"a voice for the ineffable that must be heard" an "artist of the deepest importance" describe the band Big Thief, friends and fans, in an introduction to Twain's album Rare Feeling.

Twain is the solo project of Mt. (Mat) Davidson, a tender and evocative singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

He has previously worked with the likes of The Low Anthem, The Deslondes and Spirit Family Reunion.

Mt. Davidson, originally from Virginia, has started in the mids-2000s to write and self-record under the name Twain.

Those songs and sounds and his remarkable stage presence, whether solo or with his trio, steadily gained devoted listeners throughout the US indie-folk-circuit.