Aussie punks The Chats have announced their second album, Get Fucked, which will be out August 19 via Bargain Bin Records. They bashed it out in six days during the pandemic. “They weren't like hardcore working days,” singer/guitarist Eamon Sandwith says of the recording sessions. “We would start at 11 and finish at 4, and in the middle of that we’d go to the pub for lunch for two hours, and have a few beers. Then we'd go, ‘Oh shit, we better go back and do some recording!’ Our work etiquette wasn't great.”
The album includes recent single "Struck by Lightning" and they've just shared opening cut "6L GTR," a turbo-fueled garage punk swipe at high octane luxury car excess -- the title was a license plate Eamon spotted at an airport. “I don't even know if the car itself was actually a six-liter GTR or anything,” he says. “To be honest with you, I don't even know what a car like that would look like! I can't drive! That was the thing, we were just trying to get into this dude’s head.”
The song comes with a pretty rad animated video by animator and illustrator Marco Imov. “They hinted that it would be cool if instead of being directly about the car, it should be about the band wanting the car,” says Marco. “From there it kind of wrote itself down.” You can watch the video below.
Finally unleashed and able to tour -- their debut album came out just as Covid lockdown hit -- The Chats are currently ripping their way across North America and hit Brooklyn on Saturday, May 7 at Warsaw. All dates are listed below.
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GET FUCKED TRACKLIST 1. 6L GTR 2. Struck By Lightning 3. Boggo Road 4. Southport Superman 5. Panic Attack 6. Ticket Inspector 7. The Price of Smokes 8. Dead on Site 9. Paid Late 10. I've Been Drunk In Every Pub In Brisbane 11. Out On The Street 12. Emperor of the Beach 13. Getting Better
THE CHATS - 2022 TOUR DATES Thu. May 5 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club Fri. May 6 - Warrendale, PA @ Jergel’s Rhythm Grille Sat. May 7 - Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw Sun. May 8 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry @ The Fillmore - SOLD OUT Tue. May 10 - Montreal, QC @ Foufounes Électriques Wed. May 11 - Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground - SOLD OUT Thu. May 12 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop - SOLD OUT Fri. May 13 - Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar Sat. May 14 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues Sun. May 15 - St. Paul, MN @ Amsterdam Bar & Hall - SOLD OUT Tue. May 17 - Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck Wed. May 18 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown Fri. May 20 - Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre - SOLD OUT Sun. May 22 - Daytona Beach, FL @ Welcome to Rockville 2022 Wed. May 25 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon - SOLD OUT Thu. May 26 - Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom Fri. May 27 - Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theatre - SOLD OUT Mon. Jun. 27 - Paris, FR @ La Maroquinerie Tue. Jun. 28 - Brussels, BE @ La Botanique Fri. Jul. 1 - Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter 2022 Mon. Jul. 4 - Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg Tue. Jul. 5 - Berlin, DE @ SO36 Wed. Jul. 6 - Hamburg, DE @ Moltow Backyard Thu. Jul. 7 - Cologne, DE @ Gebäude Fri. Jul. 22 - Adelaide, AU @ Adelaide Showground Fri. Jul. 29 - Luxembourg, LU @ Rotondes Sat. Oct. 8 - Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock Festival
