this handful of songs emerged from within me after a series of traumatic events... but from the darkness, hope springs eternal... making this album has been a truly cathartic experience, a steep learning curve and now a great sense of achievement, having released my debut solo album... i sincerely hope you find something that resonates in you : joy, pathos, nostalgia,  maybe even amusement in what you hear.  

Thank you all for listening, really listening, and taking time to comment or message me.  That really means a lot to me, to any artist.   I really enjoy my countless hours immersed in the Soundcloud community and discovering new music.... For me, it's exciting and my 'go to' space for listening.    Thank you ALL for your continued support and words of encouragement.  Stay creative.  Stay true to self.  I love you all. 

Cheers,
Kat, but you can call me Miaow.... just like my cat does!

BIG LOVE and THANK YOU to Robert Davidson, aka @agedchoirboy, for his infinite patience and constant nurturing... thank you for believing in me and that i could do this... and that i should do this. Thank you for your love, your sterling production and flawless contribution to most of my tracks. You have a rare talent, Robert... and I am proud to know you. and i love you.

BIG LOVE and THANK YOU to my brother, Stewart McDonald, aka Big City Picker - @stewart-mcdonald-4. You bought me my first guitar... Julio. You introduced me, from a very young age, to such a diversity of music and inspired me to make my own. I love you dearly and I am forever proud of you... You beat cancer too, you're a real bad ass!

BIG LOVES and THANK YOUS to the two other incredibly talented musicians who contributed to my album... Joshua, aka @cyberneticzmusic, for playing drums on DMT and accordion on Pink Lemonade; and Cameron Jay @cameron-jay-415346442 for the glorious and perfectly blaring trumpet on The Somnambulist. You guys rock!

This album is dedicated to my late mother... My mother was my first country; the first place i ever lived.

YEAR ZERO - FULL ALBUM

a celebration of being a woman.... a sister.... a friend....


"Sister" is the 5th of 13 or so songs from my debut solo album, Year Zero.

"Sister" will also be available on all other digital platforms to download and/or stream... iTunes, Spotify, Napster, Deezer, GooglePlay, AppleMusic, TikTok, YouTube etc etc etc...

AVAILABLE TO BUY here:  https://miaowmcdonald.bandcamp.com/track/sister


(c)(p) written & performed by Miaow McDonald


Miaow McDonald only plays Fender Guitars.


lyrics:

hey... my sister
won't you come to me
we can walk on the wet sand
and cry in the sea
hey... my sister
won't you come to me
i'll brush your hair
until you fall asleep.......

hey... my sister
i'll be home soon
we can sing in the kitchen
and howl at the moon
hey... my sister
i'll be home soon
and we'll dance in the forest
and sleep until noon...

and sleep until noon...


released March 12, 2021

credits:

Engineered/co-produced by Robert Davidson, the 'Aged Choir Boy'.

Miaow McDonald: Vocals, Bass, Guitars, Synths, Tambourine Tickles & Scratches

Additional Musicians:

Robert Davidson: Drums, Additional Bass

all rights reserved

Sister

my eulogy for our dying rainforests...


"Giants" is the 6th of 13 or so songs from my forthcoming debut album, Year Zero.

"Giants" will also be available on all other digital platforms to download and/or stream... iTunes, Spotify, Napster, Deezer, GooglePlay, AppleMusic, YouTube etc etc etc...

(c)(p) written & performed by Miaow McDonald

Miaow McDonald only plays Fender Guitars.

lyrics:

if you listen hard, you can hear them
their stories, their secrets, their scars...
if you touch them, you'll realise what we have

they pre-date us...
they will out live us...

giants give us life - do you know what that means?
giants, they give us life - d'you really know what that means?

they stand tall and they're wiser
than you and i can comprehend.
if you embrace them, you'll realise what we have...

they breathe in for us...
they breathe out for us...

giants give us life - do you know what that means?
giants, they give us life... d'you really know what that means?

credits

vocals & words: Miaow McDonald
piano: Miaow McDonald
bass: Miaow McDonald
eBow'd guitar: Miaow McDonald
trees & forest sounds: Mother Nature

co-produced by: Robert Davidson, aka @agedchoirboy

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Giants

you've only been here a short while
and i already hate you
you've taken what was mine
and i can't forgive you...

you got a God complex
you think you're so superior
you think you know best...?
ha! i beg to differ....

oh... why d'you do what you do to me?
oh... why d'you do what you do to me?

i'm not blind, i'm sick of the sight of you
i'm not blind, i'm just sick of the sight of you
i'm not blind, i'm just sick of the sight of you
i'm not blind...

in your ivory tower
with your guns and toys...
if you don't want a war
then don't ignore my voice!

oh why d'you do what you do to me...?
oh why d'you do what you do to me...?

i'm not blind, i'm sick of the sight of you!
i'm not blind, i'm just sick of the sight of you!
i'm not blind, i'm just sick of the sight of you!
i'm not blind, i'm just sick of the sight of you

i'm sick of the sight of you
just sick of the sight of you

i'm not blind... i fucking hate you!


Words & Music : Miaow McDonald
Vocals, Bass, Guitars : Miaow McDonald
Drums, Guitar Solo, Bass : Robert Davidson (Aged Choir Boy)

Produced & Mastered : Robert Davidson (Aged Choir Boy)

all rights reserved

I Hate You

spoken word... from the 'stream of consciousness' from an old limping iPhone 7.... the piano, the stream of consciousness from my unskilled hands... it may jar, it may amuse... it may terrify.  but isn't that what art is supposed to do?  


i'm not going anywhere near the border with a new song.
this is the BEST of all time favourite songs that you can listen to... but...
i'm not sure what the future is.
i'm so tired i can't even see the point of having to wait until
the end of the year.
the fact is, you can do this for free but it would mean the world...
it's not an option!
the fact is... it's a very long and slow process.
the only way you can get the chance of winning this game
is by being the most beautiful thing that you could've been
and you know what you want to be.
just because i don't have a perfect example - that's not a bad thing.
by the way, you can be a great way to let me shine.
this isn't the only thing i love about you....

i'm so excited about the new update for Earth
and the best bit is the people don't know what i intend to do with it!
aliens are real, and the other side is a great way to back to...

i will most likely be sleeping on the way home
and you can do the rest.
be careful with your friends and family members.

this girl said i looked like a good one for you and your guitar hero
to play with...
trust me... when i get a new song...!

why do people have stupid grins and square feet in my head?
it hurts to know the future is bright... and yet, the rest of the year
too dark...

tomorrow will bring me some food for thought 'cos i have no clue
how much i love you 'cos you simply can't measure it.
wild animals are my life
and death of the year is going well.

you will find me, listening to music while playing the piano in a bar,
barefoot...

she said that it would mean the world to her and her friend
to be in the first half of the best thing.
this is not the only thing that would make me laugh so hard
i cried for the rest of the year...

before you go back & forth between the new song and the other hand,
please fix the problem with this phone.
it is happy to have a nice dream...

i can see it as an excuse for the next few weeks of tomorrows.
i'm big on this way home from work thing.
i don't think it's time for hours and hours of sleep
until i see the new version...

the ultimate use of the year is where you were in the Amazon basin
for a while... proving to be the best of the year for you.
high quality of life... oh... try and open up.

it's true - you have the only thing.
we have to get back up and get it right away.

your phone is fun... play this and
you'll never get tired when you go to the gym today besides...
it's not the year you get it right away...
i just want you to love it.
it hugs you back, in my head and it's not even the new version!

stars are the only thing that would've made sense...
up and down, across the Earth... their emotion
that's used as a statement to those i love.

planet Earth is my only love... i love it
AND the voucher programme under which it has just enrolled
made me laugh so hard for the first half of the year...

it will not have a nice dream about the future.


Words : Miaow McDonald's broken iPhone 7

Voice & Piano : Miaow McDonald

Produced & Mastered : Robert Davidson (Aged Choir Boy)

Stream Of Consciousness From A Broken IPhone

"Fire with Fire" is the 2nd of 13 or so songs from my debut solo album, Year Zero.

this song is available to BUY on bandcamp https://miaowmcdonald.bandcamp.com/track/fire-with-fire

"Fire with Fire" is also available on all other digital platforms to download and/or stream... iTunes, Spotify, Napster, Deezer, GooglePlay, AppleMusic, TikTok, YouTube  etc etc etc...

(c)(p) written & performed by Miaow McDonald

engineered/co-produced by Robert Davidson, the Aged Choir Boy, who also plays drums & additional slide guitar on this track.

Miaow McDonald only plays Fender Guitars.

LYRICS:

you can't fight fire with fire
someone always gets burned.
i've got this raging desire
tidal waves can't be turned.

ooh ooh...

i could burn down your house
turn your whole world upside down.
don't swim in deep water, girl, no...
there's every chance that you'll drown

ooh ooh...

and you...
what would you do for love?
would you cry for me?
yeah you!
what would you do for love?
would you die for me...?

you can't fight fire with fire
someone always, always gets burned
you'd do exactly the same
if the tables were turned...

Fire With Fire

a deeply personal song about almost losing someone close to me, and coming to terms with that.  something i don’t ever want to re-live, but it made me love them so much more.  more than i ever thought possible.

this song is available to BUY on bandcamp https://miaowmcdonald.bandcamp.com/track/a-fucked-up-lovesong

"A Fucked Up Lovesong" is also available on all other digital platforms to download and/or stream... iTunes, Spotify, Napster, Deezer, GooglePlay, AppleMusic, TikTok, YouTube  etc etc etc...

(c)(p) written & performed by Miaow McDonald

lyrics:

don't say you love me - or that you want me now...
don't say you want me - or that you love me now...

never been this high
i'm scared of heights
i'm scared of falling down.
never in this life
have i swam in sunlight
i'm scared i'm gonna drown.

'cos i love you more now
than i ever thought i would
i ever thought i could...
i love you more now
than i ever thought i would
i ever thought i could...

just say you love me - and that you want me now...
just say you want me - and that you love me now...

close the door
and hold me tight...
don't ever let me go
when i saved your life
you saved me from myself...
don't let that go...

'cos i love you more now
than i ever thought i would
i ever thought i could...
i love you more now
than i ever thought i would
i ever thought i could...


Words & Voice : Miaow McDonald
Acoustic Guitar : Miaow McDonald
Electric Guitar : Miaow McDonald
Broken Heart & Percussive Sobbing : Miaow McDonald
Piano & Keyboards : Robert Davidson (@AgedChoirBoy)
String Arrangement : Robert Davidson (@AgedChoirBoy)
Bass : Robert Davidson (@AgedChoirBoy)
Grinder Train : Scot Rail / GNER

Produced & Mastered : Robert Davidson (@AgedChoirBoy)

A Fucked Up Lovesong

hello!  i'm Kat but you can call me Miaow, like my cat does....  i'm a singer/songwriter/musician/music-lover from Scotland and have been all my life.  this is my first solo project.  my debut album, Year Zero, which is out on all digital platforms.

DOWNLOAD / BUY my music here:

https://miaowmcdonald.bandcamp.com/

you can also find me on iTunes, Spotify, Deezer, Napster, Applemusic, Googleplay, etc etc etc.

Miaow McDonald: words, vocals, guitar, bass, piano, Theremin, synths and is responsible for some other sonic perversions and samples.

Additional players named on individual tracks.

Production: Robert Davidson (Aged Choir Boy)

Thank you for tuning in!  

Love,
Miaow x