Cat's Eyes are a side project by Faris Badwan of the Horrors, a band I've never quite made up my mind on. The popular story is that their first album was hipster-by-numbers dirge, but their second record caught everyone (including the music press) by surprise by being genuinely good. I liked the second record, but didn't put it up in the pantheon that some people did - it didn't really have anything to set it apart from the many, many shoegaze revivalist bands around back in 2009.
I much prefer this new band, a duo of Badwan and classically-trained multi-instrumentalist Rachel Zeffira. Through Zeffira's classical contacts, they were able to get a completely unique venue for their debut performance. The video below is from the 'gig', where they played a couple of songs in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. This song really fills the spectacular acoustics, making for an experience that does feel almost religious. It would be better if it had slightly more interesting lyrics, but hey ho.
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