2LP - Standard Edition Black Vinyl.
It’s almost inconceivable that it’s only five years since the arrival of CMAT, as she approaches the release of her third album, EURO-COUNTRY. This BRITs / Mercury / Ivors-nominated acronymic star feels like she’s been part of the culture forever - and what has endeared fans to her heart-sore tunes and humour is CMAT's ability to combine contradictory themes and moods: wide-eye drama with self-deprecation. Country music has always been a lynchpin for CMAT, but this is country in an augmented, reimagined way. Mixed with classic indie and affirmative soul-pop, it resists the music industry’s desire to pigeonhole artists as one genre. Not only is there a palpable tonal shift, EURO-COUNTRY also feels like a huge step-up creatively. There is a sense of determination, of urgency, of ‘gather round and listen up’. From re-evaluating where you come from (geographically, metaphorically) and the impact of economics on a small country, to the attention that comes with increased fame (not all of it good) and being a woman in the music industry.
Tracklist:
Billy Byrne from Ballybrack, the Leader of the Pigeon Convoy 0:57
Euro-Country 4:56
When a Good Man Cries 4:32
The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station 5:23
Tree Six Foive 3:51
Take a Sexy Picture of Me 3:49
Ready 3:36
Iceberg 4:17
Coronation St. 4:02
Lord, Let That Tesla Crash 5:06
Running/Planning 4:27
Janis Joplining 4:24
