CMAT has released her new single 'Take A Sexy Picture Of Me': "It's one of the best songs I've ever made"
Irish singer CMAT unveils new single ahead of August album release 'EURO-COUNTRY'.
CMAT has released her new single 'Take A Sexy Picture Of Me' from her third album 'EURO-COUNTRY', set for release on 29th August via AWAL Recordings.
The new track, which premiered as Jack Saunders' Hottest Record on BBC Radio 1, follows recent single 'Running/Planning'. The album was recorded in New York and co-produced by Oli Deakin and CMAT.
"With the internet, every woman is now in the public eye. And no matter who you are, or what you look like, somebody will take umbrage with the fact that you even exist, and there's no escaping it," CMAT explains. "'Take a Sexy Picture of Me' was born out of that, because I held back for so long; not out of frustration or sadness for myself, because I AM in the public eye, but I realised it's actually like this for every woman. It's all women, all the time. That song is me calling out anyone who criticised my weight or how I looked… and it's one of the best songs I've ever made."
The new track, which premiered as Jack Saunders' Hottest Record on BBC Radio 1, follows recent single 'Running/Planning'. The album was recorded in New York and co-produced by Oli Deakin and CMAT.
"With the internet, every woman is now in the public eye. And no matter who you are, or what you look like, somebody will take umbrage with the fact that you even exist, and there's no escaping it," CMAT explains. "'Take a Sexy Picture of Me' was born out of that, because I held back for so long; not out of frustration or sadness for myself, because I AM in the public eye, but I realised it's actually like this for every woman. It's all women, all the time. That song is me calling out anyone who criticised my weight or how I looked… and it's one of the best songs I've ever made."
Speaking about the new album, CMAT says: "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. 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."
The album follows 2023's 'Crazymad, For Me', which earned CMAT nominations for the Mercury Prize, Ivors, and Choice Music Prize. She is set to appear on Later... with Jools Holland on 18th May.
Her dates in full read:
MAY
23 Wide Awake Festival, London, UK
24 Lovely Days, Dublin, IE
25 Neighbourhood Festival, Warrington, UK
JUNE
5 Primavera, Barcelona, ESP
6 London Stadium, London, UK
12 St James Park, Newcastle, UK
14 St James Park, Newcastle, UK
15 St James Park, Newcastle, UK
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, POR
26 Truck Festival, Oxfordshire, UK
27 Tramlines Festival, Sheffield, UK
AUGUST
1 Belladrum Tartan Heart, Belladrum, UK
2 All Together Now, Waterford, IRE
7 Syd For Solen, Copenhagen, DEN
8 Way Out West, Gothenburg, SWE
14 Cabaret Vert, Charleville Mezieres, FR
15 Lowlands, Biddinghuizen, NL
16 Green Man Festival, Crickhowell, UK
28 Boucher Playing Fields, Belfast, UK
SEPTEMBER
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, CA
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
The album follows 2023's 'Crazymad, For Me', which earned CMAT nominations for the Mercury Prize, Ivors, and Choice Music Prize. She is set to appear on Later... with Jools Holland on 18th May.
Her dates in full read:
MAY
23 Wide Awake Festival, London, UK
24 Lovely Days, Dublin, IE
25 Neighbourhood Festival, Warrington, UK
JUNE
5 Primavera, Barcelona, ESP
6 London Stadium, London, UK
12 St James Park, Newcastle, UK
14 St James Park, Newcastle, UK
15 St James Park, Newcastle, UK
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, POR
26 Truck Festival, Oxfordshire, UK
27 Tramlines Festival, Sheffield, UK
AUGUST
1 Belladrum Tartan Heart, Belladrum, UK
2 All Together Now, Waterford, IRE
7 Syd For Solen, Copenhagen, DEN
8 Way Out West, Gothenburg, SWE
14 Cabaret Vert, Charleville Mezieres, FR
15 Lowlands, Biddinghuizen, NL
16 Green Man Festival, Crickhowell, UK
28 Boucher Playing Fields, Belfast, UK
SEPTEMBER
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, CA
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
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