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Mattias Tellez, the album\u2019s producer, said Thompson\u2019s voice was \u201ctimeless, and powerful, and so distinct,\u201d displaying \u201cqualities I hear in the likes of Billie Holiday, or Ella Fitzgerald \u2014 that power, and control, and spontaneous humor.\u201d<\/p>\n
The new album draws on Thompson\u2019s life, looking back on a tumultuous relationship the singer began with an older man when she was in her late teens. It follows her from her lowest and messiest point, before she reckons with the past and decides to move on.<\/p>\n
Along the way, she weaves in references to St. Anthony (the finder of lost things \u2014 a favorite of Irish mothers), Miranda from \u201cSex and the City\u201d and the \u201cWagatha Christie\u201d trial<\/a> that recently gripped Britain\u2019s tabloids.<\/p>\n The single \u201cWhere Are Your Kids Tonight?\u201d sees CMAT collaborate with the singer-songwriter John Grant. The two appeared onstage together in September, at Dublin\u2019s National Concert Hall, where Grant was performing a concert of Patsy Cline covers. CMAT was the guest star, singing \u201cWalkin\u2019 After Midnight\u201d and \u201cShe\u2019s Got You.\u201d<\/p>\n In an email, Grant said working with Thompson was \u201ca blast.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThey absolutely love her in Ireland, and with good reason,\u201d Grant said. \u201cLooks like the rest of the world is catching on.\u201d<\/p>\n CMAT began her career describing herself online, ironically, as \u201ca global pop star\u201d who \u201clives in Dublin with her grandparents.\u201d Prepandemic, she was working in a cafe: She had no money, and was recovering from a period of depression and disillusionment, after the band she\u2019d formed at 18, Bad Sea, failed to gain traction and split.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n