Rising with the Sun is the seventh studio album by Melbourne band The Cat Empire. It was produced by Jan Skubiszewski and released on 4 March 2016 through Two Shoes Records.[1] The first single was "Qué Será Ahora", followed by "Wolves" and "Bulls". It debuted at number one on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart, the band's second number-one debut, the first being Two Shoes (2005).
Rolling Stone Australia awarded the album four out of five stars, saying that Rising with the Sun was a "remarkably intercontinental affair." The magazine praised the new album, calling it "an ebullient celebration sans frontiers."[2] Double J was also positive in its review, writing "The Cat Empire administer another dose of fun, diverse music on album number seven."[3]