The
confidence and maturity on display delivers an enticing statement of intent
from sibling duo Joe and Helen Hammill. “For the first time ever, we took a step
back last year and actually thought about how Cattle & Cane should sound
and where we want to take it” says Joe.
“Being in a
band isn’t always easy and sometimes it can take some time to find your way,
but this is undoubtedly the most excited we’ve ever been about sharing new
music” he adds.
“We’ve
always been ambitious,” explains Helen, “but I think locking ourselves
away with Pete [Hammerton] for the last few months has enabled us to create
some songs that really justify our ambition” she adds.
Having
spent the past couple of years sharing stages with the likes of Tom
Odell, Brian Wilson, Stereophonics, The Head & The
Heart and Lewis Capaldi, Cattle & Cane have every right to
be ambitious.
Sold-out
signs are commonplace at their own headline gigs, including huge regional
statement dates at Sage Gateshead and Middlesbrough Town
Hall, where a crowd of over 1,200 witnessed a magical performance
alongside the Northern Orchestra last June.
Helen and
Joe have also appeared at acclaimed international tastemaker
events Canadian Music Week and Reeperbahn Festival, as well as
at some of the UK’s finest boutique and inner-city showcases
like Tramlines, Live At Leeds, Liverpool Sound City, Black
Deer, Cornbury and Deer Shed.
To coincide
with their new album, Cattle & Cane are on tour across the UK this
autumn including a show at Newcastle’s Tyne Theatre & Opera House.
With blogs such as Clash, Impose, Bitter Sweet Symphonies,
Louder Than War, Wolf In A Suit, Queen
Beetch and Gigsoup singing their praises, not to
mention Music Week, the Independent, Metro and Record
of the Day, Cattle & Cane are on the tip of respected tastemakers tongues.
They’ve received airplay from such luminaries as Dermot
O’Leary on BBC Radio 2, Elton John on Beats
1, Tom Robinson on BBC Radio 6 Music, Frank
Skinner on Absolute Radio, Gary Crowley on BBC
London and John Kennedy on Radio X, as well as the BBC
Introducing and Amazing Radio teams.
Cattle & Cane have accumulated millions of Spotify
streams, thanks in part to playlists like New Music Friday UK, Your
Coffee Break, Fresh Folk, Your Office Stereo and Feelgood
Pop.
Over on TV, their music has featured on shows
including Sunday Brunch, Made In Chelsea, The Only Way Is
Essex, Avenida Brasil and MTV’s Catfish, as well as on BT
TV Music and Vintage TV.
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