# Ireland’s CAT DOWLING signs to FIFA Records and reveals new video for ‘Freedom’

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/irelands-cat-dowling-signs-to-fifa-records-and-reveals-new-video-for-freedom/
- Published: 2021-09-03T10:00:00-05:00
- 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 Kilkenny-born indie pop artist [**Cat Dowling**](https://www.facebook.com/catdowlingmusic)
has signed to Ireland’s [**Forever In Financial Arrears Records**](https://www.facebook.com/corkfifa)
or **FIFA Records**, as it is more commonly known. She will release her next album
in autumn via the steadily expanding label, who have continuously worked with exciting
new Irish talent (**Fight Like Apes, One Morning in August, Klubber Lang, Hope is
Noise, Dae Kim, Lorraine Nash**), as well as releasing material from more established
names on the Irish indie scene, such as **The Frank & Walters, Emperor of Ice Cream,
August Wells, Power of Dreams **and** Whipping Boy**.

Lauded as one of the most wonderful and evocative vocalists in Irish contemporary
music, Cat Dowling’s beautifully dark pop songs and those husky and achingly intimate
vocals will grip you from the outset. The former **Babelfish **and [**Alphastates**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphastates)
frontwoman creates well-crafted songs that inspire.

Dowling also presents the video for her lush slice of soulful pop perfection, [**‘Freedom**‘](https://youtu.be/wBJpivONX7c),
created by film-maker [**Alba Lahoz**](https://vimeo.com/user92774900). When restrictions
momentarily lifted in Ireland, Cat’s three free-spirited tearaway children do their
thing, showing that Freedom is a space inside us that can never be tamed.

“Sometimes we think big. Sometimes we think small. Sometimes we think with all we
have got. When we have limited access to other humans, the humans closest to us 
are the most important humans of all,” says **Cat Dowling**.

Cat Dowling - Freedom

[⌊Cat Dowling - Freedom⌉⌊Cat Dowling - Freedom⌉
Watch this video on YouTube

**‘Freedom’**

“This video was filmed on a bitingly-cold December afternoon when light was sparse,
winds howled and the skies randomly opened.  We managed to find the sun, fell in
love with the wind and forgot about the camera. It was mainly filmed on Donabate
beach and Dollymount Strand in Dublin. Freedom is best explained and expressed in
childhood when there are no limitations, everything is possible and we are free 
to be truly ourselves”.

Produced by [**Gerry Horan**](https://www.gerryhoran.com/) with Dowling as co-producer,
and mixed by [**Ger McDonnell **](http://germcdonnell.com/)**(The Cure, U2, Van 
Morrison, Martha Wainwright, Shane McGowan, Sinead O’Connor)**, Dowling’s latest
output was partially recorded at [**Crossroads Studio**](https://crossroadsrecording.ie/)
in Kilkenny with support from Ireland’s Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht,
Sports and Media.  

Earlier this year, Dowling released the first single[** ‘Trouble’**](https://youtu.be/LiUtwDtvzHM),
making quite a big splash in her homeland, with a fantastic video by BAFTA award-
winning director [**Fergal Costello**](http://www.fergalcostellofilm.com/). 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.  

In 2013, Dowling debuted with[** ‘The Believer’ LP**](https://catdowling.bandcamp.com/album/the-believer),
ranked in numerous ‘Best of Year’ music polls, including **The Sunday Times**. The
title track featured in the second series of **‘Banshee’**, produced by **Alan Ball(
Six Feet Under, American Beauty, True Blood) **and the **‘Witches of East End’**
TV series, featuring Julia Ormond. The song** ‘Somebody Else’ **was also used in**‘
My name is Emily’**. Cat has also lent vocals on many collaborative projects, including
for **ABC’s ‘How ToGet Away With Murder’** with Emmy-winning actress Viola Davis.
‘
Freedom’ is out now, available everywhere digitally, including** **[**Spotify**](https://open.spotify.com/artist/2P8RrM5HdqvOKsEPJzKJEP)**,**
[**Apple Music**](https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/cat-dowling/534276803) and [**Bandcamp**](https://catdowling.bandcamp.com/).
Fans can expect Cat Dowling’s next long-player to be released in November of this
year.

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**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, Lorde, Fleetwood Mac, Fiona Apple, Daughter, Kristin Hersh,
Feist, Beth Gibbons, Karen O, Amanda Palmer

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