PUSSYCAT

2017 release from the alt-rock singer/songwriter. quot;I wasnt planning on making a record,quot; says Juliana Hatfield, of her Pussycat album. In fact, she thought her songwriting career was on hiatus, and that she had nothing left to say in song form; that she had finally said it all after two decades as a recording artist. But then the presidential election happened. quot;All of these songs just started pouring out of me. And I felt an urgency to record them, to get them down, and get them out there.quot; She booked some time at Q Division studios in Somerville, Massachusetts near her home in Cambridge and went in with a drummer (Pete Caldes), an engineer (Pat DiCenso) and 14 brand-new songs. Hatfield produced and played every instrument other than drums-bass, keyboards, guitars, vocals. From start to finish-recording through mixing-the whole thing took a total of just twelve and a half days to complete. Pussycat comes on the heels of last years Hatfield collaboration with Paul Westerberg, the I Dont Cares Wild Stab album, and before that, 2015s Juliana Hatfield Three reunion/reformation album, Whatever, My Love. Pussycat is being released into a very tense, divided and inflamed America. The songs are reflective of that atmosphere-angry (quot;When Youre A Starquot;), defiant (quot;Touch You Againquot;), disgusted (quot;Rhinocerosquot;), but also funny (quot;Short-Fingered Manquot;), reflective (quot;Wonder Whyquot;), righteous (quot;Heartlessquot;) and even hopeful (quot;Impossible Songquot;, with its chorus of What if we tried to get along/and sing an impossible song).