Loaded Album of the week
By Fred Spanner
CMAT: EURO-COUNTRY ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
If Dolly Parton necked a couple of Red Bulls, hopped on a Ryanair flight, and spent the entire journey flirting with the cabin crew while scribbling lyrics on the back of an in-flight menu, the result would sound a lot like CMAT’s Euro Country. And believe me, that’s a good thing.
The Dublin-born singer has made a name for herself by smuggling country twang into the playlists of people who wouldn’t normally go near a banjo unless it was being used as a weapon in a pub fight.
It’s clever, it’s cheeky, and it’s full of hooks. Songs swing from self-deprecating heartbreak anthems to glittery, Europop-infused bangers with more camp swagger than a Eurovision afterparty.
Her lyrics, as always, are weapons-grade wit. One moment she’s clowning herself, the next she’s cutting your heart out with a single line. She’s funny, filthy, and unashamedly dramatic, but behind the oversized hair and rhinestone attitude is a songwriter sharp enough to slice through the kitsch.
CMAT isn’t just playing country for laughs, she’s rewriting the rulebook, and doing it in sequins.
Yeehaw meets Eurotrash. And it works perfectly.