Kaia Kater Returns With New Single, “The Internet” via Acronym Records
The first single from the JUNO Award and Polaris Music Prize nominated artist Kaia Kater since 2021, out today via Acronym Records in Canada, is her debut single for Free Dirt Records in the US. A preview of a new album coming in the spring, the song comes ahead of a tour of the UK and Europe later this month and kicks off what promises to be a triumphant return for the acclaimed songwriter.
Kater will also be appearing in 2024 as part of the newly formed Black string band supergroup, New Dangerfield, featuring Jake Blount, Tray Wellington, and Nelson Williams. Kater’s album will feature key special guests and celebrate the power of women and oppressed people throughout history as they rise up and turn the poison of centuries of oppression into a strange kind of medicine.
“The Internet”, encapsulates the manipulation of our modern digital age. Inspired in part by Kate Bush’s song “Watching You Without Me”, Kater riffs on old modem sounds by rendering some of the lyrics barely intelligible and slightly garbled.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Kaia Kater into the Free Dirt family of artists,” says general manager Jonathan Een Newton. “We’ve long admired her exceptional songwriting as well as her powerful banjo playing. We look forward to sharing more of the gorgeous new music she’s crafted on the label soon.”
Kater will be joining a host of other cutting-edge roots musicians on Free Dirt Records including Willi Carlisle, Jake Blount, Cinder Well, Mama’s Broke, and more.