Catfish and the Bottlemen

Catfish and the Bottlemen• The band got together in the year 2007 in Llandudno, Wales. • The genre of music they play is indie rock and the band is made up of 4

members, Van McCan, Robert Hall, Benji Blakeway and Johnny Bond. • During 2013 the band signed to Communion Records and released their first

singles “Pacifier”, “Homesick”, and “Rango”. • The band then signed to Island Records in 2014 and released another single

named “Kathleen” on the 17th of March. The single became number one on MTV’s Hottest Tracks in April 2014.

• Catfish and the Bottlemen preformed at various festivals during the summer of 2014 in the UK/Europe. They preformed at festivals such as Reading and Leeds, Kendal Calling, T in the Park and Latitude.

• The release of their debut album “The Balcony” was on the 15th of September 2014 and began a UK tour.

• Catfish and the Bottlemen won the British Breakthrough Act at the Brit Awards in 2016.

• Their second album named “The Ride” was released on the 27th of May 2016.

Tracks Hourglass• The song “Hourglass” is taken from Catfish and the Bottlemen’s first album

which was released in 2014 named “The Balcony”. The song is written from a females perspective who is the love interest of lead singer Van McCann whilst he is away touring with the band. The music video features Ewan McGregor and was released on the 14th of May 2015. We are considering using this song for our music video because we wanted a song with a slow tempo so that we could create a good narrative to go with the video or the fact we can make the video quite literal due to the lyrics.

Kathleen• Kathleen is the most popular single from the bands debut album. The song

is about being infatuated with someone in a bad way. Van McCann during an interview describes the song meaning as “You know the person you call when you’re tanked up and you know its over and you know you don’t get on… and you’re always fighting, but something keeps bringing you back no matter how much it drives you crazy.”. The song was released on the 15th of September 2014. In contrast to “Hourglass”, “Kathleen” is much more upbeat therefore if we were going to use this song, our video would have to be more fast paced.