Matt Slocum

{{other people||Matt Slocum (keyboardist)|Matt Slocum (drummer)}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Matt Slocum

| image = Matt Slocum.jpg

| caption = Slocum performing in Jakarta in June 2013

| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist

| birth_name = Matt Slocum

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|12|27}}

| birth_place = Bristol, Rhode Island, U.S.New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung, August 30, 6C, https://newbraunfels.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=slocum&i=f&by=1973&bdd=1970&d=01011905-12311976&m=between&ord=k1&fn=new_braunfels_herald_and_zeitung_usa_texas_new_braunfels_19730830_english_26&df=1&dt=9

| instrument = guitars, bass, cello, piano

| genre = Pop rock, soft rock, adult album alternative, country

| occupation = Singer-songwriter, musician

| years_active = 1991–present

| label =

| associated_acts = Sixpence None the Richer, Astronaut Pushers, Love Coma

}}

Matt Slocum (born 27 December 1972) is a guitarist, cellist, pianist and composer, known for his work as the principal songwriter and lead guitarist of Sixpence None the Richer.{{cite journal|title=Kissing up the charts|journal=SPIN|date=June 1999|pages=54|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xY9xO99TYMYC&dq=%22Matt+Slocum%22&pg=PA54|access-date=11 January 2011}}

== Biography ==

Born in Rhode Island to Joseph and Hildegard Slocum, his family moved to New Braunfels, Texas, when he was eight months old, and opened a book store.New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung, August 30, 1973, 6C, https://newbraunfels.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=slocum&i=f&by=1973&bdd=1970&d=01011905-12311976&m=between&ord=k1&fn=new_braunfels_herald_and_zeitung_usa_texas_new_braunfels_19730830_english_26&df=1&dt=9 In 1991, while a senior at New Braunfels High School,1990-1991 New Braunfels High School Yearbook Slocum played guitar with Chris Taylor on a garage-band tape release called A Place to Hide Away (Part 1). He was a member of Love Coma, a Christian rock band, and in the early 1990s he met vocalist Leigh Bingham Nash while attending the same church in New Braunfels, Texas. Slocum and Leigh formed Sixpence None the Richer; he and Nash are the band's only constant members. He co-wrote, with Nash, the song "Nervous In the Light of Dawn" for Nash's debut solo album Blue on Blue.{{citation needed|date=January 2011}}

In 2006, Slocum toured with the band The Choir, playing bass. He has also played guitar with Over the Rhine, and played bass in the band the Astronaut Pushers.{{cite web |url=https://lostinohio.com/product/astronaut-pushers-ep |title=Astronaut Pushers EP |website=lostinohio.com |date=January 2011 |access-date=2023-12-12}}

Slocum played cello on Viva Voce's first album, Hooray for Now. As studio guitarist and cellist, he has recorded on albums by artists Julie Miller, Plumb, Wes King, Switchfoot, Hammock, Lost Dogs, The Choir, Dividing the Plunder, Threefold, and Brooke Waggoner. He also appeared as cellist on the Chris Rice DVD Inside Out.{{citation needed|date=January 2011}}

In 2023, Slocum and Nash joined 10,000 Maniacs.{{Cite news |newspaper=The Post-Journal |date=2023-09-16 |title=10,000 Maniacs Add New Singer, Guitarist; To Perform At JCC |language=en-US |first=Michael |last=Zabrodsky |department=Top Stories |url=https://www.post-journal.com/news/top-stories/2023/09/10000-maniacs-add-new-singer-guitarist-to-perform-at-jcc/}}