Dark, rhythmic, and brutal honest, W A R narrates the writer's life during a time of change and strife as she grapples with the realities of starting a new life in a new land with her soulmate whilst simultaneously learning to handle trauma and regret from her previous relationships.
"Love can never triumph without loss" she jubilantly proclaims in the chorus of the title track W A R: a line that sums up the theme of the album, before reflectively singing "exposing our demons, though the rest of the world might see them...". Despite the despairing, or anxiety riddled lyrics in many of the songs, the album is also sprinkles with warmth, peace, and resolve. Since learning piano at a young age, Catherine Vartain Frilund has turned to songwriting as a way to process and release her most complicated emotions, and is excited to be learning how to produce her own projects.

This is Cat's first self-produced full length album, and was a project taking a year and a half, written during summer of 2023 and then self-composed and produced in the year following. She worked extensively with her vocal coach, Jennifer Blades, who also helped fine-tune some of the lyrics.
The album was coproduced by Cat's husband, who she finally resides with in Lahti, Finland.


W A R

I Once Was Innocent

They Don't Know The Price

Free From You

Purgatory

All I See Is You

Comets

‘[I] absolutely loved this fictional take on some of the most legendary women of Hollywoods Golden Age! Perfect for books clubs.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ NetGalley Reviewer

For fans of Fiona Davis, Kathleen Tessaro and Taylor Jenkins Reid in the most enlightening and exciting bookclub read of the year! 

 One ordinary school. Three extraordinary women …

In the 1920s, three young girls enter a strict, cheerless convent school in a quiet London suburb.

Six years later they leave, to change the world …

Maureen was the movie star, whose role as Tarzan’s Jane helped rewrite the rules of cinema censorship.

Sonia was the aspiring writer who became George Orwell’s wife and the guardian of his literary legacy.

And Vivien was the actress as iconic as the roles she played, from Cleopatra to Scarlett O’Hara.

Together their careers encompassed glamour and tragedy, triumph and scandal. From Bloomsbury to Hollywood, and from the cafés of Paris to the theatres of New York, this novel is a breath-taking epic spanning four decades in three unforgettable lives.

Praise for Caroline Lamond
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Well written and researched… a joy to read’

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I was hooked from the first page…’

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Really reminded me of City of Girls, the lifestyle, the glamour but also the tenderness… Wonderful!’

‘An enticing parallel portrait, of women endeavouring to be heard in a glittering but masculine era’ Mandy Robotham, international bestselling author

‘An extraordinary story’ Georgia Kaufmann, author of The Dressmaker of Paris

‘An engaging portrait of an indomitable woman at the heart of Golden Age Hollywood’ Gill Paul, bestselling author of The Manhattan Girls

The Socialites, By Caroline Lamond, Read by Elaine Claxton

My life is high low,
While falling, I soar,
With one broken wing,
I land on the raging sea.
I go with the flow,
Get back to the shore,
Breathe deeply and sing,
It totally sounds like me!

I'm here in a busy bar,
Drinking some bitter beer,
A band with a screaming guitar
Is playing top hits of good years.

The guys are playing so great,
And yet, my bitterness doubles.
I've nothing to celebrate,
But bring me a glass of bubbles!

My place is right there on the stage,
But I have been trapped in a cage,
My body, my voice and my every life choice
Seem to be not even mine.
I've no debt, and no past, and no age,
I'm waiting for my time to shine. 

My life is high low,
While falling, I soar,
With one broken wing,
I land on the raging sea.
I go with the flow,
Get back to the shore,
Breathe deeply and sing,
It totally sounds like me!

I have so many goals to live for,
I need money for only one thing - 
My journeys. The lands I explore
Are my inspiration to sing.

I know where the dangerous traps can be found,
So I can walk freely and stare at the sky,
One foot in the air and one foot on the ground,
I'm looking for beauty in what I pass by.

The sky is my roof, and my home is the world,
I don't need a palace, or diamonds, or gold,
Just love!
And a beautiful garden
Where sprouts break through ice and stone
And roses bloom all year long.

My life is high low,
While falling, I soar,
With one broken wing,
I land on the raging sea.
I go with the flow,
Get back to the shore,
Breathe deeply and sing,
It totally sounds like me!

This world is unfair, often ugly and cruel,
And people are like broken iron machines,
There is no repair, they're demanding more fuel
To function, forgetting what love even means.
If only we had just one rule to live by -
To simply be human! Why can't we all try?
We aim for the stars but will never reach them,
And under our feet, there may be a real gem.

My life is high low,
While falling, I soar,
With one broken wing,
I land on the raging sea.
I go with the flow,
Get back to the shore,
Breathe deeply and sing,
It totally sounds like me!


High Low (the music and the voice are created with Suno AI)

A song I wrote about my struggles with addiction.
You can watch the music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S1ihrjSJ0M
 (Listen with headphones for the best experience!)
Lyrics:
(Verse)
Recollections rise from waters in full colour scenes
Agony is being a sleeve, a slave to make believe
A melting pots complete
Only once it's molten red and bleeding liquid heat
(Chorus)
To seek warmth in all it's forms...
Blankets, books, no uniforms
Upon the breast of the universe again
(Verse)
Insurrectal plies of my resistance long buried
Alive and well to be a slave to make believe
A burnpot cleaves
Only once it's molten red and painful to release
(Chorus)
My relapsing brain is worn
Protruding devil's horns
But seats on clouds seem worse to me
A lowly dopehead scorned
To seek warmth in all it's forms
Bottled, bagged or reams of porn
Unstowing loads for absurdity
With infernal need...
Returning to the burnpot
Spare me from this wasting please

Burnpot

Canadian Singer-Songwriter. I play guitar.
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