Reviews

Radio Helsinki Album of the week IV
Desibeli IV review
Hymn.se IV review
WYMA IV review
Yhden miehen levyraati IV review
Labandzi IV review
Thus Blog IV review
Small interview via Revista Arte Brasileira
Austin Town Hall Friday album streams IV
Alta fidelidad -albums of the week IV
Music Finland upcoming albums
Kulttuuritoimitus IV launch showTampere review
OCTA NMW IV
Shoegazer Alive IV
Nordic Music Central “Horrors”/IV
Radio Helsinki interview
Roadie Music “Basement”
Rmas “Basement”
Destroy/Exist “Basement”
Darkenin’ Heart “Basement”
Zona Emergente “Basement”
Last Day Deaf “Basement”
Rumba “Thunder As An Arrow”
Son of Marketing “Thunder As An Arrow”
Nordic Music Review “Thunder As An Arrow”
OCTA “Thunder As An Arrow”
Rmas “Thunder As An Arrow”
Austin Town Hall “Thunder As An Arrow”
Destroy/Exist “Thunder As An Arrow”
Darkenin’ Heart “Thunder As An Arrow”
Last Day Deaf “Thunder As An Arrow”
Soundi “Horrors”
Indie For Bunnies “Horrors”
Shoegazer Alive “Horrors”
With Guitars “Horrors”
Nordic Music Central “Horrors”
Monolith Cocktail “Horrors”
Austin Town Hall “Horrors”
Destroy/Exist “Horrors”
Darkenin’ Heart “Horrors”
OCTA “Horrors”
Rumba “Big Sleep”
Austin Town Hall “Big Sleep”
Darkenin’ Heart “Big Sleep”
Destroy/Exist “Big Sleep”
Last Day Deaf “Big Sleep”
White Light White Heat “Big Sleep”
White Light White Heat Track of the Day “Big Sleep”
OCTA “Big Sleep”
Nordic Music Central “Big Sleep”
Tits Upon Tyne “Big Sleep”
Soundcheck Radio Show “Big Sleep”
Heat Wave “Big Sleep”

Tracklist.

The Lore
Big Sleep.
Thunder as an Arrow (Watch)
Eyes in the sky.
Horrors (Watch)
Basement.
In Lumine.
Ceiling of Stars.

Composition, production, mixing, guitars, bass, synthesizers, drum machine, programming: Tuomas Alatalo
Composition, lyrics, vocals & vocal production, synthesisers: Henna Emilia Hietamäki

Mastering: Pekka Tuomi
Album sleeve by Anni Porrasmäki.

Their first new album in over 5 years, IV arrives digitally and as a Limited edition vinyl on the 21st March.

IV reveals the most expansive sounding music of Cats of Transnistria thus far. For the first time the duo of Henna Emilia Hietamäki and Tuomas Alatalo experimented with rhythms and bass guitar, filling out the Cats of Transnistria sound with a sonic foundation not found on their previous releases. The addition of new textures merely heightens the intensity of the music whilst supplying a more cinematic epic feel to their songs.

Henna explains “We are very excited and proud to finally release new music. We were hibernating for a while, and after the pause it’s been very inspiring and fun to create something different together. The songs still sound distinctly like Cats of Transnistria, but the beats and the fuller production make a big difference to our previous albums. You can almost dance to some of the songs, although very, very slowly.”

“Having beats and all kinds of synth and bass tracks made the whole process very different compared to previous Cats albums. And it feels that we have taken our thing (and dramatism) to a new level. It definitely still sounds like Cats of Transnistria. Basically we’re just digging deeper.” Tuomas tells us