Catch were an English indie pop band consisting of singer and keyboardist Toby Slater, bassist Wayne Murray and guitarist Ben Etchells, and evolved from Slater's first band Brattish, who were active in 1994–95. That band featured bass guitarist and backing vocalist Matthew Harding, who was briefly a member of Catch, but reputedly left when Slater refused to give him a writing credit. Brattish rehearsed the Catch material extensively, paid for by interested A&R men, but never gigged, and after the name change they released their debut single 'Bingo' in 1997, which saw them appearing on Top of the Pops, Light Lunch, The Paul Ross Show (performing three songs live), The Jack Docherty Show and various Saturday morning UK TV shows. The band's debut album was rush released in Indonesia due to their sudden popularity there, and they visited Jakarta for a promotional tour and performed acoustically for fans, but the UK release was delayed due to Slater being unhappy with it at the time. Before any remedial work could be done on the record, Catch split up, and Slater moved to Los Angeles to pursue a solo career. This led to the album being denied a release in any form in the UK, and the tentatively titled 'Victim Support' was cancelled by Virgin. When Slater returned to the UK he formed a group featuring former members of the UK band Salamanda, and began recording and gigging under his own name. The Toby Slater Band released one single, 'Consumption', and some other songs were made available online via Slater's own website, but fans of the 'Bingo' single really want to hear the record that should have followed it, and so here is that shelved album by indie-poppers Catch from 1997.
Track listing
01 Dive In
02 Bingo
03 Half The World Away
04 Don't Wait Up
05 Pity The Man
06 Expensive Kiss
07 Start Of Something
08 Over Again
09 Maybe Tonight
10 My Burst Balloon
11 A New Soul
12 Goodbye
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