Catfish And The Bottlemen

The signs weren't there for Catfish and The Bottlemen to be a band of extremes, yet they seem to throw that precise silhouette, almost without intention. Tumbling into 2019 by headlining festival stages on the other side of the world, McCann (vocals, guitars), Johnny Bond (guitars), Robert 'Bob' Hall (drums) and Benji Blakeway (bass) take a huge gulp of air before their homecoming and the start of another new chapter. Catfish and The Bottlemen's 2019 new album release follows 2014's platinum-certified debut, The Balcony and 2016's gold, number one follow-up, The Ride. Companion to the release of their third album is the anticipation, if not vocal impatience, of their waiting fans and the knowledge within the band that it represents a likely escalation of the successes of the last three years. Three years in which they've seen sales of one million albums and, in 2018 alone, nearly a quarter of a million UK fans experiencing them play live.