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CMAT blazes towards the release of her highly-anticipated second album with the personal post-mortem "Stay For Something" - a power pop blast of self-introspection gussied up in her most stadium-sized clothes to date.

CMAT on "Stay For Something": “It's basically just about questioning why I stayed / suffered in a bad relationship for as long as I did. Trying to desperately find some kind of leaning in the mess and then being embarrassed when I remember the good parts. It's not very lyrical or poetic, it's just a lot of emotion and energy - this song, to me, sounds like going for a run at 1 am with your headphones on full blast, screaming through the streets in order to get away from your problems. I hope that at least one person does that when they hear it.”

The single - produced by Matias Téllez - debuted as a Hottest Record In The World on Clara Amfo’s BBC Radio 1 earlier today, with the James Slater-directed video premiering on her YouTube channel immediately after.

The release follows a busy summer for CMAT: a breakout Glastonbury moment on the Woodsies stage, followed by a solo acoustic number post-Elton John on the BBC’s live coverage; a Spotify billboard in Times Square; two huge outdoor supports to Florence and the Machine and her first festival headline at Otherside in her native Ireland, plus festivals across the UK and Europe.

CMAT has announced further live dates, including a three-date solo run across North America, an extensive UK in-store tour, and a third date at The Olympia in Dublin, which goes on sale this Friday, September 08 at 10 am.

CMAT’s new album, the 12-track ‘Crazymad, For Me’ - out via AWAL Recordings on October 13 - is “an abstract break-up album - about what happens when you are still angry about something that happened 10 years ago”. It’s also a concept record of sorts - involving time travel, Belle Epoque Paris, and a woman who may or may not be CMAT in the future. The album is available to pre-order now via www.cmatbaby.com. A run of UK instores has been announced which will feature CMAT performing and signing copies of the new record.

Headline Tour dates:

September 29th - Baby’s All Right, Brooklyn, US * - SOLD OUT

October 2nd - Beat Kitchen, Chicago, US *

October 4th - Ed Cid, Los Angeles, US *

October 13th - Rough Trade East, London +*

October 14th - Rough Trade, Bristol UK +*

October 14th - Pryzm, Banquet, London, UK +

October 15th - Oh Yeah, HMV, Belfast, IE +*

October 16th - Rough Trade, Nottingham, UK +*

October 17th - The Jacaranda Club, Liverpool, UK +*

October 18th - HMV Birmingham, UK +*

October 19th - Resident, Brighton +*

November 15th - Chalk, Brighton, UK

November 16th - O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, UK 

November 18th - SWX, Bristol, UK

November 20th - Leadmill, Sheffield, UK

November 21st - Stylus, Leeds, UK

November 23rd - O2 Ritz, Manchester, UK

November 24th - Barrowlands Ballroom, Glasgow, UK

November 25th - Newcastle Uni SU, Newcastle, UK

November 30th - Olympia, Dublin IE - on sale Sept 08

December 1st - Olympia, Dublin, IE - sold out!

December 2nd - Olympia, Dublin, IE - sold out!

* Solo acoustic shows

+ Album instore shows