When Matt Johnson released his sixth album as The The in 2000, there was no hint it might be 25 years before the next record from the London outfit in which he is the only constant member. Sure, he was a little bit burnt out, he acknowledges on a call from Seattle where The The had a show on the tour that plays the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Friday, Nov. 8.
“I probably started my career earlier than a lot of my contemporaries in that I was in bands from the age of 11, singing, doing little gigs, and then I was working in a record studio at the age of 15,” Johnson says “I formed The The at 17. “So I was almost sort of 10 years possibly ahead of many people similar age to me,” he says. “”I probably needed the time off, really, to do different things.
” Matt Johnson, the founder of The The, returns to Los Angeles for a concert at the Shrine Auditorium, touring behind “Ensoulment,” the first new album from The The in almost 25 years. (Photo by Gerald Jenkins) Matt Johnson, the founder of The The, returns to Los Angeles for a concert at the Shrine Auditorium, touring behind “Ensoulment,” the first new album from The The in almost 25 years. (Photo by Gerald Jenkins) Matt Johnson, the founder of The The, returns to Los Angeles for a concert at the Shrine Auditorium, touring behind “Ensoulment,” the first new album from The The in almost 25 years.
(Photo by Gerald Jenkins) Matt Johnson, the founder of The The, returns to Los Angeles for a concert a.