THY CATAFALQUE Release Ninth Studio Album ‘Naiv’
January 24th, 2020
 Tamás Kátai |
 |
Makó, Hungary-based avant-garde metal project Thy Catafalque, spearheaded by multi-instrumentalist Tamás Kátai, issued ninth full-length studio album Naiv on January 24th, 2020 through Season Of Mist.
Naiv can be streamed in its entirety below.
Tamás Kátai commented: “The title comes from the ‘Naïve Art’ movement from the visual art field. Naïve artists have no formal training and education and they lack the professional and conventional approach of trained artists and their art is recognized for their childlike nature and frankness. During making this album I realised this approach is in line with what I have always done in music and lyrics since the beginnings. Naiv is the shortest and probably the least heavy album in the catalogue however there are 11 friends contributing on plenty of exciting instruments. We have the violin, viola, cello, oud, citera, trombone, saxophone, quena and fretless bass and of course Martina Horváth and Gyula Vasvári again on vocals. The first song is kind of a traditional one, an easy, simple piece to start with.”
|
|
Naiv was recorded, mixed and mastered in Edinburgh, Scotland and Budapest, Hungary during 2019.
Cover artwork duties fell to Irene Saíz Guerrero.
The track listing is as follows:
01. ‘A bolyongás ideje’
02. ‘Tsitsushka’
03. ‘Embersólyom’
04. ‘Számtalan színek’
05. ‘A valóság kazamatái’
06. ‘Kék madár (Négy kép)’
07. ‘Napút’
08. ‘Vető’
09. ‘Szélvész’
Tamás Kátai handled guitar, bass, vocals, keyboards and programs on Naiv.
The following guest musicians appeared on Naiv:
Martina Veronika Horváth (ex-Niburta, SallyAnne, Nulah): vocals on tracks 1, 3, 7 and 8
Gyula Vasvári (Perihelion): vocals on track 9
Zoltán Kónya (Gire): vocals om track 1
Badó Réti (Gire): fretless bass on track 2
Vajk Kobza: oud on track 3 and 5
Gábor Drótos (Gutted): cello, viola, violin, classical guitar on track 4
Marilú Theologiti: cello on track 5
Zoltán Pál (Sear Bliss): trombone on track 2
Péter Jelasity: saxophone on track 2
Sándor Szabó: quena flute on track 6
P. W. Hermann: voice on track 2
A music video was filmed for the track ‘Napút’. Created by No Total Films and featuring guest vocals from Martina Veronika Horváth, the clip can be viewed below.
Speaking about the video, Thy Catafalque mastermind Tamás Kátai said: “This is a video we shot in my home town, Makó. Many of these locations are the places I grew up in and although nothing fancy is going on, it was nice to get back to where the songs came from. With this one, we close the lid on Naiv and focus on the next album.”
Eighth studio record Geometria was released in May 2018 via Season Of Mist.
Promotional photograph by Gyöngyi Kudlik
