Matt Hales is a songwriter, musician, and record producer who has performed professionally as Aqualung since the early 2000s. Aqualung is best known in the UK for the song "Strange and Beautiful", which was featured on a television advertisement for the new Volkswagen Beetle during the summer of 2002 and went on to become a Top 10 hit in the UK Singles Chart later that year. In the United States, Aqualung is also known for the song "Brighter Than Sunshine", which had considerable airplay and was used in the film A Lot Like Love and various television spots.
As a songwriter and record producer, Hales has collaborated with all kinds of artists - including Olivia Dean, Lianne La Havas, Bat For Lashes, Mika, Tom Chaplin, Disclosure, For King & Country and many others, resultng in huge acclaim, including both an Ivor Novello and a Grammy Award.
Matt continues to work on his own music as well as his writing collaborations and production work. He also worked on a side-project called Søren Lorensen, collaborating with Italian violinist, string arranger and composer Davide Rossi (Goldfrapp, Coldplay). They released their first album ‘Lake Constance’ in 2020.
A brand new Aqualung album called 'Dead Letters' was released worldwide on 28th October 2022 to much critical acclaim and can be ordered here
Also in 2022, the first 2 albums 'Aqualung' and 'Still Life' were released on vinyl for the very first time, both with bonus live albums. They are available here
Aqualung will play his only UK show at London's Islington Assembly Rooms on Monday 9th December.