Witchazel

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Witchazel
Witchhazel - Matt Berry.jpg
Studio album by
Matt Berry
Released11 March 2009 (2009-03-11) (download)
7 March 2011 (2011-03-07) (CD, vinyl)
Recorded2008
Genre
Length49:57
Label Acid Jazz
Producer Matt Berry
Matt Berry chronology
Opium
(2008)		Witchazel
(2009)		 Kill the Wolf
(2013)

Witchazel is the third studio album by English actor and comedian Matt Berry. [1] It was originally released as a free download from his website on 11 March 2009, before being commercially released through Acid Jazz Records on 7 March 2011. [2]

Contents

Overview

Most instruments on the album are played by Berry, with fellow actor and comedian Peter Serafinowicz doing a Paul McCartney impression (under the name "Paul Mcartney") while providing backing vocals on "Rain Came Down". [3] According to Berry, the album is about "the terrors of the countryside". [1] [4]

The album's second track "Take My Hand" was used as the opening credits theme for Berry's comedy series Toast of London (2012–2015) [5] and the closing credits theme of the Netflix documentary series American Murder: Gabby Petito (2025). [6] In the two weeks following the airing of American Murder, the song was streamed in the U.S. over 579,000 times, representing a 1,505% increase in the song's streaming activity. [7] Years before the song's release, an instrumental version was also used as a recurring motif in Berry's dark comedy series Snuff Box (2006).

Track listing

All tracks are written by Matt Berry, unless noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."An Awakening" 0:46
2."Take My Hand" 3:11
3."Accident at a Harvest Festival" 3:25
4."A Song for Rosie" 2:50
5."So Low" 3:16
6."Look in My Book" 2:26
7."The Pheasant" 8:42
8."Woman" 3:31
9."The Badger's Wake" 3:49
10."Rain Came Down (Featuring Paul Mcartney)" 4:12
11."From the Manger to the Mortuary / Recorder Dance"Matt Berry, Cecilia Fage5:08
12."Into the Sky" 3:08
13."Roosting Time" 5:25

References

  1. 1 2 "Matt Berry". The Velvet Onion. 25 June 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "Matt Berry". Acid Jazz Records. Retrieved 4 June 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ Berry, Matt (2011). Witchazel (Liner notes). UK: Acid Jazz Records. AJXCD251.
  4. ↑ "IT Crowd star Matt Berry heads to Wales to launch folk-prog album". Wales online. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  5. ↑ Squires, Bethy (2 May 2025). "We Almost Forgot Matt Berry Was the Whole Point". Vulture. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  6. ↑ POZIREKIDES, TROY (17 February 2025). "Gabby Petito's Parents Aren't Done Fighting" . Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  7. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/angie-stone-death-streams-sales-trending-up-1235920545/
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