cats:for:peru are a band from Sheffield, UK who began their trade early 2007 when Ad Follett asked his mates in the sleepy Sheffield suburb of Dronfield to help fill out his crop of ukulele and guitar-composed tunes influenced by the likes of Radiohead and Arcade Fire: The new five-piece set to it, focussing on their love of prog, postrock and independent pop.

After a flurry of well received gigs, the band headed to 2fly studios where, with the help of legendary local producers David Sanderson & Alan Smyth (Arctic Monkeys, Pulp, Long Blondes), they tinkered for quite some time with Alan and Dave’s enthusiastically encouragement. The fruits of their labour were worth the wait; their debut album Attack Of The Pitching Machine was released in December 2009. National critics have said the album is “Perfect avant-pop that John Peel would undoubtedly be championing” and “This is an album that certainly should make sure Cats For Peru appear on many peoples radars in 2010”. After branching further afield in promotion of the album to London, Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham amongst others, and supporting bands such as Wild Beasts, Colourmusic, Juffage, Sky Larkin and Here We Go Magic, Cats:for:peru have just released their new EP We Had This Problem Last Winter released on Thee SPC (Nat Johnson, Standard Fare), which is already getting rave reviews from national blogs.

Cats:for:peru are:

Adam Follett - vocals, guitar, uke, synth

Richard Walton - guitar

Keith Jones - bass, vocals

Stella Medforth - synth, vocals

Lucy Williamson - drums

Official website: http://www.catsforperu.co.uk

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