Cat London is a New Jersey, USA indie artist with a 4-piece dark-pop conglomeration backed on stage and in the studio by Rich Aveo (piano/vocal), Paul
O’Keeffe (bass), and Anthony Freda (drums). London's sound, performance,
and songwriting combines Damien Rice's tender portrayal
of love and conflict with electrified indie-pop tunes invoking the
energy of Lana Del Rey and Lady Gaga.
Then simply billed as “Cat,” London’s 2012 debut EP, Box of Chocolates, produced and engineered by Robert Frazza
(Tony Levin, Donna Lewis) in Woodstock, New York, showcased
introspective lyrics and melodic acoustic guitar. Following a BMI
A&R rep’s fortuitous suggestion that her voice was better suited for
piano than guitar, London taught herself to play the piano, and “Cat
London” was born. Armed with a more refined sound and streamlined
editing process, London developed the controlled musicality and darker,
more substantial narratives that her songwriting exudes today.
London
has shared the stage with world renowned performers like Bob Weir
(Grateful Dead), Jeffrey Gaines, Bobby Bandiera (Bon Jovi), Garland
Jeffreys, John Eddie, Glen Burtnik, The Head and The Heart, and Hey
Ocean. She has performed at legendary venues like the Hard Rock San
Francisco, Bearsville Theater, Stone Pony, Count Basie Theater, State
Theater, Carnegie Hall, and Rockwood Music Hall.
In 2014,
London recorded her haunting duet, “The Right Way” featuring Jerzy Jung
and produced by Rich Aveo, at Lakehouse Recording Studio in Asbury
Park, NJ. The single is the heart of London’s #TheRightWay, a bullying
awareness and kindness campaign encouraging unity among peers. Both the
campaign video and music video garnered the attention of PACER’s
National Bullying Prevention Center, National Dance Week Foundation’s
Kicks for Kindness, News12 NJ Spotlight TV, and Dance Magazine’s
video-of-the-month. It took home awards at the Garden State Film
Festival and Ridgewood Film Festival, and screened at the Asbury Park
Music in Film Festival and Rahway Film Festival.
London’s
EP, Dangerous Me, finds the singer confronting the monster of
self-doubt. On the album, London questions how she can trust herself if
she is made up entirely of contradictions: the strong, enigmatic femme
fatale of “Dangerous Me” is also the vulnerable girl of “With Him,” and
the detached lover of “Involved.” The record deftly reveals that there
is knowledge to be found in the mystery of the human condition. London
challenges listeners to engage in their own self-reflection and find
confidence in their complexities.
In Spring 2016, "Involved" was
submitted and accepted by the casting directors of the competition-based television show "The
Song," making London a successful entrant and finalist for its pilot
episode. During filming, London was on set with Lisa Loeb, Eliot Sloan
(Blessid Union of Souls), Andrew Copeland (Sister Hazel), Shelly Peiken
(wrote "Bitch" and "What a Girl Wants"), and other industry names. -- Rebecca Suzan, Writer/Editor