CMAT was recently presented an IMRO Award in recognition of her album Crazymad, For Me.
The IMRO Number 1 Award was introduced to acknowledge IMRO members who reach number 1 in the album charts here in Ireland.
Second album ‘Crazymad, For Me’ takes popstar CMAT through a reinvention of what came before: this is the grand statement of an ambitious mature sound, a textured sonic feel and details of a complex emotional and metaphorical landscape. ‘It’s an abstract break-up album. about what happens when you are still angry about something that happened 10 years ago’. It’s grand, full of hooks and picture-painting lyrics projected by her singular vocals. It’s the mainstream indie that CMAT loved as a teenager, filtered through 20th century country music, amplified by knowledge of 80’s and 90’s pop hits with a slide guitar and a camp twist. Complex, intimate and with influences far-flung across time and place, ‘CrazyMad, For Me’ is an instant classic album for the broadest audience.
