Cat Cork, hailing from Woy Woy, just dropped “Promise Me,” a single that feels like finding a lost photo tucked in the back of an old book. It’s indie folk, yes, but not the type that’s content just being strummed on a porch. This one carries a weight, a quiet dread almost. It’s about the choices we make when fear gets a bit too loud; how sometimes, wanting to feel safe makes us shut the door on possibility itself.

Think of it as an inverse Mona Lisa, if you will – not a mysterious smile but a quiet reluctance captured in melody. It makes you wonder about all the paths not taken and the little acts of self-containment we quietly perform every day. It’s a song that could’ve been written during the Cold War, the sense of hiding just under the surface is strangely relevant to all the little hidden anxieties we navigate, especially these days.

The music feels like a gently swaying tide, not crashing but persistent. This single isn’t about grand statements, but about that subtle ache in our bones, the almost-forgotten dream we’ve tucked away. It leaves you feeling a tad unsettled, in the best possible way, like you just overheard a conversation you weren’t meant to, or like noticing one singular missing tile in the Roman Baths. Which then gets you thinking… why do we fear to swim in the cold open water of our own potential?

It’s not a call to action so much as an invitation to ponder our own subtle surrenders. “Promise Me” gently pushes at our quiet self-censorship and makes you ask yourself – what am I putting into safe deposit for later? And, perhaps more crucially, will ‘later’ ever come?

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