"Mary Shelly Song" by Newcastle upon Tyne art rock trio, Cat Ryan, is full of interwoven sounds that push and pull against each other. It can feel like a frenetic dance while singer, lyricist and multi-instrumentalist, Mary Anne, cracks wise and wonderful. Her vocal aesthetic is artfully aloof and calm while the guitar not only mirrors and harmonizes with her vocal melody but also carries jagged playful rhythms with the equally potent tight drums and bass. It is a lovely, heady affair... feels proto punkish but bohemian folkish too with surf punk edges.
[Mary-Anne reveals the creative process and story behind the single: “It’s a very unique song and, despite the title, it’s only the first verse that’s about Mary Shelley. Lyrically it’s quite random, having been inspired by a variety of memories stemming from my time at college studying for my A-Levels. Essentially, I showed my friends a new song I’d been working on and one of them came up with the first three lines on the spot. It was funny because it doesn’t fully make sense, but that’s sort of the theme of the song: it kind of makes sense to us, but other people will probably wonder how the lyrics were created and what they’re supposed to be about.”]
"Mary Shelly Song" is such a rich package that it seems to end moments after beginning. The sign of a well crafted piece of work. I like the smartly penned lyrics and the lack of histrionics. Somehow the sort of cool delivery feels more engaging than far reaching vox, something Robert Smith and Morrissey taught us a long time ago.
-Robb Donker Curtius
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Art-Rock/Modern-Shoegaze trio, Cat Ryan, are one of the most promising artists from Newcastle upon Tyne currently, as they continually mesmerise audiences through their exciting blend of genres that hints at new music territory.
The trio have already gained industry support in the short time they’ve been active. Having just been signed to Pillar Artists (management/label), Cat Ryan are in a position to gain significant traction as they develop alongside Art-Rock contemporaries Youth Sector, Swine Tax, Coach Party, CIEL and Tranqua Lite.
The self-conscious nature of their songwriting makes Cat Ryan stand out from amongst the indie landscape that has dominated the last decade, as Art-Rock, Post-Punk and Alt-Rock continue to emerge as new musical directions.
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