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birddog Biography
birddog is an indie folk music project started by Bill Santen in 1994. Santen has released
five studio albums and collaborated with musicians Elliott Smith, Glenn Kotche, Edith
Frost and Jason Lowenstein. Publications including Pitchfork, Mojo and No Depression
have covered birddog’s music. Santen has also exhibited film, video and photography as
a visual artist at venues including the Queens Museum and Thomas Erben Gallery (NYC)
and Overgaden Museum of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark. Birddog’s 1997
release, The Trackhouse, the Valley, the Liquor Store Drive-thru will be re-released on
vinyl in fall 2023 by Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records. Currently, birddog is based in
Buffalo, NY and includes drummer Bill Conroy, pianist and bassist Tyler Smith and cellist
Katie Weissman (featured in “Catch.”)
Instagram and Facebook : @birddogsongs
soundcloud.com/billsanten
birddog-billsanten.bandcamp.com
www.billsanten.com
Spotify – birddog
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3. Notes on “Catch”
I discovered The Cure when a summer camp counselor played me their album “Kiss Me, Kiss
Me, Kiss Me” in 1988. Returning to it decades later, the song “Catch” immediately drew me
back in. We get only fragments of a comparison between “you” and a girl from the past,
with no context for either relationship. But the memories are vivid – rolling around on a
floor that feels soft, and then waking up sore. I love that the word “catch” is used literally
and figuratively – regret at not “catching” her when she falls, and never having “caught” her
name. The original song has a full, baroque arrangement, and I wanted to pare it down –
focusing primarily on voice and cello. I hope this version brings something new – perhaps a
more direct encounter with these momentary scenes.

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from Pictures of You: A compilation of covers of songs by The Cure, released August 4, 2023

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