Me Oh My
Cate Le Bon's debut album from 2009, released for the first time on vinyl in 2015. A new force in song craft, Cate Le Bon currently resides in Cardiff’s infamous French quarter and befitting a songwriter who only writes in the dark, her music is a heady and highly personal Gallic stew of equal parts Nico, Malkmus and the chronicler’s own emotional observations on the impossibility of existence. “Startlingly original… ‘Me Oh My’ has that can’t-put-your-finger-on-it oddness that makes for great pop music… A singular talent” MOJO - 4 stars **** “Quirky and confident; mindful of tradition without getting bogged down in issues of authenticity, it’s worth keeping an eye on Le Bon.” UNCUT “like a Welsh version of Nico… Over Sparse electric folk settings, this album is dark, daring and delightful.” The Sun - 4.5/5
First released on Gruff Rhys' label, the debut from this Cardiff singer/songwriter buries the pop hooks and lets her freak-folk flag fly.
Even if being eccentric and idiosyncratic has become the norm for talented women singer-songwriters, Cate Le Bon is still probably too weird, too spooky,...