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2016-2018 & Rising With The Sun - In Review

On a hot, dusty day, we headed up to central Victoria - to Felix's family farm and recorded a film clip for BULLS. This was the first time I'd been back there since our rehearsals inside the farm's train carriageway back before the first album.

I seem to remember lots of flies and sunscreen during the shoot! But honestly, it was quite nice being out in the open, away from the city for a change. Just us and playing on some old beat-up instruments, in an atmosphere that morphed from desolation to a colorful desert night party with flares!

Will

Tiks on sale now to the final shows of the original line-up and virtual concert https://thecatempire.com/tour/

Album: Rising With The Sun (2016) hear the full album at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_maDIBiIAn-oHmdT_CHnOBG4oFti4QkAzY
Place of Recording: Melbourne, Australia
Producer: Jan Skubiszewski & The Cat Empire
Engineer & Mixer: Jan Skubiszewski
Composer: Felix Riebl
Publishing: BMG Publishing
Lyricist: Felix Riebl
Session Artists: Ross Irwin - Trumpet, Kieran Conrau - Trombone
Record Label: Two Shoes Records PTY LTD
Filmed in: Tallarook, Australia

Lyrics: [F.RIEBL]
No way, no way
The bull’s inside my head
And I say, I say
The flag I wave is red

Don’t know myself
Don’t know myself
I’m better off hiding
In somebody else
I won’t stop the hurricane
I won’t stop the flood
And in the evening my
Shadow just flies away

But if I woke up
If I woke up
The other side of dark
The other side of me
I’d be the avalanche
And I’d be what’s wrong
And I’d be everything
I wasn’t made of
So tell me, who’s real?

No way, no way
The bull’s inside my head
And I say, I say
The flag I wave is red

I’ve been dreaming
I’ve been dreaming
A Bedouin told me
“The bomb is a rhythm”
Played like a hurricane
Played like it comes
And in the morning I
Wake up in wonder
And my dream is real

But tell me Lorca
Tell me Lorca
Is it on both sides?
Or is it just our here?
Tell me Lorca
Tell me how it is

No way, no way
The bull’s inside my head

And I say, I say
The flag I wave is red
No way, no way
The bull’s inside my head
And I say, I say
The flag I wave is red

About:
Formed in Melbourne, Australia and adored the world over, The Cat Empire is a musical success story that continues to be written. Throughout their 20 year career, the band's stratospheric trajectory has continued unabated, becoming one of Australia's most successful musical exports, growing an army of ardent fans at home and abroad.

Since their teens, the six bound together by a love of music, and bolstered by the career-long guidance of Manager Correne Wilkie, have gone about the business of crafting infectious, genre-embracing anthems and releasing chart-topping, multi-platinum albums to take to the live stage. It was not unusual to find the band performing on main stage bills at iconic international festivals, selling out the world's most famous arenas, mobbed by supporters and media at airports in Spain, and appearing on top rating T.V. shows like Letterman and Leno.

In September 2021, The Cat Empire announced that after 20 years, the band's original line-up would play their final shows together, culminating in a massive series of shows around Australia and a virtual concert from their hometown of Melbourne.

The next chapter of The Cat Empire begins with founding members Felix Riebl and Ollie McGill stepping forward with "a re-imagined, vibrant, cross-cultural, and joyful collective of musicians and artists", with new music planned for 2022.