CHROMA Bash TERF Culture On New Single ‘Woman To Woman’ Released 24th May 2023
“One of Wales’s 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 Bash TERF Culture On New Single ‘Woman To Woman’ Released 24th May 2023
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The Mysterines Support + In It Together Festival Appearance Announced
Bilingual Welsh Alt-Rockers’ Debut Album Coming 2023 Via Alcopop! Records
Pontypridd, Wales bi-lingual alt-rock trio CHROMA are pleased to return with a video for their new single ‘Woman To Woman’ set for release on 24th May 2023 via new label home Alcopop! Records.
Riding high on a run of packed shows at SXSW Festival and FOCUS Wales, the band announced their signing to Alcopop! Records earlier this year with news of a forthcoming debut album later in 2023, further details TBA.
A rallying cry of solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community, commenting on the track vocalist Katie Hall says: “'Woman to Woman' is a song about allyship with the Trans and Queer communities. With the rise of TERF culture, it’s more important than ever to stand up for people from minority genders. The song is about calling out women who call themselves ‘feminists’ who actively oppress others.”
The new track follows on from lead single ‘Don’t Mind Me’ which was released in March 2023, a groove-driven but searingly heavy tune that served as vocalist Katie Hall’s battle cry against a mental health crisis, 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.
The material on their formidable soon-to-be-revealed debut 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.
CHROMA will be supporting The Mysterines later this month in Cardiff, with an appearance at In It Together Festival also on the cards. Further live dates TBA.
Live Dates:
27.05.23 - Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff (w/ The Mysterines)
28.05.23 - Old Park Farm, Margam - In It Together Festival (UK)
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.
