The Cat Empire release La Sirène

Listen to “La Sirène” HERE

The next tantalizing taste of new music from The Cat Empire via their song-a-month reveal for 2018 is the slow burning La Sirène.

Sung predominantly in French by guest vocalist Eloise Mignon, La Sirène is as the band’s co-frontman Felix Riebl explains, “the kind of song that I wouldn’t have expected The Cat Empire to play, but it just rolls along in this beautiful circular way. It just crept it’s way onto the album and has turned out to be one of it’s most charismatic moments.”

Eloise Mignon works as an actress in theatre, film and television in Europe and Australia, in both English and French. She is currently performing in Sarah Kane’s Blasted at Malthouse Theatre, and doing a PhD in English and Theatre Studies at the University of Melbourne. La Sirène is her first recorded song.

La Sirène pays homage to the devoted fan base in French Quebec,which has been a home away from home for The Cat Empire for over a decade.  The band has played to their biggest ever audience in Montreal, not only once, but twice to over a quarter of a million people as part of Montreal Jazz festival.

Their popularity in the region has been helped enormously by the fact that co-front man Harry James Angus speaks French, and has been able to engage media and fans in their own language. They also hold a venue record at The Metropolis Montreal for the most sold out shows a band has ever played at that venue.

The cover image for La Sirène, called Clay Body, is by Prue Stent, Honey Long and Clare Longley, three good friends and artists whose practices have merged and mingled in different ways over the years, coming together at different points to explore shared fascinations and the common threads. Prue Stent is a cousin of Harry James Angus’, so the band are delighted to be collaborating with another artistic family member.

It’s been a massive year so far for The Cat Empire, after releasing the brand new songs Ready Now and Stolen Diamonds, the band have mobilised their global fanbase with these two new songs alone amassing over 1 million streams and 75,000 views on YouTube and counting. Now with the release of La Sirène that engagement looks set to continues as The Cat Empire continue to build on another standout year in their already storied career.

After an already massive run through Europe playing major festivals, nearly all shows on the Australian leg of their 2018 World Tour have sold out. Only a few tickets remain in Canberra, Gold Coast and WA, additional shows have just been announced in Darwin and Yalingup WA.

  THE CAT EMPIRE 
2018 WORLD TOUR DATES
AUSTRALIAN DATES: 

Thursday 6^th September, Odeon Theatre, Hobart (SOLD OUT)
Supported by Odette (All Ages)
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Saturday 8^th September, Palais Theatre, Melbourne (SOLD OUT)
Supported by Odette (All Ages)
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Sunday 9^th September, Theatre Royal Castlemaine (SOLD OUT)
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Friday 14^th September, Enmore Theatre, Sydney (sold out)
Supported by Odette (All Ages)
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Saturday 15^th September, Enmore Theatre, Sydney (sold out) 
Supported by Odette (All Ages)
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Sunday 16^th September, UC Refectory, Canberra
Supported by Odette (All Ages)
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Thursday 20^th September, The Triffid, Brisbane (sold out)
Supported by Odette (18+)
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Friday 21^st September, The Triffid, Brisbane (SOLD OUT)
Supported by Odette (18+)
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Saturday 22^nd September, The Triffid, Brisbane (SOLD OUT)
(ALL AGES 2pm matinee)
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Saturday 22^nd September, The Triffid, Brisbane (SOLD OUT)
Supported by Odette (18+)
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Sunday 23^rd September, Night Quarter, Gold Coast
Supported by Odette (All Ages)
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Saturday 29th September,  One Tropical Day – Darwin NT 
Supported by Odette
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Saturday 1^st December,  Inland Sea Of Sound, Bathurst, NSW
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Friday 14^th December, The Cat Empire Carnivale at Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
With Odette, Grievous Bodily Calm, Lucy Peach & more to be announced (18+)
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Saturday 15^th December, The Cat Empire Carnivale at Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
With Odette, Grievous Bodily Calm, Lucy Peach & more to be announced (18+)
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Sunday 16th December, Caves House, Yallingup WA 
Supported by Odette
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EUROPEAN DATES:

Tuesday 30^th  October Istanbul, Turkey – Babylon

Wednesday 31 October Bucharest, Romania – Arnele Romane

Thursday 1^st November, Vienna, Austria – Arena Vienna

Friday 2^nd November, Stuttgart, Germany – Liederhalle

Saturday 3^rd November, Zurich, Switzerland – Komplex 457

Sunday 4^th November, Wiesbaden, Germany – Schlachthof

Tuesday  6^th November, Berlin, Germany – Tempodrom

Wednesday 7^th November, Hamburg, Germany – MEHR! Theater

Thursday  8^th November, Amsterdam, Holland – Paradiso

Friday 9^th November, Amsterdam, Holland – Paradiso

Saturday  10^th November, Cologne, Germany – Palladium

Monday 12^th November, Brussels, Belgium – AB Hall

Wednesday 14^th November, Bournemouth, UK – 02 Academy

Thursday 15^th November, London, UK – Roundhouse

Friday  16^th November, London, UK – Roundhouse

Saturday 17^th November, Bristol, UK -02 Academy

Sunday  18^th November, Bristol, UK – 02 Academy

Tuesday 20^th November, Paris, France – Le Bataclan

Wednesday 21^st November, Toulouse, France – Le Bikini

Thursday 22^nd November, Barcelona, Spain – La Razzamatazz

Friday 23^rd November, Madrid, Spain – Sala La Riviera

Sunday  25^th November, Barcelona, Spain – La Razzamatazz

NORTH AMERICAN DATES (2019)

Thursday 28^th February, Brooklyn NY – Brooklyn Steel 

Friday 1^st of March, Philadelphia PA -Theatre of Living Arts  

Saturday 2^nd  of March, Boston MA – Royale

Sunday 3^rd of March, Quebec QC – Capitole     

Monday 4^th of March, Montreal QC – MTELUS

Thurdsay 7^th of March, Toronto ON – Danforth Music Hall

Friday, 8^th of March, Waterloo Ontario – Maxwell’s Music House 

Saturday 9^th of March, Chicago IL – House of Blues  

Monday 11^th of March, Minneapolis MN – Varsity Theater 

Tuesday 12^th of March, Winnipeg MB – Burton Cummings Theatre  

Thursday 14^th of March, Edmonton AB – Winspear Centre

Friday 15^th of March, Calgary AB – MacEwan Hall   

Sunday 17^th of March, Vancouver BC – Commodore Ballroom

Monday 18^th of March, Vancouver BC – Commodore Ballroom   

Tuesday 19^th of March, Victoria BC – Royal Theatre 

Wednesday 20^th of March, Seattle WA – The Showbox   

Thurday 21^st of March, Portland OR – Wonder Ballroom 

Saturday 23^rd of March, San Francisco CA – The Fillmore 

Monday 25^th of March, Los Angeles CA – El Rey Theatre   

Tuesday 26^th of March, San Diego CA – House of Blues