ITunes Match Broken since iOS8

ive been having major problems with iTunes match since the update
first when i tap on a song on my device it plays but then downloads to the system and can't be cleared off unless I hit the cloud button "download" the track again and then swipe to delete
secondly i hit the cloud button to say download an entire album or playlist and only a handful of songs download and even then they do so in a seemingly random order rather then the orderly progression in the previous version.
Can anyone help me fix these problems?
(ps I'm not sure why it says I'm using an earlier version, I'm having the problem on an iPad air and iPhone 5 with the latest 8.0.2 update)

My tells me my subscription expired on Dec 27, 2014 and asking me to renew.. 3 months in the future! Won't let me access anything. This has been since I updated to IOS 8.0

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