Matt Derda & the High Watts make songs about the gap between who you are and who you thought you'd be by now. The kind of songs that feel like a Friday night that went sideways — messy, a little loud, worth it in the end.

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Derda grew up on country music and got ruined by the kind of rock and roll that doesn't care if you like it. The band sounds like both things happened.

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Based in Chicago. Playing shows. Making records. Figuring it out.