The Undercover Choir

The Undercover Choir was Matt Breslau's fifth musical project. It was formed in 2009 with Abagail Link, who at the time was Breslau's girlfriend through a long-distance relationship. The project was created in response to the couple's admiration for bands of the same nature, and lasted until the couple broke up in 2011.

History
Breslau and Link entered a long-distance relationship in January 2008. During the course of their relationship, they talked and toyed with the idea of creating a band between the two of them that would technically exist in two places at once: Breslau's home in New York and Link's home in California. In 2009, as both a reference to the Rolling Stones' song "Undercover of the Night" and the fact that Link participated in her church's choir at the time, the name The Undercover Choir was chosen, which officially marked the band as being active.

The subject matter of the band's material was only slightly varied. In addition to songs professing their love for each other, Breslau and Link wrote songs on topics about which they had shared opinions.

Because of the limitations of the couple's relationship, very specific recording production had to take place. Typically, Breslau handled writing the music while Link would write the lyrics, but in a few cases, each of them wrote entire songs and asked the other to add or improvise additional vocals or instrumentation.

Though many song ideas were thrown back and forth between Breslau and Link, few were selected to be publicly shown. During its run, the Undercover Choir released only a single studio album, though a second was planned and even in development before the couple broke up in 2011.

Despite there being no romantic relationship between Breslau and Link any longer, the two remain friends today.

Discography

 * The Undercover Choir (2009), the band's only studio album. Before the band dissolved, another album, The Undercover Choir II, was in production.