Toronto quartet Cootie Catcher has signed to Carpark Records and marked the announcement with new single “Gingham Dress.” The chiming, driving track arrives with a Khalil Haddad-directed video and serves as the band’s first release since their sophomore album ‘Shy at First’ landed in March. The single explores the weight of one-sided emotional investment with clarity and conviction.
“This song was written at the end of an ‘almost’ relationship (but a very real one nonetheless), when I was frustrated with how things fell apart,” Sophia Chavez explains. “It’s about wanting commitment, carrying all the weight and then being forced to step away because of someone else’s indecision. This song is like drawing a line in the sand saying ‘I’ve put in all the effort, if this is going to work it has to come from you now.’ I love the theme of domesticity as a backdrop for intimacy and hopeless devotion.”
The release of ‘Shy at First’ drew widespread acclaim from The FADER, who called the album “as exhilarating as cold beer secretly sipped in the park on a summer day, with a fun-loving and endlessly passionate spontaneity coursing throughout each of the songs.” Exclaim noted “Their songs have an open, weightless feeling to them, with little tiny moments of pure pop goodness that stick with you long after the album is done.” Stereogum featured “Dumb Lit” among their ‘5 Best Songs of the Week’, while FLOOD Magazine, Rosy Overdrive, and others championed the record.