Cat Ridgeway is a singer-songwriter based out of Orlando who recently shared their new single “Sprinter”, the title track from an upcoming new album.
The single is a track that helped Ridgeway comes to terms with the sudden loss of her friend. The personal nature of the track is felt from the passionate tight 90s-leaning indie rock instrumentation, and the emotive vocal work that hits you in the core.
Speaking on the track, they add:
“When my friend lost her battle to depression, we were all shocked, and had no idea she was struggling at all. Mental health so often gets treated like a nuisance, something that should be ignored, hidden, or not taken too seriously. Most anyone who’s lost someone to it will tell you they never saw it coming. The best metaphor I could think of, and what I kept coming back to in the lyric, was how there’s never a convenient time to deal with a check engine light on your car. People just ignore it, keep driving, and hope it turns off… but you can’t do that with a car, and you can’t do that with your life.
My friend was a runner, a sprinter, which I found poetic because of how much she metaphorically ran from her problems. I felt like I was doing the same thing. But then I realized by writing this song and album, I was running straight into everything I’d been avoiding processing. It may have been in different directions, but we both ran, so it only felt right to call the record Sprinter.”
Find the music video for “Sprinter” now below.
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