CMAT has announced new single ‘The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station’, taken from her upcoming album ‘EURO-COUNTRY’.
The track, which CMAT describes as an indie-krauty-campy-stomp, explores themes of hatred and personal growth. “The whole point of the song is actually my annoyance and intolerance and hatred of other people serves absolutely no purpose in my life and is a really bad instinct that I have,” she explains. “So it’s actually a love song for Jamie Oliver, if you think about it. It’s me being like ‘don’t be a bitch and stop judging people for annoyances.”
‘EURO-COUNTRY’, set for release on 29th August via AWAL Recordings, was recorded in New York and co-produced by Oli Deakin and CMAT. The album addresses themes including economics, identity, and grief. “EURO-COUNTRY is, I think, 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,” CMAT says.
“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.”
Her dates in full read:
JUNE
21 02 Academy, Liverpool, UK
22 Esquires, Bedford, UK
24 Princess Pavilion, Falmouth, UK
25 Cheese and Grain, Frome, UK
27 Glastonbury, UK
JULY
12 NOS, Lisbon, Portugal
26 Truck Festival, Oxfordshire, UK
27 Tramlines Festival, Sheffield, UK
AUGUST
1 Belladrum Tartan Heart, Belladrum, UK
2 All Together Now, Waterford, Ireland
7 Syd For Solen, Copenhagen, Denmark
8 Way Out West, Gothenburg, Sweden
14 Cabaret Vert, Charleville Mezieres, France
15 Lowlands, Biddinghuizen, Netherlands
16 Green Man Festival, Crickhowell, UK
23 All Points East, London, UK
28 HMV, Belfast, UK
28 Boucher Playing Fields, Belfast, UK
29 Golden Discs, Dublin, Ireland
30 Rough Trade, Nottingham, UK
31 Jacaranda, Liverpool, UK
SEPTEMBER
1 Rough Trade East, London, UK
2 Banquet, Kingston, UK
3 Resident, Brighton, UK
4 Rough Trade, Bristol, UK
8 The Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, US
10 Gothic Theatre, Englewood, US
12 Fine Line, Minneapolis, US
13 Park West, Chicago, US
15 The Concert Hall, Toronto, Canada
17 Paradise Rock Club, Boston, US
18 Webster Hall, New York, US
20 Shaky Knees, Atlanta, US
21 Basement East, Nashville, US
OCTOBER
2 O2 Academy Brixton, London, UK
4 Academy, Manchester, UK
5 O2 Academy, Leeds, UK
6 NX, Newcastle, UK
8 Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, UK
9 Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, UK
10 Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, UK
12 Rock City, Nottingham, UK
13 Corn Exchange, Cambridge, UK
15 Dome Concert Hall, Brighton, UK
17 UEA, Norwich, UK
19 Octagon, Sheffield, UK
20 O2 Academy, Bristol, UK
22 Depot, Cardiff, UK
23 O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK
DECEMBER
5 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland
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