Matt Sahadi
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a different kind of valentine’s day song..
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I wrote these songs alone in my apartment with a Gibson on my knee and a notepad on the floor — no team, no roadmap, just the truth I was trying to understand. I wrote every word, played a lot of the instruments, co-produced it with , while .alex.malcolm designed the artwork, and I funded it all myself. It wasn’t an ideal season… but it was honest.
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The stories on this album didn’t come from that room. They came from long drives, unfinished conversations, and the kind of connection that forces you to look at yourself a little differently. That weight ended up in every line and every chord, whether I meant for it to or not.
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pressed this first test copy in Pittsburgh, and holding it now doesn’t feel like a victory lap — it feels like a reminder of everything it took to get here. Proof that the quiet work, the sleepless nights, and the emotions I couldn’t let go of actually led somewhere.
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If you’ve been listening to this album, or if you’ve ever walked through a season that changed you more than you expected, stay close.
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Pre-sale announcement is coming.
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my debut album “A Rust Belt Prophecy” is available everywhere
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whether or not you’re from Akron, Pittsburgh, or those little factory towns you’ve dreamed so much of running away from.. there’s a communal human experience in every song.
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for me growing up in Canton seemed to be a death sentence. i only wanted out. didn’t care how or where to.. only when. but it took 10 years of seeing life away from home to realize that the best parts of me are reflective of my family, my friends, and my home.
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regardless of the literal vs figurative storylines.. these songs are my spiritual and emotional experiences.. from the Cuyahoga valley to the Allegheny ridge and every highway and heartbreak woven in between.
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10/10/2025
my debut album “A Rust Belt Prophecy” is out everywhere
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When I wrote Halfway to Charlotte, I was quietly shutting off the lights on music and planning my way out of Nashville. Somewhere between pride and hopelessness, God met me there — and what was supposed to be the end became the beginning.
Every song on A Rust Belt Prophecy is a piece of that reckoning — stories of faith, failure, and the quiet fight to keep going. These are the highways, the rivers, and the factory towns that built me. The lives that shaped me. The truths I can’t outrun.
I kept wondering who I was writing for. At first, I thought it was someone else. But somewhere in the process, I realized I was just trying to make sense of myself.
Galatians 6:9 became the anchor — a reminder that even in exhaustion and doubt, there’s purpose in persistence; that what’s meant to grow will, when it’s ready.
This record isn’t about escape or arrival. It’s about endurance — staying faithful in the unseen, and finding peace in the struggle.
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