Exclusive video premiere of ‘Whippet’ (Jaws Of Love. Remix) by Birmingham four-piece Chartreuse, taken from their upcoming EP, ‘Morning Ritual Remix,’ out May 17th, 2024.

Featuring edits from friends like Folly Group, Art School Girlfriend, DARGZ, and more, today’s lead single off of the new EP is a remix of the track ‘Whippet’ done by Jaws Of Love. (Kelcey Ayer of Local Natives). “Over a few beers after our tour with Local Natives finished, we sat in a bar with Kelcey in LA chatting about his music as Jaws Of Love and decided to propose a song swap for remixing.” said the band, “We’re so glad it wasn’t just a drunken idea, we absolutely love the remix & listen to it often, it’s nice to hear the song in a different way so huge love to Kelcey, you nailed it!”

Their debut record, ‘Morning Ritual’ had been a long time coming, with Chartreuse honing their craft over the course of four well-received EPs and the standalone 2022 single ‘Satellites,’ a collaboration with Orlando Weeks.

Having experimented with partly producing their previous EPs, Mike stepped up as sole producer on 2021’s ‘Is It Autumn Already?’ and continues in the role for ‘Morning Ritual’.

While the band have described themselves in the past as “ambient dark-pop,” their sound borrows from and touches on everything from folk to electronica to jazz and rock, and finds its own creeping majesty in what comes out. The quartet draws together a sound that roughly orbits that languid, often carefree musicality of Lambchop, the shivering grandeur of Nick Cave, and occasionally the chest thumping, life-affirming unity of The National. Perhaps even akin to the whiskey-cool-croon of King Krule, or the darkly intimate tones of Ben Howard’s ‘I Forget Where We Were’. Close snapshots given space to breathe and room to manoeuvre.

Headline photo: Louis Bever

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