Autumn 2023 is already shaping up to be an unforgettable one for Irish music – with a multitude of thrilling homegrown albums lined up for release over the weeks and months ahead. Among the most eagerly anticipated of these is CMAT's upcoming second LP, Crazymad, For Me. As such, we're proud to present the Dublin pop sensation as the captivating cover star of the new issue of Hot Press...
A year-and-a-half after the release of her Choice Prize-winning debut LP, If My Wife New I’d Be Dead, CMAT returns with her unapologetically frank new spin on the ‘break-up album’. During a visit home to Dublin, she sits down with Lucy O'Toole for a remarkably wide-ranging conversation about feminism, Irishness, transphobia, the church, KNEECAP, Sinéad O’Connor, Fontaines D.C., Bertie Ahern and more…
Inside this special issue you’ll also find: Offica, John Carney, Wilco, The War and Treaty, Róisín Nic Ghearailt on her M(h)aol exit, Holly Humberstone, Agnes O'Casey, Sex Education creator Laurie Nunn, Part 2 of our Student Special, reflections on the return of the Rolling Stones, insights into mental health from some of the country's top artists, and much more...
