LATE AT NIGHT

PRESS RELEASE FEB 2016
PO BOX 462
Reservoir, VIC 3073
AUSTRALIA
Media/Publicity: Justin +61 424294581
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Late At Night, featured on
ABC Radio National - Inside Sleeve
&
ABC Radio National - The Music Show
CAT CANTERI
LATE AT NIGHT
Cat Canteri’s acclaimed 2014 debut When
We Were Young was a layered, meticulously
produced work that showcased her gentle
vocal style and deeply personal lyrics. Touring
the album throughout 2014 and 2015 led
Canteri to a different place.
Canteri found herself on the road with a new
band, playing for up to three hours a night on
the Australian bar circuit, an environment that
lends itself more to rocking out than to poetry
and introspection. Canteri picked up the slide
guitar and reworked songs she’d written for
her previous outfit The Stillsons, giving the
songs a raw, bluesy twist that fans immediately
warmed to.
Canteri wanted to capture the new
arrangements in a manner that was faithful to
their live performance roots so she enlisted the
talents of ARIA Award winner Jeff Lang, who
recorded the sessions live to tape and also
mixed the EP.
Canteri has worked with Lang previously on
albums for Justin Bernasconi, Alison Ferrier and
Jed Rowe.
Mountain King Music and MGM are proud
to announce the release of Cat Canteri’s
new EP Late At Night on Friday 5th
February 2016. Victorian tour dates have
been announced to coincide with the
release.
Their rapport shows: the performances on
Late At Night are bold, relaxed and
unselfconscious.
Late At Night reveals a dynamic songwriter
and instrumentalist in a moment of exploration
and re-invention. Allowing her talented band
(Justin Bernasconi on guitar, Daniel Hobson
on bass, Justin Olsson on drums) a free rein,
they respond with a groove and swagger that
borders on plain recklessness. Canteri ventures
into new territory with the electric slide guitar
and a new freedom in her vocal delivery,
belting out the songs with power and urgency.
Essential listening tracks:
Late At Night, What I Need, Everything.
For fans of:
Bonnie Raitt, The Faces, Mia Dyson
Produced by Cat Canteri, recorded and mixed
by Jeff Lang at the Enclave Recording Facility,
mastered by Joe Carra at Crystal Mastering.
Late At Night will be available on February 5th
in all good record stores nationwide, on iTunes
and through www.catcanteri.com
Biography
Cat Canteri is a true musician in the sense that she
lives for the music, whether that be as the drummer
(and founding member) of alt-country group The
Stillsons; with Jed Rowe, Justin Bernasconi and Alison
Ferrier’s bands – or more recently as a solo artist in
her own right. Her role is to bring the music to life,
give it a heartbeat and now, tell her own stories in
song.
Raised in Melbourne’s northern suburbs, Cat released
three albums with The Stillsons, with Never Go Your
Way being voted 2013 Country Album of the Year
in the Rhythms magazine readers’ poll. That success
and respected work with other musicians inevitably
led Cat to record her debut album When We Were
Young (2014). The album shone a spotlight on her
folk meets country meets indie rock style.
Her songs documented real life situations and
experiences – often with a brave, personal and
candid honesty – framed, coloured and shaped by
exquisite playing.
Now, in 2016, Cat has released her brand new EP
Late At Night which captures both the vitality and
intimacy of her live shows across six new songs.
Recorded live to tape by Jeff Lang, its spirit was
born from long hours spent singing and playing on
the well-trodden stages of bars and clubs across
Australia. The recording encapsulates the verve
and passion Cat brings to her guitar playing and
the depth of emotion she can convey in her songs.
You can hear traces of The Pretenders, Bonnie Raitt,
Eleanor Friedberger and Ryan Adams filtered through
the organic rock ’n’ roll of The Faces as she captures
both the dash and brio of the live atmosphere and
the melancholy of the late-night comedown.
Tour dates
Fri 22 - Sun 24 Jan - Newstead Music Festival, Newstead VIC
Sun 7 Feb - The Spotted Mallard, Melb VIC
Music starts 7.30pm | Free entry
Sun 14 Feb – The Spotted Mallard, Melb VIC
Music starts 7.30pm | Free entry
Sun 21 Feb – The Spotted Mallard, Melb VIC
Music starts 7.30pm | Free entry
Sun 28 Feb – Wolseley Wines, Paraparap VIC
Support from Ayleen O’Hanlon
$15 on the door | Doors open 3pm | Music starts 4pm
Friday 5 March - Boolarra Folk Festival, Boolarra VIC
Fri 11 - Mon 14 March - Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy VIC
Fri 18 & Sat 19 March - Goin’ Back | Brunswick Music Festival, Brunswick VIC