{"id":10932,"date":"2015-05-17T20:14:36","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T19:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=10932"},"modified":"2015-05-17T20:14:36","modified_gmt":"2015-05-17T19:14:36","slug":"introducing-cats-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/05\/introducing-cats-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing: Cats Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10934\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/05\/introducing-cats-park\/cats-park5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cats-Park5.jpg?fit=960%2C643&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Cats Park5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cats-Park5.jpg?fit=640%2C429&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10934\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cats-Park5.jpg?resize=640%2C429&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cats Park5\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"s4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s3\">When we first heard about Cats Park we immediately needed to find out more, we mean anything with cats in the name must be something great right?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s3\">We checked out their album &#8216;A Taste Of Heaven&#8217; and to say it was a musical delight would be an understatement.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s3\">Working our way through the release we were met with a haunting, ambient soundtrack full of mysterious twist and turns. Cats Park\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s3\">are a band with the skill to just captivate your<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u00a0mind, if you enjoy the likes of Bjork and Massive Attack this duo is the one for you!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s3\">Hailing from St Petersburg th<\/span><span class=\"s3\">is talented outfit have already racked up an array of successes.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s3\">Having previously gotten through the first round of the Grammy nomination stage with their debut self-titled album in the Best Pop Vocal, Engineered (Non Classical) Album and the Best Arrangement For Instrument And Vocals.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s3\">But that isn\u2019t when it ends, their music is currently in the process of being licensed for use in a US film, so that\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s3\">another recognition to add alongside them already being the premiere English speaking rock band in Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s3\">If this wasn\u2019t enough to encourage you to check them out, then head to the following links to find out more!<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cats_park\"><span class=\"s5\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><span class=\"s3\">,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/catsparkofficial\"><span class=\"s5\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><span class=\"s3\">,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/catsparkchannel\"><span class=\"s5\">YouT<\/span><span class=\"s5\">ube<\/span><\/a><span class=\"s3\">\u00a0and their\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/cats-park.com\/\"><span class=\"s5\">official website<\/span><\/a><span class=\"s3\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; 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