Irish Songwriter CMAT Distills Deep Dives Into Relatable Pop
CMAT might look like one of those specialized tests you have to take to get into a post-graduate program, but this stage name is actually the initials of Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, a Dublin pop singer whose cleverly-titled debut LP\xa0If My Wife New I\u2019d Be Dead\xa0was a hit in Ireland last year.\xa0With cultural references\xa0that range from Belgian football manager Vincent Kompany\xa0to\xa0Gilmore Girls, (she also loves Patsy Cline), CMAT knows how to take a deep dive down a topical rabbit hole and make it into relatable pop.\xa0She distills her maximalist tendencies down to an unplugged, intimate setting, playing songs from her brand-new record, Crazymad, For Me,\xa0in-studio.\xa0
\nSet list: \u201cWhere Are Your Kids Tonight?\u201d, \u201cRent\u201d, \u201cI Wanna Be A Cowboy, Baby\u201d
\nWatch "Rent":
\nWatch "I wanna be a cowboy baby":
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