[DID NOT ATTEND: May 12, 2026] CMAT / Blond in Car
CMAT wrote one of my favorite songs of recent years, When a Good Man Cries. The chorus/end of this song gets me every single time. I crank it and sing along.
But I don’t really like most of the rest of her music–it’s too country for me.
Yet I dithered about going because I love that song so much and I wanted to get goose bumps from the harmonies. And then I watched a live video and … hated it. The harmonies were off, the power wasn’t there. Now, this wasn’t a concert video, exactly. But it was a live recording from somewhere. Maybe that’s not how her live shows go. Maybe she and her band kill it live.
But that excuse led me to not feel bad about missing her show.
Of course, we later wound up getting tickets to see Courtney Barnett that night, so it really didn’t matter.
Blond in Car is the project of Robin Schorr. Before making music, Schorr was a successful film producer whose filmography includes How to Build a Better Boy (Disney Channel). At the beginning of the 2020s after a long film career, she decided to start making indie pop music under the name Blond in Car and it would unexpectedly become a second career for her when her song my high gummy girl became a viral hit on TikTok.
I liked her song Bad Dad (with Mannequin Pussy!) but didn’t really like her first album so much.
It’s cute and probably delightful live. Maybe someday.
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