# Dublin’s Cat Dowling delivers soulful pop perfection on ‘Freedom’ single, well timed for easing of lockdown restrictions

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/dublins-cat-dowling-delivers-soulful-pop-perfection-on-freedom-single-well-timed-for-easing-of-lockdown-restrictions/
- Published: 2021-06-24T14:55:45-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

_“Remarkable-voiced Cat Dowling’s solo debut considerably exceeds expectations and
previous endeavours, delivering an impressive collection of slow-burning melancholic
indie rock” ~_**Sunday Business Post**

_“It’s her incredible vocals that resonate. When mercurial, she is reminiscent of
the gutsy Karen O. When the pace slows, the respectful tone evokes Kristin Hersh”_
~ **Sunday Times**

_“Cat Dowling’s vocals, melodicism and pop sensibility are brilliant… introspective
and heartfelt… passionate and liberating” ~_** Big Takeover Magazine**

_“The strongest collection of her career. She has exceeded expectations with an 
LP throbbing with anger and ennui” _~ **Irish Times, Irish Independent**

_“An artist with a lot to say and plenty of bewitching ways to say it. Excellent”_
~ **RTE**

_“Truly a talent we can now believe in” _~ **Mail on Sunday**

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**Photos by Angie Pappas Constable**

Dublin-based indie pop artist [**Cat Dowling**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.facebook.com%2fcatdowlingmusic&umid=3d02983f-6b39-4ce6-86c1-69f19a238b6f&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-52a4d2027274ddea18c8b053bb16c664dd767a8d)
presents[** ‘Freedom’**,](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fsoundcloud.com%2fcatdowling%2d1%2ffreedom&umid=3d02983f-6b39-4ce6-86c1-69f19a238b6f&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-1fa24360a51783f9902dbb1ef7371b1e56e487c1)
a lush slice of soulful pop perfection, well-timed for the easing of lockdown restrictions
happening in many countries and inspired by a life-changing occasion for Cat. This
is the second single from the forthcoming album by this Kilkenny-born singer-songwriter,
to be released in autumn.

“I wrote this song just after the birth of my second child. It was the early hours
of the morning and he was sleeping on my chest. The days had no plan and I loved
those quiet hours in the dead of the night when the world slept. The lines and melody
landed together.  I didn’t know where they came from at the time but now they make
sense – it’s a song about being free to be the person we’re born to be without the
baggage and shackles of what went before us,” says **Cat Dowling**.

Produced by [**Gerry Horan**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.gerryhoran.com&umid=3d02983f-6b39-4ce6-86c1-69f19a238b6f&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-6c6f3f4fe7a7bbf97668506dbe967abe79768306)
with Dowling as co-producer, and mixed by [**Ger McDonnell **](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=http%3a%2f%2fgermcdonnell.com&umid=3d02983f-6b39-4ce6-86c1-69f19a238b6f&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-38d19b64c187fbe9bb6e3cf9910a32edaaf757d6)**(
The Cure, U2, Van Morrison, Martha Wainwright, Shane McGowan, Sinead O’Connor)**,
this was partially recorded at [**Crossroads Studio**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fcrossroadsrecording.ie&umid=3d02983f-6b39-4ce6-86c1-69f19a238b6f&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-97fce5599135ed01323f92b24fd19678ad377fe9)
in Kilkenny, which housed the town’s first pirate radio station. with support from
Ireland’s Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media.  
Earlier
this spring, Dowling released the first single [**‘Trouble’**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fyoutu.be%2fLiUtwDtvzHM&umid=3d02983f-6b39-4ce6-86c1-69f19a238b6f&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-29998a087030537ae51599d96ae0a513b8e10585)**,**
making quite a big splash in her homeland, with a fantastic video by BAFTA award-
winning director [**Fergal Costello**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.fergalcostellofilm.com&umid=3d02983f-6b39-4ce6-86c1-69f19a238b6f&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-3cbda5e8c1f1be21bd45982890999fd17ba6dbdf).
Based on a black comedy concept, it was filmed in winter in the Wicklow mountains,
telling the story of a dark, comedic and violent tale that takes place outside of
Belfast in 1981.  

Cat Dowling’s voice has been lauded as one of the most impressive and evocative 
in Irish contemporary music. Against the backdrop of beautiful ambient and eclectic
soundscapes, her beautifully dark pop songs and her convincingly intimate vocals
will grasp and resonate with you from the outset.  

In 2013, Dowling debuted with[** ‘The Believer’ LP**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fcatdowling.bandcamp.com%2falbum%2fthe%2dbeliever&umid=3d02983f-6b39-4ce6-86c1-69f19a238b6f&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-3fcaa07a4b85f78ff2aa18ccbf20285c1b78fe67),
ranked in numerous ‘Best of Year’ music polls, including **The Sunday Times**.  
The title track was the closing track on the ground-breaking second series of ‘**
Banshee’**, produced by **Alan Ball (Six Feet Under, American Beauty, True Blood)**
and appeared on the** ‘Witches of East End’ **TV series, featuring Julia Ormond.
The song **‘Somebody Else’ **also featured in **‘My name is Emily’**, alongside 
Lisa Hannigan, Jake Bugg and James Vincent McMorrow.

Cat has also lent her vocals on many collaborative projects, the most recent selected
for a closing track on **ABC’s ‘How To Get Away With Murder’ **with Emmy-winning
actress Viola Davis.  

Dowling previously fronted **Babelfish**, which morphed into successful electro/
dream-pop outift [**Alphastates**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fAlphastates&umid=3d02983f-6b39-4ce6-86c1-69f19a238b6f&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-fd8aa693462691f38b1f310b3af28662702191bd).
As the front woman and main songwriter, she released two albums and gained admirers
for the raw energy and stage presence, as well as her hushed and raw deliveries.

On June 25, ‘Freedom’ will be available everywhere digitally, including [**Spotify**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fopen.spotify.com%2fartist%2f2P8RrM5HdqvOKsEPJzKJEP&umid=3d02983f-6b39-4ce6-86c1-69f19a238b6f&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-d9ce49dd7fa483aab0fad09544b8232b148b77a7)**,
[Apple Music](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fmusic.apple.com%2fca%2fartist%2fcat%2ddowling%2f534276803&umid=3d02983f-6b39-4ce6-86c1-69f19a238b6f&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-99865ae987b3b6ff0027dbd2d9650d891c1e8a18)**
and [**Bandcamp**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fcatdowling.bandcamp.com&umid=3d02983f-6b39-4ce6-86c1-69f19a238b6f&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-916a0a0749fbc2f98dbd12c3a23aea38a6634a18).
Fans can expect the release of Cat Dowling’s next long-player in autumn 2021.

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**Cat Dowling** **_Freedom_**

**CREDITS**
Produced by Gerry HoranCo-produced by Cat DowlingRecorded by Karl Odlum,
Gerry Horan, Jed ParleMixed by Ger McDonnellMastered by Fergal DavisPerformed by
Cat Dowling, Gerry Horan, Jeremey Hickey, Marja Gaynor.Music and Lyrics written 
by Cat Dowling (ISRC: TCAFP2198968)

**FOR FANS OF:** Metric, Feist, Lorde, Fleetwood Mac, Daughter, Fiona Apple, Kristin
Hersh, Beth Gibbons, Karen O, Amanda Palmer

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