Taking to the airwaves, the new Cat Ryan single, ‘Like This’, is yet another great track from the promising outfit indie. Released ahead of a busy summer season of touring, including an appearance at Last Train Home, Cat Ryan appear to be having some serious momentum. Damian Robinson caught up with frontwoman Mary-Anne to find out more.
This is a great single, Mary-Anne. Could you explain its genesis?
I wrote the song quite a few years ago, probably around 2017, and it’s all about pain and heartbreak. There was a girl I liked, but I wasn’t out back then, so I never knew if she knew that I liked her or not. At the time, I wrote some banjo parts down before I went to bed, then woke up and recorded the parts on guitar and added some lyrics. Years later, we’ve gone back to the song and worked on pulling it together.
What has it been like revisiting the song a few years later?
Really good. I can feel that my songwriting has changed but there are extra layers added to the song now compared to back in 2017 and the whole song sounds really right now.
Are there plans to follow it up quite quickly?
We’re working on an EP now, and I can hear how my songwriting has changed and where I experiment a bit more. We think it’s going to be a 5-song EP and it’s sounding really good. ‘Like This’ will be on the EP as well as some songs that sound like us and maybe a song that’s really experimental and different for us. It’s really exciting and we’re planning release dates and things now.
Will this be before the Last Train Home date in September?
I’m not entirely sure, but it’ll be around that time, hopefully. We’ve got pieces to finish and we’re into a number of festival dates and live shows, so we’ll have to manage the EP around the live dates.
There are quite a number of live shows for you this summer. Are you excited to get out and play?
Absolutely. Most of the songs we’ll play live should make it to the EP, so it’ll be good to get out and play them live. And we can’t wait for Last Train Home.
Do you think you’ll have time to check out some of the artists on the line-up?
We should do, yes. Sometimes we’re in and out with live dates, but there are some bands we really want to see so, with a bit of luck, we can make a day of it and enjoy playing and also watching.
‘Like This’ is available to listen to now on all major streaming platforms.
