CHROMA Announce Debut Album 'Ask For Angela' Released 20th October 2023 via Alcopop! Records
“One of Wales’ best-kept secrets…righteous bilingual noise pop” - God Is In The TV
“Like a spaceship of aceness has flown over Wales and dropped them in the valleys” - Adam Walton, BBC Wales
"Gossip-by-way-of-DFA1979 pummelling riffage led by firestorm up front in Katie Hall" - Sweeping The Nation
"Summon the spirits of Beth Ditto and Kathleen Hanna" - PRS M for Music Magazine
“A hefty and strutting slice of fuzzed-out alt-rock” - Noizze
“Ones to watch” - Under The Radar Magazine
CHROMA Announce Debut Album Ask For Angela Released 20th October 2023 via Alcopop! Records
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Welsh Alt-Rockers Reveal New AA Side Bi-Lingual Single ‘I Don’t Wanna Go Out’ Released 22nd August 2023
Watch the video - https://youtu.be/0aPmpoQemcE
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Pontypridd, Wales bi-lingual alt-rock trio CHROMA are delighted to announce their debut album Ask For Angela which is set for release on 20th October 2023.
Recorded at Giant Wafer Studios, Llanbadarn Fynydd in the heart of Wales, Ask For Angela was produced and mixed by Steffan Pringle (Adwaith, Future of the Left, Boy Azooga) and mastered by Tom Langrish at E1 Mastering (IDLES, Fontaines D.C, DITZ) in London.
“It brings us such joy to announce that our debut album Ask For Angela is finally being released to the world this October,” say the band of the news. “After a few long gruelling years of waiting for the right time, at least it finally feels right that we put our first baby out for the world to see and hear. This album takes us in a direction that we as a band feel as if it affirms the sound that we’ve always wanted to create, and with thanks to Steffan Pringle and Tom E1 Mastering and Duplication, they’ve helped bring these songs to life. Ask For Angela is no longer just ours, but it’s yours, now and forever. We hope you find as much joy in this record as it was for us to create.”
The band are celebrating the news by revealing the video for their new AA single ‘Don’t Wanna Go Out’ set for release on 22nd August 2023 via Alcopop! Records, recorded in both English and Welsh language versions on a special AA side version.
Commenting on the track, vocalist Katie Hall says: “‘Don’t Wanna Go Out’ is a song about the perpetual motions that a person goes through when being invited to go out and see friends when you don't really want to. That FOMO that forces you out of your living room as you don’t want to miss out on a good night, even if you’re anxious to go, a little too tired or just aren’t feeling it.”
Riding high on a run of packed shows at SXSW Festival, FOCUS Wales, and a support slot with The Mysterines, the band announced their signing to Alcopop! Records earlier this year and were recently hand-picked to support legendary US rockers Foo Fighters at Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester on 15th June 2024 alongside Coutney Barnett.
They’ll also be appearing at DMZ Peace Train Festival in Korea, with a clutch of their own UK headline shows on sale now (see below for listings).
Taking its name from the campaign of the same name launched to prevent sexual assault in the UK, the material on forthcoming debut album Ask For Angela variously reflects on the band’s collective experience growing up in the South Wales Valleys, and explores the myriad lived experiences of young women. Exploring infighting within the feminist movement, the oppression of trans rights in the UK, violence against women, and other weighty but hugely important topics, the trio ultimately invite the listener to a place of safety and empowerment with their inclusive music.
New single ‘Don’t Wanna Go Out’ follows on from lead single ‘Don’t Mind Me’ and follow up ‘Woman To Woman’ which were released earlier this year, picking up support from Huw Stephens at BBC 6music and BBC Wales, Alyx Holcombe at BBC R1, Amazing Radio, Total Rock and many more, plus a groundswell of grassroots tastemaker support from God Is In The TV, Noizze, Stereoboard, Distorted Sound, Sweeping The Nation and more.
Ask For Angela is released 20th October 2023 via Alcopop! Records
Live Dates:
25th August 2023 - Sin City, Swansea (fundraiser for Korea trip)
01st - 4th September 2023 - DMZ Peace Train Festival, Korea
8th September 2023 - Shacklewell Arms, London
9th September 2023 - Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
15th June 2024 - Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester (w/ Foo Fighters + Courtney Barnett)
Ask For Angela tracklist:
01. Don't Wanna Go Out
02. Girls Talk
03. Don't Mind Me
04. Woman To Woman
05. Head In Transit
06. I Wanna Be Where You Are
07. Life's A Bitch
08. Bombs Away
09. Look At Me
10. Interlude
11. Over The Hill
CHROMA are:
Katie Hall - Vocals/guitar
Liam Bevan - Bass
Zac Mather - Drums
CHROMA online:
https://www.chroma.band
https://www.facebook.com/CHROMAbanduk
https://twitter.com/chromabanduk
https://www.instagram.com/chromabanduk/
More about CHROMA:
Following 18 long months of waiting to get back into the studio during the pandemic, CHROMA are immensely proud and excited to finally be sharing brand new material from their forthcoming album, recorded during lockdown with support from Festival Republic and PRSF.
Influenced by the likes of Yeah Yeah Yeah’s and The Gossip, CHROMA have already received a groundswell of early radio support from BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music, Kerrang! Radio, Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru and ongoing support from BBC Introducing.
Boasting a healthy amount of live notches on their belt for a band yet to even release an album, they’ve previously appeared at Reading & Leeds Festival, BBC Radio 1’s Biggest Weekend, FOCUS Wales and Festival Number 6, along with European festival appearances in Barcelona and Brittany. Most recently supporting stablemates Tokky Horror, they've also played sold-out shows all over the UK with the likes of IDLES, Peace, The Joy Formidable, VANT and Tigercub.
They’ve been added to key editorial playlists across Spotify, given televised performances on BBC Wales and S4C, featured regularly on FA Wales media content and Visit Wales, and seen press support from the Metro, PRS M for Music Magazine, South Wales Argus and Y Selar. Pre-pandemic, the three piece secured a notable appearance at Maida Vale Studios in 2019, recording a live session for BBC Radio Wales which later got picked up by BBC R1 and played on air.
