The Chap (Claire Hope, Johannes Von Weizsacker, Keith Duncan, Panos Ghikas) de London/Berlin
El 4 album de los inclasificables y bromistas The Chap, 10 años en esto y siguen a su rollo, esta muy bien el disco, cargandose innumerables etilos y referencias musicales de el post-punk, pop, electro, rock, krautrock,.. todo tomado con mucha broma?¿ y unas letras muy críticas’¡’¡, divertidos como pocos. Recomendable, buen disco, gran banda.
But on Well Done Europe, there’s a more palpable sense of the emotional void that no amount of luxury goods can fill– where the nocturnal techno-pop of “Few Horoscope” leans heavily on the trusty old post-punk saw of portraying romance as a mechanical process (“it’s too late…to reboot/ The passion”), the similarly austere “Obviously” effectively ruminates on the eternal question of modern-day, computer-world dependency, as two disconnected voices repeatedly ask, “Is anybody still out there?” And if songs like “We’ll See to Your Breakdown” and “Even Your Friend” stay true to the band’s openly scornful, hyper-pop aesthetic, there’s an insidious, understated allure to the bass-throbbed “Well Done You” and the shimmering jangle of “Pain Fan” seemingly designed to have the very middle-management types caricatured within tapping along on their Beemer steering wheels during the morning commute. On 2008′s Mega Breakfast, the Chap cheekily declared their intent to make “proper songs for real folk!” Well Done Europe delivers a surprise punchline: they weren’t joking. – Pichfork
Releases:
2001- Fun (10″) Lo Recordings
2002- I Got Flattened By A Pig Farmer (7″) Lo Recordings
2003- (Hats Off To) Dror Frangi (Maxi) Lo Recordings
2003- The Horse (Album) Lo Recordings
2005- Ham (Album) Lo Recordings
2005- I Am Oozing Emotion (7″) Lo Recordings
2007- The Chop (12″) LoEB
2008- Builder’s Brew (MiniAlbum) Lo Recordings
2008- Fun & Interesting (Single) Lo Recordings
2008- Mega Breakfast (Album) Lo Recordings
2008- Proper Rock (7″) Lo Recordings
2009- Oversized / Well Done You (7″) LoAF
The Chap - Well Done Europe (Album-2010)
2010- Well Done Europe (Album) Lo Recordings Esta per aki i tambe per alla
Tracklist:
01. We’ll See To Your Breakdown 2:46
02. Even Your Friend 3:05
03. We Work In Bars 3:03
04. Obviously 4:34
05. Gimme Legs 3:34
06. Well Done You 3:16
07. Nevertheless, The Chap 4:19
08. Pain Fan 3:05
09. Torpor 2:04
10. Maroccan Nights 2:29
11. Few Horoscope 4:10
12. Chalet Chalet 4:53
13. Unusual But Nice 1:45
YouTube:
The Chap – Fun and Interesting (2008)
The Chap – Auto Where To (2008)
The Chap – Woop Woop (Live Paris 2005)
The Chap – Proper Rock (Live 2008)
