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A new force in song craft, Cate Le Bon currently resides in Cardiff's infamous French quarter and befitting a songwriter who only writes in the dark, her music is a heady and highly personal Gallic stew of equal parts Nico, Malkmus and the chronicler's own emotional observations on the impossibility of existence.

At the dawn of 2011, Cate re-entered the studio to start work on a new record of her own. Drawing on her experiences of the last year, Cate has created collection of pop nuggets that sound like they've fallen off the back of a broken carousel, imbued with the playfulness of Faust and Syd Barrett and the tropical melodies of Os Mutantes. Existential word play abounds and fuzz fused guitar lines tear through like an angry bee in a CAN on 'CYRK', which is due for release early 2012.

Currently on a sold out US tour with demented guitarist and eccentric pop chanteuse, St Vincent, Cate will mark the end of her tour with a special gig in NYC's Rock shop on the 7th of November. 'Puts me to work' the first single from her sophomore record is available to download now.