CMAT shares title track from new album "EURO-COUNTRY"
FOLLOWING VIRAL MOMENT WITH HER RECENT SINGLE
“TAKE A SEXY PICTURE OF ME”+ TRIUMPHANT GLASTONBURY PERFORMANCE
RISING IRISH POPSTAR CMAT
SHARES TITLE TRACK FROM NEW ALBUM EURO-COUNTRY
DUE OUT AUG 29 VIA AWAL
July 22, 2025 – CMAT today releases the title-track from her highly-anticipated new album EURO-COUNTRY, which is set for release August 29th on AWAL Recordings.
Listen + pre-order EURO-COUNTRY HERE
The new “EURO-COUNTRY” single comes immediately off the back of a "career-making set” on Glastonbury's Pyramid stage - a memorable performance that received a clean sweep of 5* reviews and viral hit “Take A Sexy Picture Of Me” .
CMAT today explains the concept around EURO-COUNTRY: “I have certain phrases that reverberate around my head over and over again - and EURO-COUNTRY was one of them. It’s the title of the album, and the name of the first song on the record. And it means three things to me: It’s the kind of country music I make; the fact that Ireland is a European country run by the euro; and that capitalism is one of the worst things to ever happen to us.”
Listen to “EURO-COUNTRY” HERE & Watch “EURO-COUNTRY” Video HERE
Despite this being her third album, this fully-formed acronymic star feels like she’s been part of the culture forever. EURO-COUNTRY follows 2023’s brilliant Crazymad, For Me - an album that propelled her to wider attention and garnered numerous accolades: including a BRITs Best International Artist nod; and ‘Best Album’ nominations from the Ivors; Mercury Prize and the Choice Music Prize in her native Ireland (an award she won for her debut, If My Wife New I’d Be Dead).
The Mercury Prize and BRIT nominated Irish emerging popstar is one of the hottest new acts coming out of the UK right now, charting and rising on the UK singles charts, Spotify Viral Chart, TikTok Chart’s Top 50, with sturdy stamps of approval from The Guardian, Rolling Stone, NME, Glamour UK, Stereogum, The New York Times, Brooklyn Vegan and many more. Her recent hit “Take A Sexy Picture Of Me” continues to blaze its own trail, thanks in part to a fan-created viral dance, dubbed “The Woke Macarena,” read the New York Times piece on it here. After reverberating around social media – with the likes of Julia Fox and Amelia Dimoldenberg showing off their skills – and the track trending on Spotify and TikTok viral charts, recent CMAT shows like Glastonbury, Primavera, Wide Awake and Neighbourhood have seen thousands of fans doing both leg tings and hand stuff.
Press, radio and television have all been integral in her rise, with numerous covers, five-star reviews, playlists, Maida Vale sessions and TV appearances, including Jools Holland (both Later… and a memorable turn on his Hootenanny) and The Graham Norton Show.
A relentless touring schedule with The Very Sexy CMAT Band has cemented her reputation as one of the best live acts around - alongside Glastonbury, early 2025 highlights include Primavera, NOS Alive in Lisbon and a run supporting Sam Fender in the UK. Her upcoming UK and Ireland headline run - including her first arena show in Dublin - is now fully sold out.
The new album - coming via AWAL Recordings - was 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. It marks another step in the unstoppable rise of CMAT and cements her position as a generational songwriter.
What has endeared fans to her heart-sore tunes and humour is Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson’s ability to combine contradictory themes and moods: wide-eye drama with self-deprecation; the fusion of country and pop, with even more influences stretching across decades and genres. EURO-COUNTRY is no different: an aural tight-rope walk that balances big themes, specifically: the impact of economics on a small country, the attention that comes with increased fame (not all of it good) and being a woman.
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.”
Tour Dates
Jul 26 - Truck, Oxfordshire
Jul 27 - Tramlines, Sheffield
Aug 01 - Belladrum Tartan Heart, Belladrum
Aug 02 - All Together Now, Waterford
Aug 07 - Syd For Solen, Copenhagen
Aug 08 - Way Out West, Gothenburg
Aug 14 - Cabaret Vert, Charleville Mezieres
Aug 15 - Lowlands, Biddinghuizen
Aug 16 - Green Man, Crickhowell
Aug 23 - All Points East, London
Aug 28 - Boucher Playing Fields, Belfast *
Aug 29th - Golden Discs, Dublin, IRE (solo instore performance)
Aug 30th - Rough Trade, Nottingham, UK (solo instore performance)
Aug 31st - Jacaranda, Liverpool, UK (solo instore performance)
Sep 1st - Rough Trade East, London, UK (solo instore performance)
Sept 2nd - Banquet, Kingston, UK (solo instore performance)
Sept 3rd - Resident, Brighton, UK (solo instore performance)
Sept 4th - Rough Trade, Bristol, UK (solo instore performance)
US TOUR DATES:
Sep 08 - The Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles
Sep 10 - Gothic Theatre, Englewood
Sep 12 - Fine Line, Minneapolis
Sep 13 - Park West, Chicago
Sep 15 - The Concert Hall, Toronto
Sep 17 - Paradise Rock Club, Boston
Sep 18 - Webster Hall, New York
Sep 20 - Shaky Knees, Atlanta
Sep 21 - Basement East, Nashville
Oct 02 - O2 Academy Brixton, London - sold out!
Oct 04 - Academy, Manchester - sold out!
Oct 05 - O2 Academy, Leeds - sold out!
Oct 06 - NX, Newcastle - sold out!
Oct 08 - Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow - sold out!
Oct 09 - Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow - sold out!
Oct 10 - Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow - sold out!
Oct 12 - Rock City, Nottingham - sold out!
Oct 13 - Corn Exchange, Cambridge
Oct 15 - Dome Concert Hall, Brighton - sold out!
Oct 16 - O2 Institute, Birmingham - sold out!
Oct 17 - UEA, Norwich - sold out!
Oct 19 - Octagon, Sheffield - sold out!
Oct 20 - O2 Academy, Bristol - sold out!
Oct 22 - Depot, Cardiff
Oct 23 - Academy, Birmingham
Dec 05 - 3Arena, Dublin - sold out!
* Supporting Sam Fender
Pre-orders
EURO-COUNTRY is available from the CMAT store on the following physical formats: limited coloured double vinyl; standard double vinyl, CD and tape.
https://cmat.ffm.to/EURO-COUNTRY
Photo credit: Sarah Doyle
