CAT SFX tread toward more infectious territory with their latest single âBinmanâ, out today (1 July) via Alan McGee’s Itâs Creation Baby.
Chewing through an angsty yet melodic mesh of jittery guitar strums and a melodic and catchy chorus, Cat SFXâs latest offering boasts the breadth of the band as they embrace more ethereal sonic territory that nods to the works of alt/rock visionaries like PJ Harvey or 80s new-wave trailblazers like Psychedelic Furs.Â
Where recent single âRodeoâ was outspoken and punk-powered, âBinmanâ arrives as an all-the-more measured affair, with glistening rhythmic guitar lines undercutting crystal-clear vocals that touch on the inner struggles that come with clearing up the wreckage of your own mistakes.Â
Of the new single, the bandâs lead vocalist Cat Speranza explains: ââBinmanâ is about a toxic relationship: the one between me and alcohol. It's about the fights that you have with your loved one because youâre so drunk again and have caused carnage, and youâre trying to pick up the pieces the next day. And you make up all these excuses, to yourself, to others. So Iâm the Binman. Iâm the trash that needs taking out.â
Read a review of their January show at Shepherds Bush Empire HERE
CAT SFX – âBINMANâ
– OUT TODAY (1 JULY), VIA ITâS CREATION BABY
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ANNOUNCE NEW âBINMANâ EP – OUT 15 JULY 2022
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Coming as the bandâs sixth release to date, the new track is organic and infectious in equal parts, and serves as a teaser of the bandâs forthcoming âBinmanâ EP, due 15 July 2022 via Itâs Creation Baby.Â
Grappling with a range of personal and self-effacing issues, the new EP sees lead single âBinmanâ joined by three new tracks including the anthemic punk-tinted cut âRip This Love Out Of Meâ and the enduring and outspoken âDriving Blindâ.Â
With colours of grunge, britpop, 80s new wave and straight-up punk running through the EPâs meticulous tapestry of sound, Cat explains of the new extended release:
âThe âBinmanâ EP is a journey of sorts of all the demons that Iâve been wrestling with. Love, mental health, addiction⊠I just wanted them out of me. Writing has been cathartic, we just wanted something raw and honest. Inspiration wise we looked to the music we love: Psychedelic Furs, PJ Harvey, Nirvana, Britpop, new wave and grunge.â
Another formidable string in Cat SFXâs ever-enticing bow, âBinmanâ comes as one in a stellar run of singles including the exhilaratingly outspoken âRodeoâ, sassy and strutting punk-rock cut âUpside Downâ, thrashing, NME-praised âReuniteâ, and stadium sized âAll The Money In The Worldâ, which received critical acclaim from The Times, and gained the band a 3-page feature in Rolling Stone Italia as well as airplay from Jack Saunders on BBC Radio 1.Â