Cattle & Cane + Support

Under the Influence presents

CATTLE & CANE + Odina + Jack Parker

Saturday 26th October 2019
Doors 8.00pm – Unreserved seating – £10 ADV

Pre-order the new album today at www.cattleandcane.co.uk

Cattle & Cane release their brand new album  Navigator on  Friday 8th November 2019 via Believe. Produced by  Pete Hammerton (The Shires, Wandering Hearts, Tom Gregory), sibling duo  Joe and  Helen Hammill display a confidence and maturity that sees their soaring harmonies and timeless song-writing come to the fore.

The first single taken from the album,  Mexico, is set for release in June and has already received support from  BBC Radio 2, including a live session on the Saturday Afternoon show.

“For the first time ever, we took a step back last year and actually thought about how Cattle & Cane should sound and where we want to take it” says  Joe. “Being in a band isn’t always easy and sometimes it can take some time to find your way, but this is undoubtedly the most excited we’ve ever been about sharing new music” he adds. “We’ve always been ambitious,” explains  Helen, “but I think locking ourselves away with Pete [Hammerton] for the last few months has enabled us to create some songs that really justify our ambition” she adds.

“Lyrically, this album is definitely our most introspective and heart on sleeve” suggests  Joe. “It was only once we’d finished recording all of the songs that I realised quite how many of them are about break-ups and failed relationships!” he adds. Having spent the past couple of years playing alongside with the likes of  Tom Odell,  Brian Wilson,  The Head & The Heart and  Nerina Pallot, Cattle & Cane have every right to be ambitious. Sold-out signs are commonplace at their own headline gigs, including huge statement dates in their native North East at  Sage Gateshead and  Middlesbrough Town Hall, where a crowd of over 1,200 witnessed a magical performance alongside the  Northern Orchestra last June.

Helen and Joe have also appeared at acclaimed international tastemaker events  Canadian Music Week and Reeperbahn Festival, as well as some of the UK’s finest boutique and inner-city showcases like  Tramlines,  Live At Leeds,  Liverpool Sound City,  Black Deer,  Cornbury and  Deer Shed. They’re spending the summer sharing stages with the likes of  Stereophonics,  Lewis Capaldi and  Madness.

A UK headline semi-acoustic tour follows in the autumn, topped off with two full band album launch shows:

23rd October  Glad Café, Glasgow

24th October  The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen

25th October  Hemelvaart Bier Café, Ayton

26th October  New Adelphi Club, Hull

27th October  Oporto, Leeds

29th October  Castle Hotel, Manchester

30th October  Hare & Hounds, Birmingham

31st October  Hen & Chicken, Bristol

2nd November  Northern Edge, Berwick

8th November  Tyne Theatre & Opera House, Newcastle

12th November  Oslo, London

Tickets: www.cattleandcane.co.uk/#tourDates

With blogs such as  Clash, Impose, Bitter Sweet Symphonies, Louder Than War, Wolf In A Suit, Queen Beetch and Gigsoup singing their praises, not to mention  Music Week,  the Independent,  Metro and  Record of the Day, Cattle & Cane are on the tip of respected tastemakers tongues.

They’ve received airplay from such luminaries as  Dermot O’Leary on  BBC Radio 2,  Elton John on  Beats 1,  Tom Robinson on  BBC Radio 6 Music,  Frank Skinner on  Absolute Radio,  Gary Crowley on  BBC London and  John Kennedy on  Radio X, as well as the  BBC Introducing and  Amazing Radio teams.

Joe and Helen have accumulated  millions of Spotify streams, thanks in part to playlists like  New Music Friday UK, Your Coffee Break,  Fresh Folk,  Your Office Stereo and  Feelgood Pop.

Over on TV, their music has featured on shows including  Sunday Brunch,  Made In Chelsea,  The Only Way Is Essex, Avenida Brasil and  MTV’s Catfish, as well as on  BT TV Music and  Vintage TV.

Further support came from  Middlesbrough FC, who printed some of the band’s lyrics on the club’s home shirts during the 2018-19 season: www.mfc.co.uk/news/infant-hercules-takes-pride-of-place-on-new-boro-shirts

The band’s last album  Mirrors received prestigious  PRS Momentum funding and hit number 2 in the Indie Breakers chart, number 19 in the Independent Album Chart and number 28 in the Vinyl Album Chart.

“God, I love that!” – Elton John (Beats 1)

“That was awesome!” – Dermot O’Leary (BBC Radio 2)

“They’re just going from strength to strength… check out their album Mirrors” – Tom Robinson (BBC Radio 6 Music)

“There’s way more of a Fleetwood Mac influence than their earlier stuff and I love it” – The Independent

“The band’s live show is magical… get ready to clap your hands and sing along – it’s pretty much requisite at a Cattle & Cane show” – Metro