Since their formation in 2018 – spearheaded by principal songwriters (and guitarists) Jake Mac and Charlie Woods – Chappaqua Wrestling have built up a solid bank of songs influenced by shoegaze, grunge, and, unashamedly, Britpop.
Chappaqua Wrestling’s long-awaited debut album hits the intended notes.
‘Old blokes tend to hate it,’ says Charlie Woods, co-frontman of Brighton’s Chappaqua Wrestling in reference to how some people view pronouncing the band’s name (it’s Chap-Ak-Wa, by the way).
As a generalization it’s not without its flaws, but having moved …