PRESS PACK
Career highlights for the band to date include.
Second album Starchamber being distributed nationally through Cargo Distribution and being stocked by Rough Trades stores in the UK, as well as indie record stores in the USA, Japan, Germany and Italy
Starchamber featured on the global home page of the bandcamp.com website as part of their ‘New & Notable’ choices, as well as being featured in print in Record Collector and MOJO magazines
Established relationships with all of the major Scottish live promotions companies (DF/PCL/432) with recent highlights including support slots for I Monster at King Tut’s, Glasgow and Barry Adamson (ex-Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds) at Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh
Two UK-wide tours undertaken in collaboration with Trapped Animal Records roster artists Jeremy Tuplin (2023) and Sunday Driver (2025)
Spinning the Starchamber concept out into a wider multimedia universe, with Gillespie writing a short story book (published through Good Press, Glasgow) and designing a video game
Peter Cat make theatrical, synth-heavy outsider-art-pop. Witty, literate, and occasionally feral, this is music that will make you laugh, cry, and ruin your evening in the best way.
The project of Glasgow songwriter and performer Graham Gillespie, Peter Cat has appeared as a solo artist, a four-piece live band, and as various iterations in-between. While each version has its own flavour, intricate songwriting and a penchant for the absurd is something common to them all, with The Skinny’s recent appraisal of the band’s album launch praising “a sound that is challenging, alluring, and never boring.”
Peter Cat combine elements of Pulp’s outsider bravado, Franz Ferdinand’s angular punch, and John Grant’s baritone delivery and dramatic inflections to unique and attention-grabbing effect. Having signed to Cambridge-based Trapped Animal Records this year for sophomore album Starchamber, Peter Cat are looking ahead to 2026 and continuing to carve out a niche that is exclusively theirs.
RELEASE HISTORY
The Saccharine Underground
Debut album (LP/CD/digital) released 6 November 2020 by MoFi Records and distributed nationally by Last Night From Glasgow. Containing the singles ‘Hand Through Hair’, ‘Disappointing Lover’, ‘A.S.M.R.’, ‘Love Lurks’ and ‘SO STR8’.
Recorded at Green Door Studio, Glasgow & mixed by Chris McCrory.
Press coverage in The Skinny, The Scotsman & The Morning Star. Radio airplay on BBC Scotland & Amazing Radio.
The Magus
EP (digital only) self-released 4 March 2022. Containing the singles ‘Blue Raspberry’ and ‘Melon Dating Simulator!!’. Re-released on 20 October 2023 as The Magus: Expanded Edition compiling the original EP with standalone single ‘Nicholas’ and additional live and demo material.
Home-recorded and mixed by Chris McCrory.
Press coverage in SNACK Magazine. Radio airplay on BBC6 (Tom Robinson show), BBC Scotland (Roddy Hart show) & Amazing Radio.
Starchamber
Second album (LP/CD/digital) released 21 November 2025 by Trapped Animal Records and distributed nationally through Cargo Distribution. Containing the singles ‘Starchamber’, ‘Mango Season’, ‘INSTRUMENTALITY.’ and ‘The Power of Positive Thinking’.
Recorded at Chime Studio, Glasgow & mixed by Luc Grindle.
Press coverage in Record Collector magazine, The Skinny, SNACK Magazine. Album featured on bandcamp.com homepage as a ‘New & Notable’ selection. Radio airplay on Amazing Radio ‘Audition’ & Louder Than War Editors’ Choice show.
TOURS
SELECTED PRESS
"A cocktail of outsider pop acts like Neil Hannon, Franz Ferdinand, Pulp, Sparks and Hamish Hawk all spring to mind, making for an intricate, theatrical cross-genre exploration that regularly delights." – The Skinny
"Not to put too fine a point on it: Peter Cat f*ck…it has the feel of a band who have grown into the confidence of their abilities and found a sound that – while wearing their influences proudly on their sleeve – is very much their own." – SNACK Magazine
"A brilliant debut record…it's a majestic record full-stop. Ten minutes ago I was laughing, five minutes ago I was crying...it's pulled together with great panache and sounds quite unlike anything else I can put my finger on right now" – I Said Yeah
“Groovy and eclectic art-pop as influenced by the Beatles and Scott Walker as King Crimson and The KLF” – Bandcamp, ‘New & Notable’
“An adventurous, left-field songsmith” – Tom Robinson, BBC6 Music
"Peter Cat is a fascinating artist who has made another fascinating album…in an era of algorithmic artifice, it’s a breath of fresh air.” – Is This Music?
"Insanely good melody and excellent songcraft...stuck in my head for hours" – Nialler9
"An intriguing blend of upbeat, art-school, glam rock pop songs with catchy choruses and a fun sense of humour" – Scotland on Sunday
"Irreverent and smart pop music in the mold of Neil Hannon, Jarvis Cocker, Luke Haines and a sprinkling of Scott Walker...Peter Cat casts a wry eye over the world, and is moved to make music to match" – Scots Whay Hae!
