Official Roster
Pawn Island Records Projects
Pawn Island Records is an independent creative music imprint founded by Matt Freeman. The label develops genre-fluid project identities across electronic pop, hip-hop, singer-songwriter material, country blues, metal, stoner doom, pop-punk, and reflective spiritual writing.
Project Worlds
Catalog Lanes
Project 01
Rhea Mauro
Soul-rooted singer-songwriter
Warm, emotionally grounded songs about home, memory, tenderness, identity, and direct human detail.
Project 02
High Ground
Hip-hop / rap / boom-bap
Hip-hop, rap, and boom-bap fundamentals: rhythm, verbal presence, grit, memory, cadence, and direct expression.
Project 03
Velvet Orchard
Experimental electronic pop / EDM / bass
Experimental electronic pop that moves from bubblegum Y2K color into EDM, house, dubstep, bass, club, and festival-inspired electronica.
Project 04
Quiet Filter
Bluesy stoner doom / grunge groove
Hypnotic, blues-stained stoner doom with grunge weight, dirty groove, heavy repetition, and weathered spiritual unease.
Project 05
Resunant
Alternative power metal / narrative glam rock
Alternative power metal and narrative-driven glam rock: theatrical, heavy, neon-lit, and built for concept-album scale.
Project 06
Matt Freeman
Lyric-first songwriter / creative director
Poet, songwriter, founder, and independent creator building Pawn Island Records around original lyrics, story, atmosphere, and genre-fluid project identities.
Project 07
Blackout State
Pop-punk / melodic rebellion
Energetic pop-punk about breakup wreckage, buried memories, hard exits, and the ghosts that keep showing up after the damage is done.
Project 08
Crick Kinnard
Appalachian blues / country grit
Appalachian blues, country grit, battered-heart storytelling, and rough-edged songcraft with a weathered soul.
Project 09
second watch
Reflective songwriter / devotional-adjacent
Reflective, lyric-forward songs shaped by vigil, prayer, confession, solitude, and late-night self-examination.