Matt Maltese has shared his yearnful new single ‘Pined For You My Whole Life’ from his forthcoming album ‘Hers’.
The soft, soulful and romantic track sees Maltese confess his love for a partner and how much he has yearned for them. “I fell in your hands / it changed the world / a challenge that meant to want you more,” he sings over a smooth bassline and beautiful piano arrangement.
Speaking about the track in a press release, Maltese shared: “Potentially the most amount of yearning I’ve done in a song. Which is saying something. Musically the song was a true joy to make, and is heavily inspired by all the Motown and soul I was grown up with. I’m not ashamed to say I get a lot of joy out of writing boldly pathetic declarations of love through the veil of American-leaning soul music.”
‘Pined For You My Whole Life’ serves as the third taster of Maltese’s upcoming sixth album ‘Hers’ which is set for release on May 16 via The Orchard (pre-order/pre-save here). The track follows the previously released ‘Anytime, Anyplace, Anyhow’ and ‘Always Some MF’.
‘Hers’ marks Maltese’s first fully self-produced album since his second LP ‘Krystal’. A press release shared that the album is his “most insular and intimate to date” and “exists in a twilight world, pairing heartfelt songwriting and dry witticism with the gentle quiver of strings, a flourish of woodwind or the sound of a creaking old piano. ”
Speaking about the album, Maltese shared: “I’ve written a lot of music that comes from a place of infatuation, but this record was written on reflection of a much longer-term love. The complications and wonderful roads that goes through and the more informed heartaches that come out of it. I got to really reflect and slave over it… It’s a bit like having a year to write a really important email.”
He continued: “I’m British enough to feel a slight shame of writing so many love songs in the past. Maybe the more interesting thing on paper would have been to go to the other side of the world and write a concept album about prehistoric creatures or something, but at the end of the day, we’re all human, and love and people are things we’re all continually affected by. It’s my job as a songwriter to excavate the things in my life, and that’s what I was going through.”
‘Hers’ tracklist is:
1. ‘Arthouse Cinema ’
2. ‘Buses Replace Trains ’
3. ‘Happy Birthday ’
4. ‘Anytime, Anyplace, Anyhow ’
5. ‘Always Some MF ’
6. ‘Cure For Emptiness ’
7. ‘Holiday From Yourself ’
8. ‘Pined For You My Whole Life ’
9. ‘Eternal Darkness Of The Spotless Mind ’
10. ‘Tangled ’
11. ‘Everybody’s Just As Crazy As Me’
The musician has also announced a headline tour through the US, Europe and the UK. You can check out a full list of dates below and visit here to purchase US tickets and here for UK tickets.
Matt Maltese’s ‘Tour For You My Whole Life’ 2025 US, UK and European tour dates are:
SEPTEMBER
16 Marathon Music Works, Nashville
17 Tabernacle, Atlanta
19 Underground, Charlotte
20 Lincoln Theatre, Raleigh
21 The Fillmore Silver Spring, Washington
23 Roxian Theatre, Pittsburgh
25 HISTORY, Toronto
26 Beanfield Theatre, Montreal
28 Citizens House Of Blues, Boston
30 Toad’s Place, New Haven
OCTOBER
2 The Fillmore, Philadelphia
4 Paramount, Brooklyn
6 Newport Music Hall, Columbus
7 Bogart’s, Cincinnati
9 Deluxe at Old National Centre, Indianapolis
10 The Fillmore, Detroit
11 Riviera Theatre, Chicago
13 The Fillmore, Minneapolis
25 Summit, Denver
16 The Depot, Salt Lake City
18 Vogue Theatre, Vancouver
19 Moore Theatre, Seattle
21 Fox Theatre, Oakland
23 House Of Blues, San Diego
24 The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles
26 The Van Buren, Phoenix
29 House Of Blues, Dallas
30 Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheatre, Austin
NOVEMBER
1 House Of Blues, Houston
2 House Of Blues, New Orleans
4 The Ritz Ybor, Tampa
20 Project House, Leeds
21 O2 Institute, Birmingham
22 O2 Academy, Bristol
24 The National Stadium, Dublin
26 SWG3, Glasgow
27 O2 Ritz Manchester
28 Roundhouse, London
DECEMBER
1 La Cigale, Paris
3 Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
4 Tivoli Vrendenburg, Utrecht
6 Kantine, Cologne
7 Metropol, Berlin
9 WUK, Vienna
11 Legend Club, Milan
13 Razzmatazz 2, Barcelona
In other news, last year, Maltese established his own indie label called Last Recordings On Earth, signing NME Radar artist Searows as his first artist.
After that, he also shared a covers album called ‘Songs That Aren’t Mine’ and made his theatre songwriting debut – composing all original music and lyrics for The Royal Shakespeare Company’s latest production of Twelfth Night.