Biography

Haggard Cat isn't the type of band that's interested in easing you in gently. Equal parts laser-focussed energy and absolute chaos, a fission that guarantees both ringing ears and chilled spines and demands your full-immediate-attention. The duo defied all expectation with their last record ‘Common Sense Holiday’ which saw them open-out into new realms of experimentation and was met with wide critical acclaim. Now with ‘Cheer Up’ (produced by double-Grammy Award winning Adrian Bushby) they look to take things even further, this time completely on their own terms, free of record label ties. The results are cataclysmically clear; Haggard Cat are hungry and willing to devastate all that lays in their wake. Haggard Cat’s DIY ethic and propensity for pulling off memorable antics has garnered them a reputation as a band that push boundaries. A recent stunt involved the two musicians locked in a concrete box for 24-hours as a visual metaphor for how Brexit will impair British bands’ abilities to tour Europe (the results of which can be seen in their video for European Hardware). Even the band’s earliest gigs were injected with a frisson of danger (and no doubt intense intoxication) as a bottle of whiskey would be placed on-stage as they proceed to play until it was empty. Cheer Up truly captures the lightning in a bottle dynamic between the two players whilst continuing to evolve and expand on the sound that has won over so many crowds across the UK and Europe.