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CAT'S MIAOW, THE

SKIPPING STONES: THE CASSETTE YEARS '92-'93 (WORLD OF ECHO)

CAT'S MIAOW, THE - SKIPPING STONES: THE CASSETTE YEARS '92-'93 163546
Format:
2 LP
Release:
03.05.2024
Label:
WORLD OF ECHO
Kat.-Nr.:
163546
Barcode:
5055869550567
The Cat's Miaow return to World Of Echo with Skipping Stones: The Cassette Years '92-'93, their second compilation for the imprint, and the fourth in a loosely defined series of reissues associated with the group (also including The Shapiros' Gone By Fall: The Collected Works of The Shapiros and Hydroplane's Selected Songs 1997-2003).

It's a smart selection of songs by one of Australia's finest independent pop music groups, whose initial run, across the nineties, was as mysterious as it was bewitching.

A generous double album featuring thirty-five songs drawn from The Cat's Miaow's history, Skipping Stones lets listeners in on a bunch more secrets.

The four cassettes that Skipping Stones draws from - Little Baby Sour Puss, Pet Sounds (both 1992), From My Window, and How Did Everything Get So Fucked Up (both 1993) - were released or assisted by Toytown, a Melbourne cassette label of rare taste, savvy and intelligence.

Diving into that two-year period, Skipping Stones is full of surprises, rich with unexpected and inspired detours, while reminding everyone just how clear and distinct The Cat's Miaow's music was from the very start.

Looking in from the outside, they always felt like a group that knew just what they were doing, but intuitive as they are, they weren't forcing anything: these songs always sound exactly what they need to be, rough edges, playful moments and all.

The Cat's Miaow may have been bedroom dreamers, but their songs were richly informed, with the sweetest of girl-pop moves sashaying into walls of tremolo-d and distorted guitar, jangling six strings tangling with melodic bass that's pure Peter Hook/Naomi Yang, while the gentle trickle of a drum machine or the earthy twitch of brushes on drum skins provided the spine for Kerrie's and Bart's lovely, unforced singing.

This double LP on World Of Echo feels like the very core of the thing - some of the most heartbreakingly beautiful, effortlessly lush and deeply moving pop music you're likely to hear.

RIYL: Hydroplane, The Cannanes, Magnetic Fields, Belle and Sebastian, Jesus and Mary Chain
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. MAKE A WISH
  • 1.2. HOLLOW INSIDE (ORIGINAL CASSETTE VERSION)
  • 1.3. FADED (ORIGINAL CASSETTE VERSION)
  • 1.4. NOT LIKE I WAS DOING ANYTHING (ORIGINAL CASSETTE VERSION)
  • 1.5. DISAPPOINTED
  • 1.6. I WANTED NONE OF THIS
  • 1.7. FIRE DAMAGE
  • 1.8. HALO
  • 1.9. AURORA
  • 1.10. IT MIGHT NEVER HAPPEN
  • 1.11. NOTHING'S EVER QUITE THAT SIMPLE
  • 1.12. BRIGHTER STAR
  • 1.13. THE PHOEBE I KNOW (ORIGINAL CASSETTE VERSION)
  • 1.14. LITTLE AND SMALL
  • 1.15. SLEEPYHEAD
  • 1.16. DUST FROM A MEMORY
  • 1.17. A 50S BALLAD
  • 1.18. .
  • 1.19. A FEW WORDS
  • 1.20. .
  • 1.21. FROM MY WINDOW
  • 2.1. THIRD FLOOR FIRE ESCAPE VIEW (ORIGINAL CASSETTE VERSION)
  • 2.2. YOU LEFT A NOTE ON THE TABLE (ORIGINAL CASSETTE VERSION)
  • 2.3. SHORT SIGHTED (ORIGINAL CASSETTE VERSION)
  • 2.4. I HATE MYSELF MORE THAN YOU DO
  • 2.5. TALKING TO TREES
  • 2.6. ICECREAM
  • 2.7. SAVIOURS FOR THE HURRYING MAN
  • 2.8. FERRY NO. 6
  • 2.9. NOTHING NEW (ORIGINAL CASSETTE VERSION)
  • 2.10. CLIMB MY STAIRS (ORIGINAL CASSETTE VERSION)
  • 2.11. AUTUMN (ORIGINAL CASSETTE VERSION)
  • 2.12. I REALLY DON'T KNOW (ORIGINAL CASSETTE VERSION)
  • 2.13. SUNDAY
  • 2.14. MEMPHIS 54
  • 2.15. WALK ON BY
  • 2.16. GEORGIE