We’ve been shouting about CMAT since way back in 2020 — when her cowboy boots, karaoke drama, and laser-sharp lyrics first started turning the heads of anyone who craved more brains in their bangers. Fast-forward five years, and Ireland’s most flamboyantly fragile pop-country philosopher is gearing up for her third album EURO-COUNTRY (out August 29 via AWAL Recordings), and she’s just dropped the best-titled track of the year: “The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station.”

And no, it’s not exactly a diss track. As CMAT herself puts it, “It’s actually a love song for Jamie Oliver” — a tongue-in-cheek way of framing a deeper self-reckoning. Beneath the surreal title is a track about recognising how knee-jerk hatred and petty grudges don’t serve anyone — least of all yourself.

Built on a woozy, stomping indie-kraut groove with all the camp and charm we’ve come to expect, “The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station” is another high-concept heart attack wrapped in shimmering absurdity. There’s something about CMAT’s songwriting that feels like eavesdropping on a therapy session in a motorway bathroom, and we mean that as the highest compliment.

It follows the viral success of “Take A Sexy Picture Of Me” — a song that spawned “The Woke Macarena”, melted TikTok, and got Julia Fox and Amelia Dimoldenberg doing coordinated “leg tings” in their living rooms. That track marked something of a breakthrough moment for CMAT’s reach, but this new single proves she’s still very much operating on her own wavelength: combining steel-edged existential honesty with genre-defying soundscapes and a deeply Irish sense of humour.

Next week, she takes on Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage (Friday, June 27, 1:30pm BST), a surreal full-circle moment for fans who’ve been following her rise since the early Bandcamp days. (We were there. We remember.)

EURO-COUNTRY, recorded in New York with longtime collaborator Oli Deakin, promises to tackle heavy themes — grief, economics, identity, and the cost of being Very Online and Emotionally Available™. But if “Jamie Oliver Petrol Station” is any clue, it’ll also be witty, weird, and completely unlike anything else in your New Music Friday.

Tour Dates
Jun 21 - Academy, Liverpool - sold out!
Jun 22 - Esquires, Bedford - sold out!
Jun 24 - Princess Pavillion, Falmouth - sold out!
Jun 25 - Cheese and Grain, Frome - sold out!
Jun 27 - Pyramid Stage, Glastonbury
Jul 12 - NOS, Lisbon
Jul 26 - Truck, Oxfordshire
Jul 27 - Tramlines, Sheffield
Aug 01 - Belladrum Tartan Heart, Belladrum
Aug 02 - All Together Now, Waterford
Aug 07 - Syd For Solen, Copenhagen
Aug 08 - Way Out West, Gothenburg
Aug 14 - Cabaret Vert, Charleville Mezieres
Aug 15 - Lowlands, Biddinghuizen
Aug 16 - Green Man, Crickhowell
Aug 23 - All Points East, London
Aug 28 - Boucher Playing Fields, Belfast *
Aug 29th - Golden Discs, Dublin, IRE (solo instore performance)
Aug 30th - Rough Trade, Nottingham, UK (solo instore performance)
Aug 31st - Jacaranda, Liverpool, UK (solo instore performance)
Sep 1st - Rough Trade East, London, UK (solo instore performance)
Sept 2nd - Banquet, Kingston, UK (solo instore performance)
Sept 3rd - Resident, Brighton, UK (solo instore performance)
Sept 4th - Rough Trade, Bristol, UK (solo instore performance)

US TOUR DATES:
Sep 08 - The Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles
Sep 10 - Gothic Theatre, Englewood
Sep 12 - Fine Line, Minneapolis
Sep 13 - Park West, Chicago
Sep 15 - The Concert Hall, Toronto
Sep 17 - Paradise Rock Club, Boston
Sep 18 - Webster Hall, New York
Sep 20 - Shaky Knees, Atlanta
Sep 21 - Basement East, Nashville

Oct 02 - O2 Academy Brixton, London - sold out!
Oct 04 - Academy, Manchester - sold out!
Oct 05 - O2 Academy, Leeds - sold out!
Oct 06 - NX, Newcastle - sold out!
Oct 08 - Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow - sold out!
Oct 09 - Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow - sold out!
Oct 10 - Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow - sold out!
Oct 12 - Rock City, Nottingham - sold out!
Oct 13 - Corn Exchange, Cambridge
Oct 15 - Dome Concert Hall, Brighton - sold out!
Oct 16 - O2 Institute, Birmingham - sold out!
Oct 17 - UEA, Norwich - sold out!
Oct 19 - Octagon, Sheffield - sold out!
Oct 20 - O2 Academy, Bristol - sold out!
Oct 22 - Depot, Cardiff
Oct 23 - Academy, Birmingham 
Dec 05 - 3Arena, Dublin - sold out!
* Supporting Sam Fender

Author: Adam Bailey

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