M. Sage

Since the early 2010s, M. Sage (aka Matthew Sage) has assembled an idiosyncratic catalog of music that sprawls in various sound directions, manifesting with releases on Geographic North, Orange Milk, and Moon Glyph, and garnering both critical attention and a loyal listenership present for each new turn. In 2023, Sage debuted on RVNG Intl. with Paradise Crick, which coincided with his ongoing output within the improvisatory ambient jazz quartet, Fuubutsushi. and he now delivers his next solo endeavor and direction. M. Sage now offers Brush Flier, surfacing material from sessions surrounding his 2025 album Tender / Wading. Whether “the weirdest, noisiest, stormiest, or most spacious” of the Tender / Wading lot, these six songs assembled with some distance from origin make a distinct, wild and enthralling grouping. “Daydreams from a different world,” the experiments of Brush Flier veer into glitchy jazz, dubbed-out electronics, pastoral Kosmiche folk, and beat-centric laptop music; a veritable sound sampler that reminds us of Sage’s boundless cross-genre capacity.