"Could I leave / Like a bird heading out to sea / Spread my wings in the sun / Let the wind hypnotize me..."
There are songs and then there are sonic time machines. "Mystic Light" by Stratford, Ontario (Canada) singer-songwriter, artist Cat Clyde is the latter, an artist who paints with sound and imagery cast in the back of your head like a flickering 16mm film cast on a white bed sheet with folds in it. The sway and swing, the bass bumps and drum snap and cadence alone makes you move in inviting ways. Cat's lush, gorgeous vocal hooks and harmonies along with slippery, bending guitar lines and those fucking cool castanets has a blended sense of an androgynous western town with lavender saddles, of 50's slow motion rockabilly, 60's Western modern and 70's surf rock.
It is all so charming and gently subversive with beautifully poetic lyrics:
"Oh Strange delight
Beneath that mystic light
Sunk in the ancient night
Take my hand
Please help me understand
Help me understand, understand"
Beneath that mystic light
Sunk in the ancient night
Take my hand
Please help me understand
Help me understand, understand"
-Robb Donker Curtius
https://soundcloud.com/catclyde
https://twitter.com/CatClyde
https://www.youtube.com/catclydemusic
https://www.instagram.com/catclyde/
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https://www.youtube.com/catclydemusic
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https://catclydemusic.com/
Since the release of her 2017 debut album, Ivory Castanets, Cat has been on a roll. She wrapped tours supporting Paul Kelly and ZZ Ward across North America, shared the stage with Detroit’s renowned singer-songwriter, Rodriguez (of acclaimed documentary, Searching For Sugarman), rocked a sold-out tour in Europe with Shakey Graves, and her first headline run across Canada.
Ivory Castanets was released via Cinematic Music Group on May 5, 2017. Highlight track,Chimes In The Night, premiered on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 Radio Show, as well as online via The FADER. The song follows her track, Mama Said, which was the first piece of music to quickly grow on streaming platforms to reach over 5 million streams, along with Like A Wave, The Meadow, and Move Along, which was featured as a Magnificent 7 track for its premiere on CBC Radio 2's The Strombo Show. Check out Cat’s live performance of The Meadow at the Calgary Stampede City Sessions here.
Cat is making waves in the music scene with her unique sound, blending contemporary and classic elements and a vast array of influences. Her music peaked at 340.6K + monthly listeners on Spotify, with tracks featured on 96,000 Spotify playlists worldwide including: Fresh Folk, Spotify's Indie All Stars, Vintage Vibes, Women of Fresh Finds, Roots Rising, Relax & Unwind, Infinite Indie Folk, and Cool Hunting.
Cat Clyde, indie rock, alt country, western noir, experimental, vintage vibrations, blended nostalgia, alt rock, "Mystic Light", Official Video, gorgeous, Canada,
Since the release of her 2017 debut album, Ivory Castanets, Cat has been on a roll. She wrapped tours supporting Paul Kelly and ZZ Ward across North America, shared the stage with Detroit’s renowned singer-songwriter, Rodriguez (of acclaimed documentary, Searching For Sugarman), rocked a sold-out tour in Europe with Shakey Graves, and her first headline run across Canada.
Ivory Castanets was released via Cinematic Music Group on May 5, 2017. Highlight track,Chimes In The Night, premiered on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 Radio Show, as well as online via The FADER. The song follows her track, Mama Said, which was the first piece of music to quickly grow on streaming platforms to reach over 5 million streams, along with Like A Wave, The Meadow, and Move Along, which was featured as a Magnificent 7 track for its premiere on CBC Radio 2's The Strombo Show. Check out Cat’s live performance of The Meadow at the Calgary Stampede City Sessions here.
Cat is making waves in the music scene with her unique sound, blending contemporary and classic elements and a vast array of influences. Her music peaked at 340.6K + monthly listeners on Spotify, with tracks featured on 96,000 Spotify playlists worldwide including: Fresh Folk, Spotify's Indie All Stars, Vintage Vibes, Women of Fresh Finds, Roots Rising, Relax & Unwind, Infinite Indie Folk, and Cool Hunting.
Cat Clyde, indie rock, alt country, western noir, experimental, vintage vibrations, blended nostalgia, alt rock, "Mystic Light", Official Video, gorgeous, Canada,
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