CMAT - Euro-Country CD/2LP
RELEASES ON THE 29/8/25
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:
1. Billy Byrne from Ballybrack, the Leader of the Pigeon Convoy
2. Euro-Country
3. When a Good Man Cries
4. The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station
5. Tree Six Foive
6. Take a Sexy Picture of Me
7. Ready
8. Iceburg
9. Coronation St.
10. Lord, Let That Tesla Crash
11. Running / Planning
12. Janis Joplining
About this product: this release is available on CD and LP formats.
The CD comes in a digipack. Includes an 8-page booklet.
The LP is the Indie Stores Exclusive pressing on 'Butterfly Effect' (transparent green and red w/ yellow splatter) vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve.