Chemtrails announce new album, share lead single “Paranoiacs”
PNKSLM presents
Chemtrails – “Paranoiacs”New album
The Peculiar Smell of the Inevitable out May 15 via PNKSLM Recordings on vinyl and digitally
Listen to and embed “Paranoiacs” via Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp etcAs premiered on For the Rabbits
“resplendent with fuzzy guitar-lines, irrefutable hooks and Mia Lust’s ear for a stunning melody; coming across like a brilliant mid-point of Deerhoof, Blondie and The Lovely Eggs.” – For the RabbitsPunk Slime Recordings are proud to present the new album from the garage-punk and acid-corroded new-wave outfit that is Chemtrails. Having started life as the lo-fi bedroom recording project of romantic partners Mia Lust and Laura Orlova back in 2016 Chemtrails quickly set about releasing two digital-only EPs before making their album debut in early 2018 with Calf of the Sacred Cow, while drawing the attention of ex Stereogum, KEXP, The Line of Best Fit, DIY and more.
Another EP, Cuckoo Spit, was released on 12” vinyl late the same year and Chemtrails spent 2019 working on their next full-length, which is now finally here. The Peculiar Smell of the Inevitable is the band’s heaviest and wildest record yet, with their trademark big melodies and harmonies performed over a frenzied wall of raw guitar noise and glistening synths.
Press for Chemtrails
”a jubilant mix of riffs and insanely catchy hooks” – KEXP
”They pull off the balance effortlessly, resulting in a delicious garage-pop blend.” – DIY
brimming with post-apocalyptic themes not unlike the current U.S. political climate” – The Le Sigh
“the end of the world has never sounded so good” – The Line of Best Fit
”Intelligent, politicised take on indie pop” – NARC
The garage-punk and acid-corroded new-wave outfit that is Chemtrails first emerged as a 5-piece in 2016, having started life as the lo-fi bedroom recording project of romantic partners Mia Lust and Laura Orlova. They were quickly snapped up and signed by Swedish label PNKSLM Recordings, having only played one gig — at Trans Pride Brighton. Since then, the prolific band has built up a die-hard following and churned out four critically-acclaimed DIY records in two years. Their three 6-song EPs and debut full-length album, all of which were recorded in their living room, have garnered praise from the likes of KEXP, Stereogum, DIY Mag and The Line of Best Fit, with the LP “Calf of the Sacred Cow” appearing in the top 25 of the “best albums of the year” lists of Swedish music magazines Gaffa and Hymn in 2018.
The band cites their biggest influences as the Pixies, Blondie, Oh Sees, Black Lips and sixties psych and garage punk, but holding everything together is Mia Lust’s ear for melody and no shortage of hooks. Served on a bed of fuzzy guitars and polychromatic pop, the lyrics center around alienation, love, the human condition, the impending apocalypse and, occasionally, on Lust’s place in the world as a transgender woman.2019 saw Chemtrails play a live session for KEXP as part of their International Clash Day celebration in London, after which the band focussed on recording album number two. “The Peculiar Smell of the Inevitable”, to be released in May 2020 on PNKSLM Recordings, will be the band’s heaviest and wildest record yet, with their trademark big melodies and harmonies performed over a frenzied wall of raw guitar noise and glistening synths.
After their bandmates went their separate ways to pursue other projects Lust and Orlova relocated to Manchester from London in late 2019. They’ve now recruited a whole new lineup, bringing a fresh burst of excitement and ideas to the band.
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