Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
8 simple, silly, catchy songs in 6 minutes, that I hope will get devoured by your ear worms and repeated back to you many times. I am nervous to release this, but there's a story (several in fact) about how and why this recording exists (it's interesting, I promise, I think!). This has also been released as a fundraiser for good friends and their cat that is going through surgeries at the moment. Story about this and the songs below...
On September 16th, me and Blanka played with Marne in Praha at Riot Over River. We stayed for half the day, then she had a rehearsal with Miss Marple and their new drummer, and THEN we stayed out and celebrated her birthday.
Silly conversations and many 'That's a song / album title', 'That's a band name' comments later, my brain was inspired. Blanka has a toiletries bag with owls on it that I saw upside down, and it looked like 'Cats In Big Hats.... that's a song title for sure!'
We stayed at Jiří's that night, and Miss Marple had another rehearsal the next day (as the drummer had traveled over from Brno), so whilst they did that, I stayed in Jiří's flat, picked up his acoustic guitar and jammed for 45 minutes. 'Cats In Big Hats EP' is the result.
00:00 - 1. Cats In Big Hats
00:32 - 2. Inflatable Shark
01:06 - 3. This Is. I Know.
01:26 - 4. But This. Is Not.
02:04 - 5. How Long Can I Play This Riff For?
02:39 - 6. Big Painting On The Wall
04:32 - 7. Disco Rummage
05:29 - 8. More Cats In Big Hats
Free download with artwork: theowl.bandcamp.com/album/119-cats-in-big-hats-ep
It was all improvised. I recorded it into my phone. There is no synth or orchestra or choir, at the time or overdubbed later! I should have sang louder or closer to the phone, or maybe I shouldn't ever sing (it's not something I do very often!), but, weirdly I am rather proud of these 'little ditties' as they would be called... and now, I feel I actually have an extra reason to release them...
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The wonderful human beings Bernard and Jo's cat, Genevieve (Gigi) is an absolute legend. She is mid-way through conquering hefty illness and operations that are costing big fortunes and their insurance didn't cover it all. More wonderful friends Lisa and Joe set up a GoFundMe to help. I contributed but wanted to do something else, so any sales from this release will get donated to this fund.
To read more, and to donate directly, jump in here...
gofund.me/49f9db9d
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There's a picture on the first track, 'Cats In Big Hats' (did I say this enough yet? Let it ferment in your brain a bit longer...!) of me and Gigi hanging out a few years ago. Each track has an image and lyrics as well, so these songs can be injected further into your hippocampus.
Ideas for follow-ups include 'Hats On Big Cats', 'Dogs With Big Knobs', 'Kočky s velkými klobouky' and 'Giraffes?! What?', but maybe it will be best if this is the only time I do this. Serious music will return next...
If you stayed to read this (deliberately long text) whilst listening, please play it again, just one more time... ah go on, do it for the CATS!
#cats #bighats #acoustic #guitar #music #fun #fundraising
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- THE OWL - Loudquietnoises Fastslowriffs Experimental Everything!
theowl.bandcamp.com
instagram.com/theowlpp
facebook.com/theowlsounds
soundcloud.com/theowlsounds
twitter.com/owlripper
https://dlcm.app/the-owl (Bandcamp codes for lots of releases)
https://linktr.ee/theowlripper
- OWLRIPPER RECORDINGS - DIY Netlabel / Compilations
Loudquietnoises Fastslowriffs Experimental Everything!
owlripperrecordings.bandcamp.com
8 simple, silly, catchy songs in 6 minutes, that I hope will get devoured by your ear worms and repeated back to you many times. I am nervous to release this, but there's a story (several in fact) about how and why this recording exists (it's interesting, I promise, I think!). This has also been released as a fundraiser for good friends and their cat that is going through surgeries at the moment. Story about this and the songs below...
On September 16th, me and Blanka played with Marne in Praha at Riot Over River. We stayed for half the day, then she had a rehearsal with Miss Marple and their new drummer, and THEN we stayed out and celebrated her birthday.
Silly conversations and many 'That's a song / album title', 'That's a band name' comments later, my brain was inspired. Blanka has a toiletries bag with owls on it that I saw upside down, and it looked like 'Cats In Big Hats.... that's a song title for sure!'
We stayed at Jiří's that night, and Miss Marple had another rehearsal the next day (as the drummer had traveled over from Brno), so whilst they did that, I stayed in Jiří's flat, picked up his acoustic guitar and jammed for 45 minutes. 'Cats In Big Hats EP' is the result.
00:00 - 1. Cats In Big Hats
00:32 - 2. Inflatable Shark
01:06 - 3. This Is. I Know.
01:26 - 4. But This. Is Not.
02:04 - 5. How Long Can I Play This Riff For?
02:39 - 6. Big Painting On The Wall
04:32 - 7. Disco Rummage
05:29 - 8. More Cats In Big Hats
Free download with artwork: theowl.bandcamp.com/album/119-cats-in-big-hats-ep
It was all improvised. I recorded it into my phone. There is no synth or orchestra or choir, at the time or overdubbed later! I should have sang louder or closer to the phone, or maybe I shouldn't ever sing (it's not something I do very often!), but, weirdly I am rather proud of these 'little ditties' as they would be called... and now, I feel I actually have an extra reason to release them...
///
The wonderful human beings Bernard and Jo's cat, Genevieve (Gigi) is an absolute legend. She is mid-way through conquering hefty illness and operations that are costing big fortunes and their insurance didn't cover it all. More wonderful friends Lisa and Joe set up a GoFundMe to help. I contributed but wanted to do something else, so any sales from this release will get donated to this fund.
To read more, and to donate directly, jump in here...
gofund.me/49f9db9d
///
There's a picture on the first track, 'Cats In Big Hats' (did I say this enough yet? Let it ferment in your brain a bit longer...!) of me and Gigi hanging out a few years ago. Each track has an image and lyrics as well, so these songs can be injected further into your hippocampus.
Ideas for follow-ups include 'Hats On Big Cats', 'Dogs With Big Knobs', 'Kočky s velkými klobouky' and 'Giraffes?! What?', but maybe it will be best if this is the only time I do this. Serious music will return next...
If you stayed to read this (deliberately long text) whilst listening, please play it again, just one more time... ah go on, do it for the CATS!
#cats #bighats #acoustic #guitar #music #fun #fundraising
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- THE OWL - Loudquietnoises Fastslowriffs Experimental Everything!
theowl.bandcamp.com
instagram.com/theowlpp
facebook.com/theowlsounds
soundcloud.com/theowlsounds
twitter.com/owlripper
https://dlcm.app/the-owl (Bandcamp codes for lots of releases)
https://linktr.ee/theowlripper
- OWLRIPPER RECORDINGS - DIY Netlabel / Compilations
Loudquietnoises Fastslowriffs Experimental Everything!
owlripperrecordings.bandcamp.com
