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Empath Booking Agency Profile

Book Empath for your next corporate event, function, or private party.
American noise punk band Empath is from Philadelphia. Garrett Koloski (drums), Jem Shanahan (synthesiser), and Catherine Elicson (guitar/vocals) make up the current lineup (drums). They are now signed to Fat Possum Records and have one album and multiple EPs to their credit. In 2015, while the three were Philadelphia housemates, Catherine Elicson, Jem Shanahan, and Garrett Koloski founded Empath. Elicson was a member of the bands Goners and Katherine when she was living in Columbus, Ohio. At the time, Koloski played drums for the Syracuse, New York band Perfect Pussy. The group recorded Volumes 1 and 2 of Crystal Reality.

In 2016, they started recording Liberating Guilt and Fear with Shaun Sutkus, a former bandmate of Koloski's. Coon joined in 2017, and that fall he recorded his parts. In 2018, Get Better Records finally released it after having it professionally mastered by Greg Saunier of Deerhoof. In honor of Irv Teibel's Environments album series from the 1970s, they issued a 7" that same year.

Through Get Better Records once more, the band released its debut LP Active Listening: Night on Earth in 2018. After receiving a favorable response, they signed with Fat Possum Records, who released the record right away along with the first vinyl pressing of Liberating Guilt and Fear.

Empath announced in late 2021 that Visitor, their second album, will be released on February 11th, 2022..

How to hire Empath for an event

Learn how to hire Empath or research availability and pricing for booking Empath to perform at a corporate event, fundraiser, private party, social media campaign, fair or festival, tradeshow or conference, endorsement project, or hire Empath as a guest speaker, please submit the form to our agency.

Frequently Asked Questions about booking Empath to perform.

Many performers, actors, speakers and other talent like Empath in certain cases will consider virtual appearances via live streaming. They perhaps may accept lower fees too. If you are seriously interested in booking Empath or other talent shown on our site, we will research their desire and the specific fee for your live-streaming event or project request.
Empath's current work schedule and location in relation to your event's type, date, budget, and locality will play a primary factor in the acceptance of booking Empath for your party. As long as your funding is commensurate with the price range to book Empath, CTI will propose your event to the official agency representing Empath. After we consult with them, we will provide a personal and accurate quote that includes: final costs, availability, and actual interest in being hired for your specific event or party.
CTI can give you the accurate Empath booking price once we submit your event details to their camp. "How much does it cost to book Empath for an event?" is a frequent question we get. The final Empath booking price is contingent on many variables and the booking fee we may show is based on a range derived from our past experience with what will Empath charge for an event. An example fee to book Empath is in the starting range of $7,500-$14,999. However, any recent popularity change would cause a price fluctuation well beyond this example. Also, their speaking fee might be different than the fee shown for the cost to perform or to just appear. Popularity, career stage, along with current demand will cause fluctuations in their speaking price as well. The final booking price may be more than what is shown, but you should at least have a budget within that range for them to consider an appearance, performance or speaking engagement.
CTI negotiates on behalf of professional event planners and talent buyers for paid appearances! We cannot give out direct contact information of the Empath agent or help distribute fan mail, personal messages, gifts, requests for free appearances, or donations of time. The Empath manager and agent will only work with us if we present them with funded offers for their client to work your event.
There is low probability to book Empath for a party with anything substantially less than the published booking cost price range. We will negotiate with the Empath agent on your behalf if your funding is in place. By not having funding ready then it will more difficult to book Empath, because they get many offers to work events that are at or above asking price. It is also important to consider the travel costs when researching the Empath booking fee, as additional expenses like this, as well as an entourage of staff and equipment, are not necessarily built-in to the booking fee range shown. If your budget does not factor that in, then there is no benefit for them to want to be hired. We do not personally speak for Empath, but in our experience in booking talent for over 25 years, this is generally the outcome of inadequate funding.
Type
Performer
Style
Rock
Range
Alternative-Rock, Rock, Rock-Hard, Female, American
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