ABOUT THIS ITEM

The Chap keep on keeping on, proving the rest of the world wrong, creating a universe that’s all their own, this timely reminder collects together many of their finest moments and what’s startling about it is, they were right all along, they are the best! From the motorik, melodius ‘Auto Where To’, the perceptive, poignant ‘We Work In Bars’ to the thunderous ‘(I Am) Oozing Emotion’, all this music is 100% The Chap. Sure there are echoes of other music you’ve heard but ultimately all is trampled underfoot, engulfed, swallowed whole, distilled and re born.

Covering all periods of their gestation, it’s great to hear once again those first faltering steps....’I Got Flattened By A Pig Farmer’ still sounds like nothing else, with it’s disco strings, minimal beats and warped vocals, ‘Remember Elvis Rex’ is irresistible and surreal in equal measures. Another early classic ‘Le Theme’ is given a makeover and sounds even more insane and anthemic than previously, like a Warm Jets period Eno in agony. ‘Ethnic Instrument’ is beyond bizarre and ‘Carlos Walter Wendy Stanley’ is like Peter Pan on acid, but there’s so much more on offer, 15 tracks of undiluted Chapness including the previously unreleased ‘Campaign Trail’.

1 Auto Where To
2 We Work In Bars
3 (I Am) Oozing Emotion
4 Courage And Modesty
5 I Got Flattened By A Pig Farmer
6 Ethnic Instrument
7 Fun And Interesting
8 Baby I'm Hurt'n
9 Le Theme (2011 Version)
10 Carlos Walter Wendy Stanley
11 Even Your Friend
12 Remember Elvis Rex
13 Woop Woop
14 Proper Rock (Radio Edit)
15 Campain Trail