EURO-COUNTRY - 2025 European CMATBABY Limited Label 12-track 2LP Set

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.  

Tracklisting.

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. "Iceberg"    
9. "Coronation St."    
10."Lord, Let That Tesla Crash"    
11. "Running/Planning"    
12. "Janis Joplining"