Surprise Chef - Frogs In A Pond “Pre-Order” | Out 23/10

Surprise Chef - Frogs In A Pond | Standard Black Vinyl 

Release Date: 23/10

Track Listing: 
1.Inside Voice 
2.Outside Voice 
3.Frog Technique 
4.Knuckle Sandwich 
5.I Love What You’ve Done With The Place 
6.Get Well Soon 
7.Rupture and Repair 
8.The Reno 
9.Tadpoles 
10.Leg Day 
11.Where The Crows Fly Backwards 
12.Omnipresence 
13.Frogs In A Pond

The album was recorded over a 9 day period during which the band 
were themselves Frogs In A Pond: slimy companions splashing about 
in a small but complex ecosystem, for a brief time having little 
interaction with or knowledge of the world outside our tiny realm. 
 
The composition of the music was intended to utilize techniques 
inspired by approaches in film scores: principally, the repetition and 
interpolation of musical themes used to represent concepts, moods 
and feelings across the album. 
 
The musical influence for the album came primarily from a handful of 
European film composers working in the late 60s and early 70s who 
used drums, bass, guitar, keyboards, percussion and vibraphone rather 
than large orchestras to express musical themes that evoke enthralling 
senses of drama and emotion without the listener having watched the 
film for which the music was composed. 
 
Based in Australia, Surprise Chef’s music is based on evoking mood; 
their vivid arrangements utilize time and space to build soundscapes 
that invite the listener into their world. Surprise Chef is Lachlan 
Stuckey on guitar, Jethro Curtin on keys, Carl Lindeberg on bass, 
Andrew Congues on drums, and Hudson Whitlock—the latest member 
who does it all from percussion to composing to producing.