Matteo Lovik

Matteo Lovik’s songwriting is an honest portrait of a man stumbling toward wholeness with open eyes and scraped knees. SHAPES, his 2026 indie-folk record, was written across a decade marked by love, loss, grief, and renewal, crafted bit by bit, an artist's observations from inside a life well lived. SHAPES has been compared to the poetry and dark humor of Leonard Cohen, the raw emotionality of early Bon Iver, in a sonic landscape that fans of Big Thief will appreciate. The heart of this intimate alt-folk record spills from the chest with melodies and harmonies supporting Lovik’s unguarded poetic storytelling. The result is a collection that feels refreshingly human, vulnerable without spectacle and reflective without losing its sense of humor— grounded in the belief that raw authenticity might still save us from becoming strangers to ourselves and each other. These songs aren’t trying to be perfect. They’re trying to tell the truth Raised barefoot in the rural farmland of California’s Central Valley, amongst orange blossoms and familial chaos, Lovik approaches songwriting as a form of emotional excavation– a way of dancing with shadows and wrestling with the parts of himself that are awkward, contradictory, ugly, and unfinished. Recorded at 25th St Recording in Oakland, CA with producer Jeff Kolhede, and band featuring Sage Lind-keys/ harmonies, Joel Mandala -electric guitar, Joshua James Jackson-bass, Jamie Schlessinger-cello and Cody Rhodes-drums.