CMAT New Album ‘EURO-COUNTRY’
CMAT has announced her much-anticipated third album ‘EURO-COUNTRY’, due out on 29 August 2025 via AWAL Recordings.
The Irish star has also shared new single ‘Running/Planning’ alongside a run of UK & Ireland shows, including a slot at Glastonbury and her biggest headliners to date.
Discussing the new track, CMAT commented, “Running/Planning’ is about having to chase your own tail to be good enough to exist. It’s an abstracted view of societal pressure on women – specifically through a relationship lens: You start dating someone, you get engaged, you get married, you have kids etc etc etc… everything has to follow this linear pattern. (That’s the reason for the repetitive chorus!). And the minute you don’t follow that path, your mam starts giving out to you. That narrow path that everyone is supposed to be on… the minute you get outside of that, it gets incredibly stressful. And I don’t know anyone who is like, ‘Yeah, love this!”
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Recorded in New York and co-produced by long-time collaborator Oli Deakin and CMAT, ‘EURO-COUNTRY’ tackles a number of big themes including personal reflections on economics, identity and grief.
Speaking about the LP, CMAT said, “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.”
‘EURO-COUNTRY’ is available from the CMAT store on the following physical formats: limited colored double vinyl; standard double vinyl, CD and tape.
The international pop star has also announced the It’s The Euro-Country Tour 2025 – full details below:
London O2 Academy Brixton, 02 Oct
Manchester Academy, 04
Leeds O2 Academy, 05
Newcastle NX, 06
Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom,09
Nottingham Rock City, 12
Cambridge Corn Exchange, 13
Brighton Dome Concert Hall, 15
Birmingham O2 Institute, 16
Norwich UEA, 17
Sheffield Octagon, 19
Bristol O2 Academy, 20
Dublin 3Arena, 05 Dec
Tickets on sale Friday (04 April) at 10am from Gigantic Ticketmaster Ticketweb See Tickets
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