London-via-Los Angeles indie rockers
Nightmare & the Cat were formed in 2010 by brothers
Django and Samuel Stewart, sons of
Eurythmics founding member
Dave Stewart and
Bananarama's
Siobhan Fahey. After working extensively in various bands around L.A., the brothers were joined by vocalist/guitarist Claire Acey, bassist Scott Henson, and drummer Spike Phillips to form the new act. They quickly gained a fan base on the strength of their YouTube videos, which included various cover songs and acoustic readings of their original numbers. The band signed with Capitol Records in 2013 and released its debut
Simple EP shortly after signing.
Nightmare & the Cat toured extensively in the States and in May of 2014 performed their song "Undercover" on Late Show with David Letterman, still a few months away from the release of their debut full-length, also dubbed
Simple. The album was released in July of 2014. ~ Fred Thomas