Live Sessions is the third EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 by American pop-rock singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Matt Hires

Matt Hires

Matt Hires is an American singer-songwriter from Tampa, Florida. Drawing inspiration from influences as disparate as The Band, Sufjan Stevens, Wilco and Ryan Adams, Matt became the first artist to sign with F-Stop Music, an imprint of Atlantic Records.- Biography :As a cabinet store worker by day...

, released on March 8, 2011. This new release is a compilation of 5 live tracks, recorded with a full band at various times during Hires’ 2009-2010 State Lines Tour. Upon its release, the ep broke into the top 10 on the iTunes Singer-Songwriter chart.

The Ep features 3 previously released material as well as a new track "I Always Lose" and a cover of American rock band MGMT

MGMT

MGMT is an American alternative rock band founded by Benjamin Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden. After the release of their first album, the members of their live band, Matthew Asti, James Richardson and Will Berman, joined the core band in the studio...

's hit song "Kids

Kids (MGMT song)

"Kids" is the third single from MGMT's album Oracular Spectacular. It was released as a single on October 13, 2008.The song was the center of a legal dispute with the President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, over the "insulting" compensation he offered for his illegal use of the song during a party...

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Cover Artwork

The ep's coverart was design and made by C1 Design & Photography. The original photo was took by Rebecca Siegrist, the Creative Director and Founder of C1 Design, at the State Lines Tour.

Concept

Track listing

Live Sessions

#	Title
1.	"Out of the Dark (Live Sessions Version)" - 3:47
2.	"I Always Lose (Live Sessions Version)" - 2:14
3.	"Honey, Let Me Sing You a Song (Live Sessions Version) Honey, Let Me Sing You a Song (song) "Honey, Let Me Sing You a Song" is the lead single by American pop-rock singer-songwriter Matt Hires from his first full-length studio album Take Us to the Start, the song featured in many uses in media, including ABC's hitshow Cougar Town and Life Unexpected on The CW.The demo version featured in... " - 4:02
4.	"Kids (Live Sessions Version)" - 2:51
5.	"A to B (Live Sessions Version) A to B (Matt Hires EP) A to B is a 4-track EP by American pop-rock singer-songwriter Matt Hires, released on August 17, 2010. The Ep includes the original album version of "Honey Let Me Sing You a Song" – first found on the Tampa-based tunesmith's acclaimed 2009 debut, "Take Us to the Start", it also features 2 new... " - 3:15