Almost 30 years since his last solo album, and after a lot of music made in-between, Matty J. Ruys returns with Beautiful Mess, recorded across Los Angeles, Texas and Melbourne with US multi-platinum-certified producer NUMONICS (Marlon Craft, Freddie Gibbs, Blu). Blending soul, funk, R&B and indie hip hop, the album features ICECOLDBISHOP, Matthew “Honeybee” Little (Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Anderson .Paak), 7HOODIES, cellist Diana Wuli and Island Records artist Ben Swissa.

"Life is a journey and change can come in a second. I’ve certainly learned that this year. I’ve also been learning what you do with the day you’re given matters. I don’t have the answers. I’m still learning. Whether it’s relationships, humanity, hard times, the state of the world around us, or our own personal universes, BEAUTIFUL MESS wrestles with it all."