Where the Angels Fall is the ninth studio album by Australian band the Cat Empire, released on 25 August 2023 through Two Shoes Records.

It was co-produced by Felix Riebl, Ollie McGill, Ross Irwin, and Andy Baldwin, who had previously worked on their self-titled debut in 2003.

Recording took place from October to November 2022 at the Merri-bek City Band Room, a community music space in Brunswick, Victoria.

5 on the ARIA Australian Artist Albums Chart, and produced four singles; "Thunder Rumbles", "Rock 'n' Roll", "Money Coming My Way" and "Owl".

[3] Hull-Brown, Angus and Khadiwala announced in September that they would also leave the band after a final set of shows, the last of which took place at the 2022 Byron Bay Bluesfest.

[4] Riebl and McGill stated that they would lead a new iteration of the group, with the intent of "taking the band forward into its next global chapter as a re-imagined, vibrant, cross-cultural, and joyful collective of musicians and artists.

"[5] On 6 September 2022, the independent management company Lemon Tree Music announced that they would sign the Cat Empire.

[6][7] The album was the first recorded with the band's newly altered lineup, the new members of which were announced on the group's social media platforms in late 2022.

She stated that the decision to join the group was a "logical move, and made creative sense to me – I didn't need to deliberate over it for a second".

The current iteration of the hall, which has existed in various forms since 1882, was set up by Phil Noy, a friend of the band who had played saxophone on two of their previous albums.

[16] When we came to record the album, I wanted to think about the Cat Empire more as a community of musicians than just a like-for-like replacement of band members.

The Heidelberg Wind Ensemble, who happened to be rehearsing in the space while the band was recording, made a guest appearance on the song.

The song "Owl" began life as a jam session between Riebl, McGill, and Richard and Johnny Tedesco, flamenco musicians and friends of the band.

[1] The album's final track, "Drift Away", is a duet between Riebl and Barbé, who sings a verse in Seychellois Creole.

The song's music video depicts the members of the band, dressed as employees, conducting a robbery of a grocery store.

From August to September, the band released a four-part documentary on Facebook documenting the album's recording process.

[43] The band supported the album with a world tour of Australia and North America, which began in September 2023 with a show at the Enmore Theatre, in Sydney.

[34] Singer-songwriter and guitarist Steph Strings supported them on every show except for the first, where Sri-Lankan born[46] musician Roshani took her place.

[34] They embarked on the North American leg of the tour on 18 October,[47] with a show at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall in Florida.

[47] The final show of the tour, supported by singer-songwriter Marissa Mur, took place in Mexico City at the Auditorio Blackberry[49] on 26 November 2023.

[23] Marta Terrasa of Mondo Sonoro said that the album "recovers the enthusiasm of their beginnings and adds all the baggage of an extensive career", and that "you'd have to live in the bowels of the earth not to succumb to the euphoric pulsations of the Cat Empire, if only for a little while".