisyahu’s most courageous release to date and lyrically his most vulnerable. Nearly thirteen years after the release of his first studio record, Matisyahu and his band have done something unmatched in his past repertoire. Watch the music video for “Back To The Old” via Team Coco, here: https://goo.gl/osXqnK

 

Matis’ first single “Step Out Into The Light” makes reference to an inner yearning which up until Undercurrent has been the single most motivating force of his creative life.

 

There is an existential journey, which unfolds through his catalogue of music. Its foundation was built on biblical stories and Chassidic philosophy however the themes and words represent intimate and vulnerable places in his personal story.

 

The first single and song on the record is the next step after Akeda and everything that came before.  It is like Abraham on his life mission, coming up against tests and challenges. At the climactic point of his life, his tenth and final test he breaks free from everything he’s known and wanted his whole life. This inner drive takes him way beyond the limits of normal devotion and desire. This is where Matisyahu was in his last record Akeda and “Step Out Of the Light”, the first song on the new record Undercurrent recognizes the journey up to his point, acknowledges it’s impact and is a joyous acceptance and celebration of all that was. Finding the word, questioning the word, looking for the story, the meaning, the inner reality.

 

The second single and second song on the album, “Back To The Old” is the story of Abraham returning home to a whole new world after his earth shattering breakthroughs and breakdowns up on the mountain. For Matis this was paralleled by moving back home 10 min from where her grew up in NY and starting his life again. Another crack at sober living for the 7 months leading up to the record resulted in these lyrics:

 

 

 

 

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