Bau Cat take aim at the Manosphere with blistering new single ‘Traposphere’

Bau Cat are a three-piece from the seaside town of Prestatyn, North Wales. Fronted by Abby Butler (vocals & bass) alongside Jim Davies (guitar & vocals) and Jack Wells (drums & vocals), they’ve built a reputation for live shows that are equal parts playful, urgent and joyful.

The band have toured extensively across the UK, played Green Man, and headlined the Toad Hall stage at Glastonbury. They’ve picked up support along the way from BBC Introducing, BBC Radio Wales, Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 6 Music, and Seattle’s KEXP.

Their new single, ‘Traposphere‘, is out now via Libertino. Inspired by the uncomfortable and often absurd world of the online “Manosphere,” the song leans into satire, defiance and a healthy dose of irreverence to call out the culture of misogyny, insecurity and misinformation festering in these spaces.

The band describe the track as “a bit of tough love.” ‘Traposphere‘ balances satire with defiance, calling bullshit on a culture of misogyny, misinformation and male insecurity — while still recognising the conditions that let it thrive. It’s angry, playful and unapologetic in equal measure.

For Bau Cat, ‘Traposphere‘ marks an important creative milestone — the song where they’ve fully found their sound and the path they want to follow. Urgent, melodic, playful and fearless, it wears its influences proudly: the nervous energy of The Modern Lovers, the joyful eccentricity of The B-52s, the jangling pop of Orange Juice, and the immediacy of early R.E.M. — while sounding unmistakably like Bau Cat. There’s a confidence running through the track, lyrically and musically, that captures the band at their most assured.

Recorded live at Studio Tecna in Sheffield with Mercury Prize-nominated producer David Glover (Self Esteem, Slow Club), the whole band performed together in one room, amps bleeding into mics, with minimal overdubs to capture the fizz of their live show. The result is a raw, immediate recording bursting with defiance, melody and joyful chaos.

‘Traposphere‘ is Bau Cat at their most urgent, exciting and fully realised yet.

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