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Artist
Catherine Ireton
12+ albums
about
In her own words: 1982 born in tiny town in the Canadian prairies, the third daughter to Irish medics 1983 moved to Ireland and screamed a lot. Good strong vocal cords. 1988 stage debut as Goldilocks. The irony was lost on me. 1995 all-girls convent secondary school. Learned piano. Lots of mass, lots of hymns, no boys 1999 played Jesus in school musical Jesus Christ Superstar. Wore white bikini on the cross. 2000 sang Irish songs in an old medieval castle while Americans in white trainers ate wild boar. 2001 ‘serious theatre only please’ - Drama and Theatre Studies at University College Cork - a lot of fun 2002 met a guy called Mickey J in a pub, told him I liked to sing, turned up at my house the next day with a guitar, Elephant, the band, was born 2004 recorded In the Moon LP. Crushes/ relationships/ fall-outs with each member one by one. Elephant splits. (All-girls school repression has a lot to answer for). 2005 got a call from Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian who had heard the album, invited me to audition for some side project, moved to Scotland. Then nothing happened. 2006 big passionate messy relationship prompted me to write sad angry songs. Then fell madly in love all over again. 2007 sang some demos with Stuart. I was his guinea pig. It was fun. 2008 recorded God Help the Girl album in Glasgow. Another band, Go Away Birds, was formed with old Elephant band mate in between cups of tea and reminiscing. 2009 travelled around India. God Help the Girl album release
