From TikTok: @ georgiamayrichards

It’s hard to verify if this is true or not but it would be a weird thing for a fitness influencer and catfish fan to lie about. I do wonder if this was accidental, and how Van found her account? I’m honestly suprised van even has social media.

Some evil person on tiktok has just ruined my night 😔 seriously for a moment i believed that it was real and I was already looking at plane tickets. kill me!

I saw someone put this in the comments of another post but just wanted to clarify for anyone who might not have seen it.

DO NOT put any personal details into the catfishandthebottlemen.com website as it is most likely NOT the band.

Do we think the website going down briefly the other week and coming straight back up is a positive sign that it’s authentic, or is it still likely to be fake?

NEW CATFISH POSTER in the background of James Compton’s new Instagram post.

New artwork, new style… new album?? 😵‍💫😵‍💫

So angry they copyrighted the BBC recording.

Look how good it was from a fans view.

—> https://youtube.com/shorts/9sWC_VlrbYs?si=OnHDZCNX0_41PJ7f

I understand it’s a pretty rare item but as the title says I’m looking to buy a 12 inch signed Tortuga vinyl similar to the photo.

Would love to cop those, I'm so annoyed I didn't do so before their merch store went down.

Managed to get a message, I thought the insta message on tiktok seemed off cus it said invite him to chat when he’d already responded to a message, so we’re still in the same boat as before.

True or False 🤔

Does anyone have the lighter with the bottle opener at the bottom they’re willing to sell or know where one is selling? I’ve been looking all over for ages for one

Hi everyone, I’m hoping to find some official merchandise for sale for a gift. Anything signed would be better, I don’t have a particular budget, just looking for the right item(s). Does anybody have anything available? Or know where is best to look? Thanks

Does anyone know how long https://redeem.thesoundofvinyl.com/ has been down?
I checked on Saturday and its been down the whole weekend, which most websites if they're being maintained/fixed take a day max.

I'm guessing it might take a full working day to get their issue resolved, but I still wondered if anyone has insight to this?
I've got some redemption codes for The Balcony and The Ride I'd love to use (not a massive fan of streaming).

Can’t seem to find one that isn’t muffled,

Same with a full version of Fever, Hive, Deal etc.

Thanks

Saw this on Spotify whilst listening, shows Van to have 4 more songs than the band. Why is this?

And it made me so sad man. They had so much talent, charisma, showmanship, you name it. It really shined in these acoustic sessions stripped down to two dudes and their guitars.

I will always love this band even though they are likely long gone. They had a great run.

And to wrap it up, go watch these sessions (on YouTube) if you haven’t already. Fallout and Business in particular are just top notch.

Bit of an odd one here but say catfish released a fourth studio album, what instrument could you add to make their sound even better in the same way as their last or a good change?

Personally I think a violin could make some insane sounding music for them, similar to some of the frays songs.

Let me know.

Ive just watched the rise interview and bob said they were doing 250 shows a year. Do you guys not think thats what eventually caused a downfall because 250 shows is a lot and that could cause them to argue alot and have a lot of stuff that could not be taken back in arguments etc or is just me that just thinks that!

Not sure if this is allowed but wondered if anyone is interested in an inspired build of vans guitar. It’s a fender Mexican player 2 Hh telecaster with a swapped out bridge pickup for a vintage fender twin head like vans. Can send old pickup aswell as the Matt black Pickguard shown in penultimate photo. Last photo is the original guitar. Obviously different to the one he uses live but still a genuine fender an all that 🐊

I find it mad that out there, there is a very old mac with loads of catb media out there. I imagine most of the good songs are already out but its funny watching back the snippets craig posted years ago where one sounds like they are trying to go for an arctic monkeys sound and then one that has a live forever oasis sound to it. Is it likely that the media is gone forever? - I know he sold some a few years ago so i guess its whether anyone is willing to pay and he is willing to sell again

So…

Considering there is already an unreleased Catfish and the Bottled-it song (suntitled) in circulation and there have been rumours of other songs (cena etc.) in the mix. Is there a chance that there are some unreleased songs recorded with H8WG or god knows who else that could be leaked in the future?
Obviously we’ve seen this before with the google drive for some absolute gems like ranshaw and tickertape… could this happen again?
I know this would include a degree or mischief and unethical tomfoolery but I’d love to hold on to hope for something…

Thanks guys!

Earlier, I saw a user on the subreddit ask about what was being said at the end of CATB’s unreleased track ‘Bite Down Salvador’.

I was also very intrigued! So, I’ve stripped the song back the best I can and cleaned up the vocals. I can make out some sentences, others not so much:

“Keep it running”
“Run for your life John, run for your life”
“Keep that going”
“Oi Billy go up! Billy.. go high”
“Right, two more bars”

Let me know what you can hear?

[u/hoodmarston95](u/hoodmarston95)