the cat empire

no, it's not my worst nightmare: an empire of cats? eek!the cat empire is actually a super cool band from melbourne that john and i went to see on friday night. well, it wasn't only them, but they were the headliners and the best act by far.

the show was being held in south perth, in a park right on the river front. there was room for picnic blankets as well as a standing-room-only section. we started our night in the picnic section, munching on some snacks whilst listening to "the beautiful girls" and then a dj set, before moving to the back of the standing room only section for "the cat empire". which is as close as i get to being in the crowd nowadays.

their music is really quite infectious, groovy, danceable music. the entire crowd was jumping and dancing around, and it didn't even bother me (because it makes sense to dance like that to this type of music, unlike when people go ballistic dancing at other shows and it just doesn't work at all). they haven't released a new album yet (coming out later this year), so the show was mostly just a "best of" type of thing, which seemed to please the crowd even more.

the night was all over by 10pm, as this venue is in a residential area, but that suited us just fine because i work on saturday mornings and we're clearly getting old.

the cat empire plays a lot of festivals around the world and are a typically festival-type band, whose music is great to listen to at any time but even better when you're seeing it live. i'd recommend that you look them up sometime!

xo

http://www.thecatempire.com/home.aspx