Belfast, Northern Ireland, five-piece Catoan had been together for over a year before they decided to call themselves a band. Previous to this, they had been billed as "Paddy McKeown and band" after their multi-talented frontman. McKeown had been recording and performing solo since 2003 and only felt comfortable uniting with his band if he was sure they were there to stay. McKeown's classically inflected, bel canto tenor remains the group's primary focal point, but the sound is of a distinguished whole which takes in influences as wide ranging as rock, metal, folk, jazz, classical, and minimalism.
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