TheStaRiders – What I Haven’t Got

Emerging from the creative depths of modern pop, TheStaRiders is the innovative side project of renowned musician Matt Springfield.

Matt Springfield is a singer, songwriter, and composer. His music tastes are U2, Coldplay, Keane, and The Killers. Matt has an ambition as a songwriter to connect the listener with the decade that gave us classic tunes that are still popular today, Matt explained “My goal’s to write songs that could have been written in the 80’s, with sounds reminiscent of the 80’s, with a modern touch as well”. The albums “Erase All Data” & “Poplife!”, written by Matt, were produced by Greg Haver and recorded with crowdfunding support from more than 1.000 people on Akamusic. He reached #3 in the European Alternative Charts. In september 2023, Matt has recorded his new project at legendary Hansa Studios with producers and musicians like Greg Haver (Manics, Mel C), Alex Stacey (OneRepublic, Mika), Guy Harrison, Clint Murphy, Ryan Smith and Scott Seabright. 2025 sees the launch of his new side project “TheStaRiders”.

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