Cat5

Tuesday, January 23, 2007


Cat5

Last night, I went to Swedish indie night Tack! Tack! Tack! with Mr Club Contact and Ms Karinski to see Swedish electro-pop minxes Cat5. Cat5 are Hanna and Christina, from Gothenburg. They have pretty much written and produced their debut album by themselves. It's a riotous mix of electro-synths, beats and deadpan, sexed-up lyrics. They put on an ace show:


  • It was an all-out audio-visual experience. There was a siren light on the keyboards, there was a screen projecting static imagery and word, numbers and slogans and amateur-esque 'visuals'. The lighting was a glarish concoction of strobe and strip lighting.
  • They played about 8 songs. Highlights were Drop The Bomb, You Go Girl and Sexy.
  • Both girls took turns on their tiny keyboard, but neither really managed to muster up much enthusiasm, looking bored with a wonderful display of popstar ennui.
  • They describe Sexy as an 'electronic pearl'. There is an ace lyric: I'm too sexy for my jeans, I got to take them off. Before you put your hands on my ass.
  • One of the girls looks like a Nordic Heidi Sugababe.
  • Their 'rider' was two glasses of wine.
  • One is blonde, the other is brunette. Their name is Cat5. They are the electro-embodiment of Finnish eurovisionners CatCat.
  • A young Swedish woman barged through the crowd in the middle of their set. With a glass of wine in one hand, she crossed her arms, cocked her head, and looked at Cat5 as though they were an art installation, and continued to stare with an intrigued but questioning look. It was ace.
  • One member of the audience was very enthusiastic. He was giving it loads. He led a small number of people to chant, "en gång till".
  • One of the slogans that flashed up during their set was: TWISTED SISTERS TALKING SHIT. You can't argue with that.
Download: Cat5 - Sexy mp3 // Cat5 myspace // Cat5 // Tack! Tack! Tack!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ace review !


Thanks
T!T!T!

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a fun night. It´s called "en gång till" by the way.

Adrian said...

Ah, thank you! I tried to no avail to find the proper spelling of that on the net, with the a-with-the-circle. I can copy it from here, if needed in future.