KNOWN FOR HIS REFLECTIVE MUSINGS ON LOVE, LIFE AND VICES, SINGER-SONGWRITER AND PLATINUM-AWARD WINNING PRODUCER GARRETT KATO’S UNIQUE STYLE OF FOLK-POP IS CATCHING FIRE AROUND THE GLOBE. A STRING OF POWERFUL RELEASES INCLUDING HIS SOPHOMORE ALBUM “HEMISPHERES” HAS SEEN HIM PERFORM SOLD-OUT SHOWS ALONGSIDE DAMIEN RICE AND ZIGGY ALBERTS AND AMASS OVER 70 MILLION WORLDWIDE STREAMS.

ON HIS NEW EP ‘KUMAMOTO’ GARRETT PAYS TRIBUTE TO HIS JAPANESE HERITAGE WITH A POWERFUL LOOK AT TRIUMPH AND TRAUMA, PAST AND PRESENT. WRITTEN DURING THE TURMOIL OF 2020, THE SONGS WERE A WAY OF COPING WITH AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE.