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Glasgow band Catholic Action have just released their debut album, ‘In Memory Of’. It’s a guitar-driven slice of indie that though has all the hallmarks of noughties indie, is remarkably fresh and damn exciting.
Chris McCroy of the band gives you the lowdown on one of 2017’s funnest albums.
How long has your debut album been in the works?
“Funnily enough, it’s been in the works from the very first moment of our existence. I remember saying to Jamie – our bass player – after we’d been working on some songs (that later became our live set), ‘let’s just be bold and make an album. Appear fully formed.’ So we did that, in my bedroom at my parent’s house. We started playing live and doling the songs out on limited edition cassette tapes with local record label Fuzzkill.”
‘In Memory Of’, is another chapter however…
Did it come together quickly?
“Not at all. We never really intended those original tracks to go further than the Glasgow DIY scene. But it did. The songs got out and we were quickly approached by labels and producers and managers and agents and dragged (kicking and screaming and cheering and drunk) out of Glasgow. When that happens, there are a lot of different paths folk want to push you down. And I’m too fatalistic. Perhaps I am just my own worst enemy? It’d have been really easy to churn out buzzy landfill shit that A&R folk like, but It was essential for me to find the right path for us aesthetically and sonically. I did not want to make disposable music that meant nothing to me or the listener. That’s for other bands to do.
So it took us a while to find the right team, the right studio, and the right pair of ears to balance mine. We eventually found Margo Broom. She helped rip us apart in the right way – and in the process, the band defined itself. It was not always easy. But we’re a better,…
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