Noodle by Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra

‘Noodle' is a deep immersion into the obscure brain of the fiercely anti-racist yet kookily playful artist-activist.

Matt’s mythos as an inimitable music auteur creating unpredictable and exquisite music way off Australia’s well-trodden ‘indie path’, has rapidly snowballing into a cult favourite multi-instrumental tinkerer who leads a 25-piece alternative orchestra — zig-zagging from whimsical ‘gnome-core’ bedroom pop, second-line horns, socially conscious collabs, found object soundscapes, to Studio Ghibli-esque sweeping symphonies.

NB: ‘Golden Key’ doesn't appear on the vinyl version of this album

Tracklist

1.	Obscure Thought (feat. Lucie Pegna)	3:28

2.	LIVE LAUGH DECOLONISE (feat. Chelsea Watego, BADASSMUTHA, Nima Doostkah & Rivermouth)	5:28

3.	Only Person of Colour at the Indie Hang	2:09

4.	cosy / ittekimasu [いってきます] (feat. Kaya Tominaga, Lucie Pegna & Jodie Rottle)	3:14

5.	Where's Home? (with Ethan Enoch) (feat. Lucie Pegna)	4:21

6.	Make Everything (feat. apadalia & Loopy! 鹿皮)	5:24

7.	Morse Code (feat. Lucie Pegna & Theo Wu)	2:57

8.	Melanin Moon (feat. Saro Roro & Tiarn Toni)	3:52

9.	就當家裡 (Welcome To The Neighbourhood) (feat. 春艷 Chunyan, 老莫 ILL MO, 凱琳 Cait Lin)	4:51

10.	Eat the World	4:30

11.	Premonition (feat. Naaki Soul & Tenzin Choegyal)	1:51

12.	Birdnest Hair (even hairier) (feat. Ash Djokic)	4:20

13.	Golden Key	1:18

14.	✧ a little ✧ bean cap	1:43

Videos

Credits

released February 1, 2025

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Matt Hsu

See each track for individual credits

Cover art by Rod Pilbeam (photography) and Matt Hsu (design)

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