Artist of The Week!
- Team Yara - Music
- Jul 30
- 2 min read
Your weekly dose of sound medicine.
“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain” —Bob Marley
Artist of the week: CMAT
Vinyl Vibes: CMAT – Take A Sexy Picture of People
Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson — aka CMAT. There’s no one quite like CMAT. The Irish singer-songwriter wraps sharp lyrics, kitchen-sink honesty, and a theatrical wink into country-pop songs that shouldn’t work, but absolutely do.
What YaraGlow Members Should Know 🎵
Raised in Dublin, now based in Manchester, CMAT has carved a lane all her own. Think Patsy Cline meets Kate Bush in a corner shop at 2am. Her music tackles heartbreak, identity, mental health, body image, and the weird bits of everyday life, but never in a heavy way. She’s self-aware, sometimes savage, always clever. And the vocals? Proper. Big. Lungs.
Her debut album If My Wife New I’d Be Dead was a blast of irony and emotion wrapped in glitter and fringe. The follow-up, Crazymad, for Me, went deeper, a concept album about regret, alternate timelines, and the stories we tell ourselves to cope. It still found space for absurdity, glamour, and the pure joy of a good key change.
Why we love her:
CMAT sings like no one’s watching, writes like everyone is, and somehow makes both feel like the right choice. She’s playful, profound, and proof that you don’t have to fit into a box to make art that sticks.
At YaraGlow, we’re drawn to artists who turn personal chaos into something oddly soothing, who make music that holds your hand while also telling you uncomfortable truths. That’s CMAT in a rhinestone nutshell. Her album Crazymad, for Me doesn’t just entertain; it processes. It’s for the mornings after a meltdown, the afternoons when you’re laughing through your own bad decisions, or the quiet moments when you wonder if you’re rewriting the past just to make it bearable. CMAT gives us country-pop catharsis with a wink, like therapy, but with better choruses.
Start with:
🎧 I Wanna Be a Cowboy, Baby!
🎧 Take a Sexy Picture of Me
🎧 Have Fun!
🎧 Whatever’s Inconvenient
🎧 Rent (yes, really)
Listen Now on Spotify
CMAT – Crazymad, for Me
YaraGlow members: treat this as your soundtrack for the messier moments of summer. Recommended for laughing at your own drama, sorting through memories that still sting a little, or walking home feeling strangely powerful.
Final Note
Crazymad, for Me is theatrical heartbreak with bite: a concept album wrapped in sequins and self-awareness. CMAT doesn’t just write about regret; she interrogates it, parodies it, and gives it a cowboy hat. Best listened to with full attention, headphones on, or alone in the kitchen with a glass of something strong. It’s not trying to be perfect; it’s trying to be truthful. And that’s what makes it powerful.
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