Catnip - Mirror

Following the critically acclaimed Falling (2007) and Pink & Blue & Green (2003), Mirror is the first international release for the
Australian band Catnip. Mirror is a selection of tracks from both releases, remixed and mastered by renowned producer
Kramer (Low, Galaxie 500, Urge Overkill, Palace Brothers, Danielson Familie, Jeffrey Lewis) at Noise Miami. Engineered and coproduced by ARIA award winner Chris Thompson (The Waifs, Hilltop Hoods, Birthday Party, Nick Cave) and featuring Kramer
on several tracks, Mirror is a beautifully intimate fresh voice for Catnip. Mirror is scheduled for release January 15, 2008 through Second Shimmy with distribution through Cargo Distribution. Catnip will be touring the United States, United Kingdom and Europe from February to May 2008 to support the upcoming release of the album. "...The vocal style of singer Nerida Trask calls to mind Harriet Wheeler of 90s Brit band The Sundays, with occasional hints of the Cowboy Junkies Margo Timmins and Cocteau Twins' Liz Fraser. The musical backing wanders from electronica into something more organic and rootsy and back again, like a less funereal Black Heart Procession, particularly on Here We Go Again, which has some fine other worldly guitar drifting around amongst keyboard bleeps and blips. The record creates a haunting lonely sunlit atmosphere, and although Nerida's vocals don't go as far as the Liz Fraser non-language thing, they significantly contribute to the mood as another instrument, at least as much as they do in terms of lyrics. The drums too are not merely beat keeping but adding textures, such as on the closing of Wish I Was A Bird. Stay has a touch of David Lynch/Angelo Badalamenti menace, indeed much of the record has cinematic open spaces running through it. Tomorrow Is A Long Time is early Cowboy Junkies style, but like many of the songs, it's so well done that the influences just get overridden. A very promising debut. 8 out of 10" Patrick Wilkins www.americana-uk.com "Cinematic is one way to describe this Melbourne trio whose electo-rootsy ballads could get a run on any modern romance flick. Nerida Trask's haunting textured vocals recall the Waifs and Beth Orton. Richmond Brain's lap steel guitar is a highlight throughout - especially on single Here We Go Again. Catnip's influences include the Flaming Lips, Icelandic sound-scape engineers Sigur Ros and The Dears, as well as Bob Dylan, whose ballad Tomorrow is beautifully covered (thankfully) mins synth. Brain's analog synth often creates a gritty sense of foreboding that can go hand-in-hand with an unplanned fling. DrummerGreg Ryan's off-beat rhythms in Fly With Me and Falling inspires slideshows of passionately begun, and ended, affairs..." The Age Newspaper. Reviews confirmed in MOJO, Uncut, Rock N Reel & Maverick

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