GIG REVIEW: Cassyette Cuts up the Cathouse- Glasgow 9th September 2022

If you have spent any length of time within the UK’s alternative music scene, the name Cassyette should sound familiar. Being hailed the new princess of pop punk, she ruled the stage of Glasgow’s famous Cathouse.

Growing her online audience via TikTok, appearing on the bill at Download festival, and appearing at My Chemical Romance’s come-back tour earlier this year, set up her Debut ‘Sad Girl Summer’ tour to be a sell-out.

East London artist, Kid Bookie, opened the night to a quickly filling room. The next 60 minutes saw a frenzy of thudding drums and chomping guitars. The audience caught breath when the pace evened to a steady heartbeat matching the lyrical story of ‘Liquor, Sex, Weed.’

Stage lights rise on Kid Bookie kicking the night off- Picture Source: Caitlin Dymond

‘Stuck In My Ways’ returned the righteous energy. The song, originally featuring Slipknot’s frontman Corey Taylor, saw the creation of the night's first pit. The support act drew the set to an ambient close with Radiohead’s ‘Creep.’ The final notes sang in unison with the crowd lingered in the air between stage changes.

Mounting tension broke when Cassyette stormed the stage. Armed with a platinum pixie cut and emphatic energy, she commanded the crowd’s attention throughout. The densely packed crowd surged further forward as the night progressed, eager to get closer to the action.

Cassyette throwing arms open to her first night in the city and on tour- Picture Source: Caitlin Dymond

Plucked from the crowd, a fan named David duetted ‘Behind closed Doors.’ During the tours, title track youngster, Ash, invaded the stage. Rewarded for her eagerness she was invited to share the mic with English rocker before gathering a few snaps and hopping back down.

A temporary quiet spread across the room whilst Cassyette shared her latest single. ‘September Rain’ brought harmony of emo, punk and grunge over the shuddering PA. Against the racing rhythm section and deafening drums of the day-old track, you could make out the already memorised emotive lyrics of the hour’s old angst anthem.

A packed room sings along to freshest track from up and comer- Picture Source: Caitlin Dymond

A death wall was summoned upon during ‘Petrichor’ with the floor parting for the ensuing mayhem and exchange of sweat and warm pints. Undeterred, a further two separated themselves throughout the remainder of the set. Matching the madness pound for pound, Cassyette joined the crowd, literally.

Cassyette breaks no stage diving rule diving head first into crowds waiting hands- Picture Source: Caitlin Dymond.

The impressive vocal range and ownership of the stage created a trance-like state at the end of the show. Before fans snapped back to beg for “one mare choon.” A rip-roaring reprise of ‘Dear Goth’ followed leaving sweat dripping from the ceiling and the taste of a second bite of fresh blood in the UK’s alternative scene.