Cats of Transnistria announce new album “IV” – Share new single “Horrors”
Cats of Transnistria announce new album “IV” – Share new single “Horrors”
Cats of Transnistria the duo of Tuomas Alatalo & Henna E. Hietamäki, announce their first new longplay in almost six years – “IV” arrives through Soliti Recordings on the 21st March 2025.
The announcement arrives with a taste from “IV” in the form of new single “Horrors” – an epic and cinematic musical exploration that once again shows Cats of Transnistria’s use of rhythm and bass – new features for the band following on from last year’s stand alone single “Big Sleep” Tuomas: “Moodwise “Horrors” draws inspiration from The Terminator 2: Judgement Day Theme. A mechanical beat pulses slowly under lush and ethereal layers of guitars and synthesizers.”
Henna: “While writing the lyrics I was thinking about the growing effects of the climate catastrophe, the global rise of fascism, the walls protecting inequality and the unknown future of the new generation.”
Composition, production, mixing, guitars, bass, synthesizers, drum machine, programming: Tuomas Alatalo
Composition, lyrics, vocals & vocal production: Henna Emilia Hietamäki
Mastering: Pekka Tuomi
Watch “Horrors” Video
Filmed by Janne Immonen, edited by Henna E. Hietamäki.
Cats of Transnistria by Tekla Valy
Cats of Transnistria by Tekla Valy
Cats of Transnistria “IV” (Soliti 117) Release date 21st March 2025 Cover by Tekla Valy
1. The Lore.
2. Big Sleep.
3. Thunder as an Arrow.
4. Eyes in the sky.
5. Horrors.
6. Basement.
7. In Lumine.
8. Ceiling of Stars.
Mastering: Pekka Tuomi
Of the new album “IV” , Henna explains “We are very excited and proud to finally release new music. We were hibernating for a while, and after the pause it’s been very inspiring and fun to create something different together. The songs still sound distinctly like Cats of Transnistria, but the beats and the fuller production make a big difference to our previous albums. You can almost dance to some of the songs, although very, very slowly.”
“Not having to think about how to be able to do these live while writing music gives a lot of freedom. Having beats and all kinds of synth and bass tracks made the whole process very different compared to previous Cats albums. And it feels that we have taken our thing (and dramatism) to a new level. It definitely still sounds like Cats of Transnistria. Basically we’re just digging deeper.” Tuomas tells us
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