Philip Doucet- Vocals/Guitar
Hans Gutknecht- Guitar/vocals
Bradford Hill- Bass
Mark Levy- Percussion/vocals

'You May Already Be A Winner' is the new EP from the band Katy Mae coming October 2008

The music of Katy Mae is evocative in a fundamentally personal way, for it is music that defies easy definition. Their
songs evoke places and sounds in a sensory, intimate way; like returning to a town last visited years ago, it is familiar
yet different. Katy Mae's music has a rural sound, the sound of the countryside, the sound of 'up-state'. It is created by
musicians who grew-up outside of the big cities, but with a deep love of an eclectic range of music; from the classic
rock bands of the 70's, to Wilco, Buddy Holly, R.E.M, The Byrds and The Who. They are musicians with a true sense
of place, but whose influences are broader than that place they are from.

What grips the listener is the raw honesty of this EP. It is live, visceral, basic and intimate; powerful and even
sometimes brutal. The soaring, emotionally stained vocals of Philip Doucet have a deeply passionate appeal that meld
with the powerful cord riffs and pounding rhythms of the band. Words and phases are almost subliminal, building a
virtual landscape through sound.

Katy Mae is a band that likes to build. On tracks such as 'Dust of My Friends', the band introduce basic rhythms and
simple cord sequences that they then repeat and multiply, building layer upon layer, before introducing melodies and
syncopated rhythms to broaden and expand the sound even further.

'Falls Down' starts with such a simple cord sequence that it lulls us into a false sense of security - a quiet simple track
to follow the opening track's big sound. Yet it is a charade, for after it's humble beginning, the track builds with
crescendo upon crescendo before falling back into the narrative of the lyrics - a musical pause for breath before
building onto even greater heights.

'Let Me Bring You Down' has an almost punk-rock simplicity. Frenetic and lively, you can imagine hearing it as the
last song of an energetic set. A song to be played when the last vestiges of restraint have gone out of the window,
when the audience is free from all inhibitions and in a state of 'rock'uphoria'.
'Two Dollars Late' starts with a welcome return to a slower, deep rock track, utilizing blues riffs with plenty of bends.
Truly epic cords from backing rhythm guitar and pounding bell ride from Mark Levy on drums build up to on a 70's
rock track reminiscent of early Thin Lizzy.

The raw guitar picking of 'You May Already Be A Winner' builds from the outset and is a well deserved title track .
The anthem'esque overture gives way to reverbing rhythms and more driving guitars - courtesy of the band's newest
member, Hans Gutknecht - bridging into a slow, feedback-orientated mid section before finally returning to the
driving verse and a cliff-hanging ending worthy of an episode of LOST.

The music industry loves to create genres; rock, country, punk, grunge, garage, pop, techno, jangle pop; all terms
created to define subdivisions within a long list of endless derivatives. Katy Mae's biggest appeal is that they need no
genre, no plot of land to call their own; they play good old fashioned rock and roll; created by musicians, for
musicians, and for those with a simple love of a great tune. "You May Already Be a Winner" will be listened to by
those who know a good thing when they hear it, and they won't need a reason why.