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BLAKE CATERIS
announces first solo release
‘CARELESS MEMORIES’

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“This is not your standard cover. This is not a boy picks up guitar and mindlessly plays a tune. This is artistry at its finest.” – Jade Guida, Rawing In The Pit

“Blake Cateris has a razor-sharp voice and surgically precise talent for songwriting” – The Underground Sound

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Sydney songwriter Blake Cateris’ cracks his first release milestone with ‘Careless Memories’, a moving piece placing you in the eye of a messy heartbreak. Hiding behind only his acoustic guitar, Cateris’ vulnerable adaptation of Duran Duran’s 1981 single Careless Memories harnesses his heart & voice to showcase them as a pillar of strength in a state of vulnerability. 

Playing a blend of folk, punk & melody intertwined with angst which is channeled through his acoustic guitar, he draws inspiration from songwriters like Frank Turner, Butch Walker, Dave Hause & Laura Jane Grace and creates social commentary through a postmodernist lens on many of the issues and hardships experienced by the everyday person in the 21st century. Through 2019 and 2020, Blake has frequently appeared at Sydney’s Get Folked Punk nights/livestreams and was handpicked by Danny Worsnop (Asking Alexandria) and Pinnacle Music Group to support him at his Sydney show at Manning Bar.

“Through the lockdowns in 2020, I started up a requests system where I’d learn anything and everything people threw at me in return for a fee to help cover expenses since I couldn’t work. I discovered some amazing new music this way and one of the songs that came my way was Duran Duran’s Careless Memories. 

While I was reading through the lyrics, I discovered how beautifully brilliant and well crafted they were – like I was reading poetry. Only to then be thrust on top of an upbeat 80’s pop rock song, I could hear it almost instantly: how good of an opportunity it was to put these lyrics to a more sombre and exposed arrangement.

There’s a beautiful element of truth in this song for me as it constantly throws me back into the thralls of my last relationship and the grieving process thereafter.“ – Blake Cateris

While this is Blake’s debut single, he has been a part of the global music industry since the age of 15 having been hired to tour the United States, Australia and South-East Asia with various acts and fronts and writes for Sydney punk band Molly And The Krells who are just about to get touring with Australia’s newest festival Uncaged alongside Wolfmother, You Am I, Tex Perkins, Bodyjar and Magic Dirt. Through this debut single, Blake shows a more personal side of himself as he eagerly spreads his wings into the unknown territory of a solo artist – a side he’s eager to explore more through 2022 and beyond.

Careless Memories was produced and mixed by Daniel Antix at Def Wolf Studios, mastered by George Georgiadis at Little Wing Production Co and is available worldwide February 24th.

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