Irish star CMAT will release new album ‘Euro-Country’ on August 29th.
The singer’s excellent 2023 album ‘Crazymad, For Me’ became a breakout moment – building on the potency of her debut, CMAT struck a chord across Ireland, connecting with new audiences in the UK, Europe, and North America.
One-off single ‘Aw, Shoot!’ landed last year, with CMAT playing a series of excellent festival sets.
Returning to the studio, new album ‘Euro-Country’ will land on August 29th. The record was co-produced by long-time collaborator Oli Deakin and CMAT, and the Irish artist calls it “the best thing I have ever made. I felt halfway through recording it was the most important record I’ve made for myself… mainly because it was making me go crazy”.
“I’m always going to make the work I want to make, because there is a little gremlin in my head that tells me if it’s shit. More than success, there’s a bigger gremlin that wants me to make music that’s really good. She’s brutal and has ruined my life at times, but she is the keeper of my life and she’s always right.”
Available to pre-order now, CMAT will take the album on the road this summer, including a Glastonbury set.
New single ‘Running / Planning’ is out now, and it acts as an intro to the broader record. CMAT comments…
‘Running/Planning’ is about having to chase your own tail to be good enough to exist. It’s an abstracted view of societal pressure on women – specifically through a relationship lens: You start dating someone, you get engaged, you get married, you have kids etc etc etc… everything has to follow this linear pattern. (That’s the reason for the repetitive chorus!). And the minute you don’t follow that path, your mam starts giving out to you. That narrow path that everyone is supposed to be on… the minute you get outside of that, it gets incredibly stressful. And I don’t know anyone who is like, ‘Yeah, love this!“
Tune in now.
Catch CMAT at the following shows:
October
2 London O2 Academy Brixton
4 Manchester Academy
5 Leeds O2 Academy
6 Newcastle NX
9 Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom
12 Nottingham Rock City
13 Cambridge Corn Exchange
15 Brighton Dome Concert Hall
16 Birmingham O2 Institute
17 Norwich UEA
19 Sheffield Octagon
20 Bristol O2 Academy
December
5 Dublin 3Arena
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