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Writer: Jo Whitby

With the latest batch of interview questions sent off to various wonderful music makers the waiting game for answers now commences and this can take days, weeks or even years (this has happened). Seen as though updates on Cat On The Wall are few and far between at the moment I thought I should get down to writing something that isn’t just ‘sorry we’ve not updated in ages’.

If you’re a regular Bandcamp user you’ll be aware of the new ‘fan’ pages where you can show off your Bandcamp purchases, follow other fans and write nice things about the music you’ve downloaded. You can find my collection page over here. The music you download for free is not shown sadly and I hope the site will eventually allow us to decide what ends up in our collections...

‘Some Lightening Thrill’ is the debut single from Leeds based band ‘Cave Birds’ – the melody of which has lodged itself firmly into my mind although it hasn’t beaten Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ which lasted a good month and kept me awake at night (please make it stop). I managed to catch up with vocalist, songwriter and producer Tom who kindly answered my questions via email…

Interview by Jo Whitby

Cat On The Wall: First up, for those yet to discover Cave Birds could you introduce yourself and tell us about the band first came about?

Cave Birds: I’ve been writing and recording music for years, mainly for my own pleasure. It’s an obsession of mine...