Cat Dowling interview: ‘I feel a bit like Benjamin Button – like I’m living life in reverse!’
After a ‘really quiet’ upbringing in Kilkenny, Cat Dowling is making up for lost time: her latest album, Animals, was recorded while she was heavily pregnant with her third child
It’s been almost eight years since Cat Dowling released The Believer, her first solo record after departing the Irish electronic band Alphastates. This marked a turning point in the Kilkenny woman’s songwriting, leading to an intense and rewarding creative period while she was pregnant with her third child. Before she had a chance to make a follow-up, life got in the way.
“Life” meant a new baby, health issues and the myriad other challenges that ...