New Music Friday has brought the release of The Chats’ second album – check out Live4ever’s review and have a listen right here.
“Whilst lockdown prompted many artists to think hard about why they did what they did, The Chats – left unable to tour their rollicking debut album High Risk Behaviour – had a more fatalist approach.”
“According to their bass/singer Eamon Sandwith, the extended downtime was viewed as more of a blessing than a curse: ‘We weren’t too worried about, like, ‘Oh, what are we going to do?’ It was actually great to have that year or so to step back and be like, ‘Alright, what’s our next move?’.”
“Not that the period was completely without upheaval, as founding guitarist Pricey left to be replaced by Josh Hardy, whom Sandwith and drummer Matt Boggis had often seen gigging in their hometown of Sunny Coast. After that, all three of them then relocated to the more metropolitan climes of Brisbane.”