GATTO BLACK
HARDCORE FOR CAT PEOPLE / BUFFALO, NY
Buffalo, NY’s Gatto Black pens fast, emotional, melodic hardcore songs that confront the weight of growing up queer and Catholic. The pain and confusion of trying to reconcile that your true self, in the eyes of the Church, is a one-way-ticket to eternal suffering. And the catharsis that comes with being brave enough to shed your shame, and step out of the closet, and feel the light. Inspired by singer / songwriter Sal Mastrocola’s childhood as a bisexual Irish Italian Catholic kid growing up in the Bronx, New York.
The project’s forthcoming full length album, “Sky Is Blue” is due out later this year. Produced by Gary Cioni (Hot Mulligan, Crime in Stereo) and Michael Hansen (Pentimento, Hotel Etiquette). Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Gary Cioni at Sound Acres in New Jersey. Songs by Sal Mastrocola. Artwork by Joey Goergen.
FFO: Comeback Kid, early AFI, Touche Amore
