Cat's Miaow, The - When You Smiled And Turned Away Cat's Miaow, The - When You Smiled And Turned Away

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Cat's Miaow, The - When You Smiled And Turned Away Cat's Miaow, The

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Genre: Alternative, Indie, and Lo-Fi.
Format

Yellow Vinyl LP with download card

Condition: Brand New
Release date: Oct 23, 2026
Catalogue number: LPSLR304C
Barcode: 0749846030412

CD

Condition: Brand New
Release date: Oct 23, 2026
Catalogue number: CDSLR304
Barcode: 0749846030429

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The Cat’s Miaow started in 1992 as a home-recording duo, Bart Cummings and Andrew Withycombe knocking out songs on Withycombe’s four-track. Soon joined by Kerrie Bolton and Cam Smith, the quartet spent the next five years quietly, slowly working away in the suburbs of Melbourne. They’ve long been spoken-of in hushed tones in pop circles for their perfectly unadorned nuggets of gentle indiepop mastery, put to 4-track tape and drip-fed to the world a few decades back via 7” singles, cassettes and compilation appearances.

Following a pair of recent and *very* well-received compilations on the excellent World of Echo label, The Cat’s Miaow were inspired to regroup to play some shows and begin working on new material. The result is "When You Smiled And Turned Away," remarkably the band's debut studio album and happily some of their finest recordings yet. All the hallmarks of the band’s classic sound remain intact: a fragile, warm melancholia built around Bart and Andrew's elegant, spare songwriting, the exuberant patter of Cam’s brushed drums and the glow of Kerrie’s celestial soprano vocal.

Themes of self discovery, regret, yearning and loss continue to loom large but are buoyed by sprightly tempos and subtle splashes of phased guitars and oscillating synthesizers. And at fourteen songs clocking in at just over half-an-hour, The Cat’s Miaow are still masters of pop concision. It's a gift to have them back!

Track List:

Yellow Vinyl

A1. When You Smiled And Turned Away
A2. I Hope My Dreams Will Reach You
A3. If You're Lost, You Can Follow Me Home
A4. Journey's End
A5. Luminosity
A6. The Love You Bring
A7. CBGB's

B1. Have You Done This Before?
B2. I Do The Same Thing Too
B3. A Life Formed Entirely, But Not Yet Whole4. It's Never Easy To Say Goodbye
B5. Going To A Show
B6. I Couldn't Sleep Last Night
B7. Try And Pretend

 

CD

1. When You Smiled And Turned Away
2. I Hope My Dreams Will Reach You
3. If You're Lost, You Can Follow Me Home
4. Journey's End
5. Luminosity
6. The Love You Bring
7. CBGB's
8. Have You Done This Before?
9. I Do The Same Thing Too
10. A Life Formed Entirely, But Not Yet Whole
11. It's Never Easy To Say Goodbye
12. Going To A Show
13. I Couldn't Sleep Last Night
14. Try And Pretend

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