{"id":44109,"date":"2018-12-22T15:02:51","date_gmt":"2018-12-22T15:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=44109"},"modified":"2018-12-22T15:02:51","modified_gmt":"2018-12-22T15:02:51","slug":"irish-dark-pop-producer-cat-turner-drops-new-single-easier-amidst-comparisons-to-grimes-and-tove-lo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/12\/irish-dark-pop-producer-cat-turner-drops-new-single-easier-amidst-comparisons-to-grimes-and-tove-lo\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Dark-Pop Producer Cat Turner Drops New Single &#8216;Easier&#8217; Amidst Comparisons To Grimes And Tove Lo"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Irish dark-pop producer Cat Turner has won praise for her unique sound since debuting last year. With her first EP \u2018Contrast\u2019 gaining national airplay, and comparisons to artists like Grimes and Tove Lo, she dropped latest single \u2018Easier\u2019 last month.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Crafting her niche with driving synths and raw, powerful vocals \u2018Easier\u2019 showcases Cat\u2019s ever-growing talent.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With an accompanying music video documenting the ups and downs of a relationship, the song, with an exciting, nuanced sound, is honest in its lyricism and creates an uneasy, yet accepting mood.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bold but shy, autobiographical but relatable, \u2018Easier\u2019 does well to represent Cat\u2019s \u2018goth pop\u2019 soundscape and cements her status as an ever-growing artist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Listen to &#8216;Easier&#8217;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_74898\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r25pud5_tO0?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Cat Turner - Easier (Official Video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/r25pud5_tO0\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can find Cat Turner online on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/CatTurnerMusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/catturnermusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CatTurnerMusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/catturnermusic.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>, and her <a href=\"https:\/\/catturnerofficial.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official website<\/a>. Stream &#8216;Easier&#8217; on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/1iDham8OFVhewFLpbHKMJ8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irish dark-pop producer Cat Turner has won praise for her unique sound since debuting last year. With her first EP \u2018Contrast\u2019 gaining national airplay, and comparisons to artists like Grimes and Tove Lo, she dropped latest single \u2018Easier\u2019 last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[57,9,640],"tags":[18337,18338,4404,286,8664,18339,10191,126,369,939,370,78,304,16750,81],"class_list":["post-44109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","category-videos","tag-cat-turner","tag-contrast","tag-easier","tag-ep","tag-galway","tag-goth-pop","tag-grimes","tag-ireland","tag-irish","tag-new-ep","tag-new-single","tag-singer","tag-songwriter","tag-tove-lo","tag-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-btr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59856,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/02\/sean-paul-ft-tove-lo-calling-on-me-video-out-now\/","url_meta":{"origin":44109,"position":0},"title":"Sean Paul ft. 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