BIO

Originally from Canton, Ohio and now based in Nashville, Matt Sahadi bridges indie rock’s urgency with heartland storytelling. What started as a love for big guitars and widescreen sound has grown into something sharper — songs built on realism, character, and the uneasy tension between leaving home and being claimed by it.

His breakout came in 2022 with A Heart That’s Not Your Kind — a late-night heartland rocker that landed his first editorial placements and stamped his writing as both cinematic and unflinching. Since then, Sahadi’s work has steadily moved closer to the bone.

That evolution arrives fully in his debut album, A Rust Belt Prophecy (out October 10). Led by Pittsburgh Sky — his most resonant release to date — the album maps the emotional geography of the Rust Belt through songs like Now That I’m Gone and Halfway to Charlotte: stories of love, loss, restlessness, and survival across Northeast Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. These aren’t nostalgia pieces. They’re lived-in narratives about people trying to outrun their pasts while realizing their roots don’t let go.

Influenced by Springsteen’s stark realism, The War on Drugs’ open-road ache, and the plainspoken grit of Zach Bryan, Sahadi writes with the voice of someone who’s lived the miles. His performances still carry the force of rock, but A Rust Belt Prophecy proves the core has always been the songs — intimate, lyric-driven, and heavy with truth.

For the heartbreakers, the soul searchers, and the big dream chasers, Matt Sahadi writes music for anyone who’s ever tried to leave a place behind — only to find it waiting in their chest.

CREDITS

All songs written and performed by: Matt Sahadi
Produced by: Daniel Dennis
Recorded in Nashville, TN

Mixed by: John Catlin (Narcissus Music)
Mastered by: John Davis, Matt Colton, & Felix Davis (Metropolis Studios)
Mixed + Mastered in London, UK