Cait Brennan - Debutante (2016)

HER GLAM-TASTIC DEBUT! Cait Brennan spent the better part of 20 years writing gorgeous power-pop and glam-rock symphonies in secret. Discovered and championed by legendary producer/musician Fernando Perdomo (who's worked with Linda Perhacs, Todd Rundrgen, Emitt Rhodes, Fiona Apple, Beck, Jakob Dylan), Brennan kicks out the sugar-crash jams on 13 epic pop classics.


Glorious…from the crashing Pop thunder of Good Morning And Goodnight (think a desperate Harry Nilsson backed by a punkish ELO), to the White Album-era ballad of Dear Arthur, to the forlorn, Bowie-esque beauty of Showman, Debutante depicts an artist remarkably conversant with the last forty years of Pop, who is able to blend her influences and obsessions into one glimmering musical gem after another….Now that we have lost that glorious weirdo, David Bowie, it s nice to know that a new one, Cait Brennan, is hovering into view…Which feels like a bit of solace for those of us who felt Bowie s loss so keenly. In other words, it s nice to have a new songwriter out there, who is so… out there! –Peter Gerstenzang, American Songwriter Magazine.

Cait Brennan has made a glimmering record full of heart and hope and harmony. It s a timeless album; joyful, clever, and wonderful. You owe it to yourself to hear her….Debutante is the kind of record that artists dream of recording. …With an undeniable gift for writing hooky delights, she s an heir to the throne of the greats: ELO, Nilsson, the Sweet, Rundgren. Her influences are all over her songs and Debutante is a sparkly kaleidoscope of AM Radio, 1970s pop, and confessional lyrics. It s delightful. Cait also has an one of the best pure rock voices you re likely to hear. Marry that to an insane range and so-sweet-they-melt-in-your-ear harmonies, and then add them to the sundae of glorious melodies and whip-smart lyrics and you've got yourself a mixed metaphor. But you've also got a stunning debut. There s not a filler track on Debutante. They re all keepers. –Melissa Bratcher, Popshifter.com

Hearkening to the days when pop music albums were created to get lost in, with lush harmonies and intricate multi-layered arrangements…Cait Brennan's debut album Debutante has its roots in English pop, roughly the decade between Penny Lane and This Year's Model, taking in Diamond Dogs and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and stuffing in healthy chunks of Aztec Camera as well, with lyrics that are simultaneously deeply personal and broadly universal. –Todd Alcott

TRACKLIST

1. Good Morning and Goodnight (3:08)
2. Underworld (4:03)
3. Dear Arthur (4:02)
4. Lines (4:17)
5. Once Upon a Nevermind (3:09)
6. I Want You Back (2:29)
7. Showman (2:23)
8. Father McKenzie (4:22)
9. Meet Your Remaker (2:10)
10. Harmony Lies (4:49)
11. All in Love Is Fair (4:44)
12. Madame Pompadour (3:26)
13. Black Diamond (4:34)