Cootie Catcher

Cootie Catcher is a Canadian indie pop band whose first album, Shy at First, came out in 2025. This Liverpool date brings the group to Quarry, the city venue that hosts concerts and shows.

Cootie Catcher is an indie pop band from Canada, and its first album, Shy at First, was released in 2025. The band has three songwriters: Sophia Chavez, who sings and plays synthesisers, Anita Fowl, who sings and plays bass, and Nolan Jakupovski, who sings and plays guitar. Each has a distinct voice, yet their writing overlaps on shared subjects.

The music is bright and fast-moving. Shimmering guitar parts sit over bubbly synthesiser melodies, and the drums are both played live and programmed, so many textures collide within a single song. The lyrics turn to romantic and platonic relationships, to the social scenes of the band's city, and to the strain of making music in a group, alongside the wider pressures of life under late-stage capitalism.

This Liverpool show marks the band's debut in the city, and it takes place at Quarry, a venue that hosts concerts and shows in Liverpool. The evening suits listeners drawn to upbeat indie pop built from guitars, synths and drums, with lyrics that move between personal relationships and everyday social life.