Catatonia

Welsh band Catatonia are a sensation in the U.K., largely thanks to bodacious singer Cerys
Matthews and her seemingly inexhaustible talent for feeding provocative statements to the
press. Beneath her cosmopolitan bravado, however, lies the seductive instrumental
interplay of a chameleonlike rock outfit, able to jump from pretty ballads for rainy days
("Dead From the Waist Down," which comes complete with a majestic string secti... More >