Surprise Chef – All News Is Good News (Reissue Vinyl)

Formed at the end of 2017, Surprise Chef have grown within the fertile, creative, and supportive Melbourne music scene. Whilst the band is comprised of four core members, the album features friends and family as guest instrumentalists on flute, saxophone, vibraphone, congas, and assorted percussion; all adeptly recorded by engineer Henry Jenkins from the band Karate Boogaloo. The warm-raw-authenticity of the album was captured in the recordings live to tape over a handful of sessions in the band’s home studio in Melbourne’s inner-northern suburb of Coburg. As band member Lachlan Stuckey explains “All of the music we record is tracked live to tape, simply because so many of the records we love most were made that way".

The results are a captivating journey of instrumental cinematic-soul that will connect with the hardened Axelrod, Truth & Soul, El Michels Affair, and Daptone's fans, as well as the open-minded first-time listener. We are very excited to share this first slice of Surprise Chef’s world, with plenty more magic from these guys coming around the corner very soon.

Tracklist

1. All News Is Good News (04:21)
2. Herbie Hemphill (04:06)
3. Blyth Street Nocturne (04:54)
4. Have You Fed Baby Huey Today (04:22)
5. Yung Boi Suite (05:00)
6. Crayfish Caper (06:49)
7. Flip Shelton (06:36)
8. Drinking From The Cup Of Bob Knob (03:59)
9. Mario's Lament (01:58)

Cat no: MRBLP202