> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://the-haps-magazine.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Catherine Bullock - 'Mummify Me' - URL: https://the-haps-magazine.ghost.io/catherine-bullock-mummify-me/ - Published: 2026-10-25T12:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-25T12:00:00.000Z - Author: Nate Byrne It feels good to be able to say that it’s 2026 and we can still look forward to intimate singer-songwriters inviting us into their dreamy folk world for a few minutes at a time. Small details that carry huge emotional weight, songs that sound like poetry put to music and the honest production style that showcases vulnerability and insecurity as if they were your own thoughts. In a musical landscape focusing more on recording technology, trends and copycats, ‘Mummify Me’ plays more like a private performance from an artist who’s upholding the core elements of songwriting and the foundations of folk music. While I could go on about the lyrical representations of social anxieties, fears and even Greek mythology (which I will!) the first thing that I noticed about ‘Mummify Me’ was the production style. Through reviewing other music and my own personal tastes, I’ve found myself surrounded by lush, swirling soundscapes, tape machine emulators and wide open stereo mixes. As much as I appreciate them and their contributions to the direction music seems to be heading, we wouldn’t be able to enjoy them if it weren’t for the staples of western music we find in the sincerity of folk music. It’s massively refreshing to be able to hear this kind of music without digging through your dad’s dusty record collection or finding a VHS tape of Bob Dylan playing in a basement. Keeping the instrumentation simple and using a close mic technique with no fancy tricks makes the listener feel like they’re being spoken to directly, like a late night conversation at a party after everyone else goes home. Catherine isn’t hiding anything, they’re telling you exactly how they feel with the poetic finesse that people don’t often produce without a couple bottles of wine on the front steps of their friend’s house and any fancy studio effects would be in danger of taking from that moment of brutal honesty. This also means you’re far more likely to have the same emotions invoked when you see them live. Lyrically, this proximity and closeness is mirrored with a gorgeous mix of insecurity, integrity and intelligence. These words aren’t just an accessory to a soundtrack, they’re a paper and ink representation of unresolved internal conflict and uncomfortable emotion that’s thinly veiled with references to greek mythology and allegories of changing strings: > *I feel connection electrocuting me* > *Sever my preserved hand, reconfigure, admire* > *Discover copper wire* > *When I falter, consider me of Theseus* > *Replace every part of me, one by one, slowly* > *Debate whether it’s still me* > *I want you to trace the inner seam of my jeans* > *I want you to skirt the central scene of my dreams* > *I want you to kiss me and taste vaseline* > *I want you to know me and see what you glean* > *I’m scared of my guitar strings taking out my eye* > *I’m scared of being known and all it implies* > *So I’ll change my strings with my head turned away* > *I’ll get to know you anyway* This mastery of metaphors and references to literature puts Catherine in conversation with artists like Bon Iver, Gregory Alan Isakov and Adrianne Lenker. Each of these songwriters are virtuosos of combining delicate instrumentation with brutal, heart-wrenching confessions and desires of intimacy and belonging. These are skills that simply cannot be manufactured or emulated, they demand huge vulnerability and immense talent, two things that Catherine is far from lacking. The subtle use of dynamics and arrangement shouldn't go unnoticed here either. In ‘Mummify Me’ they aren’t used simply for contrast but also to communicate feeling and emotion. Catherine’s use of absence is what interests me most about their musicality. They force you to listen closely by having a few instruments drop out, sonically grabbing you by the shoulders and whispering in your ear, like only you are supposed to hear what they have to say. Nothing else in the song is competing for your attention, only the desperation in her words. These moments don’t feel like breaks in the song, they feel like a musical language that’s almost begging you to listen closer and try to understand how this feels for them. Catherine understands that subtraction can be even more expressive than addition, almost like a New Zealand Elliot Smith. Using this kind of restraint is an art form. Using it as authentically and convincingly as they do is the hallmark of a true singer-songwriter. ‘Mummify Me’ is a welcome reminder that there is more to intimacy in music than eating the microphone and playing an acoustic guitar, that there’s a genuine craftsmanship element to writing this music and that not just anybody can pull it off. It’s a personal note that you almost feel guilty for reading, a conversation that you weren’t supposed to hear and a private invitation to a devastating confession all at once. With echoes of Bon Iver, a haunting relatability and an absolute demand to be played multiple times, Catherine Bullock is proving that we haven’t yet lost the blueprint to make real music. --- We got Catherine to answer that all important question in their own words: > “What’s the Haps? > Oh my goodness me, so much is a Haps’ening! Mummify Me is obviously coming out, I have a Halloween gig with Boot Music Magazine at the Rat and Pigeon to celebrate, and I’ll be opening for Slow Leaves at the Eagle Inn on the 11th of November! > That’s all I can say for now but what I’m trying to get at is... watch this space! > In other news I’ve been really enjoying local open mics, finding my favourite independent coffee shop and pub, the balcony in my flat despite the cold, and sketching :)) I’m currently rereading my favourite non fiction book: The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack” --- Tickets and pre save link are available on their website [catherinebullockmusic.com](http://catherinebullockmusic.com/?ref=the-haps-magazine.ghost.io) and [seetickets.com](http://seetickets.com/?ref=the-haps-magazine.ghost.io) Fancy dress is highly encouraged!