“CMAT shines on the conceptual Crazymad, For Me”
“Irish award-winner’s ambitious second album”
“It’s a daunting task to follow up an exceptionally original debut, and yet Dublin’s answer to Dolly Parton – the endlessly charismatic CMAT – seems to have done it with no bother at all. ‘If My Wife New I’d Be Dead’ laid the foundations for her refreshing talent for writing catchy pop songs with a unique country twist, but ‘Crazymad, For Me’ evolves that sound with determination and precision. A c”
“Everyone knows the best way to get over a man is to write a three-part rock opera about your 47-year-old alter ego crash-landing a time machine into 1890s Paris while bitching about his flaws. Right? That’s CMAT’s tactic anyway. Seen through the eyes of that vividly-portrayed alter ego, the Dubliner’s second album is a forensic inquiry into every stage of a failed relationship, from wanting to emi”
