‘Not Me’ is a scathing and impactful new garage rock release from Cat Valley

The outspoken outfit have the patriarchy in their sights on their stellar new single.

The outspoken outfit have the patriarchy in their sights on their stellar new single.

Having garnered a reputation for their energetic charm, razor-sharp, observational lyrics and effortlessly fun, personality-filled sound, Cat Valley have a sound and style that feels both fresh and emphatic while holding a really relevant and important political conscience, unfiltered and unafraid to calls things how they see them and make a scene in the process.

The latest showcase of the outfit’s unique appeal is latest single ‘Not Me’, from their upcoming new EP Bingo Queen. The track embodies a garage rock flavour, complete with distorted guitars, vocal harmonies, and the outfit’s signature abrasive edge. This time, the group firmly have their sights set on the patriarchy, calling out things like romantic possession, entitlement, and the male gaze in a fashion that feels scathing and intoxicatingly raw. The track, and the band in general serve as beacons of solidarity and defiance for those who think in similar ways and are oppressed, and their incisive message only seems to grow more pissed off and loaded as time goes on.