Kids Steal Feelings is Matts fifth solo album, although it was actually recorded in 2003 before Wake Up The Moths was released. Written over a couple of years with his long time friend and Squeeze legend Chris Difford who penned the lyrics, the album was engineered, produced and mixed by former Whiskey Town keys maestro, and long time producer Richard Causon, who also plays keys on it. They were joined by a drummer who today is one of the most sought after drummers on planet earth, the brilliant Ash Soan, alongside long time friend and Mother Earth bassist Neil Corcoran and Zan Abeyratne on backing vocals, with Chris Difford adding some BVs in sprinkles. All the songs are complete live takes direct to tape, no pro tools, no logic and it was recorded on Heliocentrics fabled Helios desk that was built out of one half of the legendary Island Records Studio desk that it was said had faders that could be harvested for stuff to smoke if you scraped hard enoughThe album was then thought lost for over a decade before it emerged Richard had kept it safe. The tapes were sent by Richard Clarke at Monks Road to the late great mastering engineer John Dent who cut it straight to vinyl with no digital in the middle, and this repressing is taken from the Hi Res files he made from the original master at 24bit 96k. Amazingly, it turned out that John had the other half of the Helios desk having built the Island Studio in the 70s. Matt and Richard commissioned artist Christophe Gowan who built the incredible artwork out of his own paintings.”The real time for Matt Deighton is now” Mojo Buried Treasure”Sparkles like a cool sweet cider sipped in a gentle summer breeze” NMEAn unexpected gem Attitude Magazine

The lost 2001 album The Common Good followed quickly on the heels of the release of You Are The Healer. It was part produced by John Leckie and features an allstar cast of performances from drum maestro Steve White, Keyboard legend Mick Talbot, alongside a world class complement of Marco Nelson, Nicola BrightThomas and of course, Paul Weller. Originally released on a limited run of vinyl and CD, it then vanished without a trace for two decades, save for a couple of bootlegs that robbed him of any royalties, and a handful of fans refusing to let it die online. Now it has finally been restored to glory in 24 bit for the first time, for a worldwide release. It is a record that is slightly more electric than the others with standout tracks such as Large As Life, A Saint Coming Home and Finger of Rain perhaps owing something to Matts time with Paul Weller and Oasis, but there are still those haunting acoustic moments that define him, such as Evensong, and The Common Good.The album was remastered in 2020 from the original tapes by Russ HepworthSawyer and then prepared for vinyl by Jason Mitchell.One of this countrys best kept secrets The Huffington Post”A mellow folksoul gem, shamefully overlooked… there’s clearly a sharp, undervalued talent at work.” Mojo 45