UK street punks the Chisel announce first album for Pure Noise, What A Fucking Nightmare

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U.K. street punk band the Chisel have been on the rise lately, and now they’ve announced their first album for Pure Noise, What A Fucking Nightmare. It follows their 2021 debut LP, Retaliation, which originally came out via La Vida Es Mus Discos and which Pure Noise re-released earlier this year.

The Chisel — who share current and former members with Chubby and the Gang, Violent Reaction, Arms Race, and more — make rabble-rousing punk anthems that should appeal to fans of anything from Cock Sparrer to Rancid, and two songs from the new album are out now. The recently released lead single “Cry Your Eyes Out” is an earnest, catchy singalong that the band says takes inspiration from the Replacements, the Ramones, and Leatherface in addition to their usual street punk/Oi! influences, while the just-released “Fuck ‘Em” is a little angrier. It’s an 80-second rager that vocalist Cal Graham says is “about people who talk but don’t have much to say: gobshites and over-opinionated knobhead.” Check out the videos for both (by Sumo Crucial Productions and Nick Sucha, respectively) below.

The new album was produced by Jonah Falco of Fucked Up, who also worked on Retaliation, and recorded by John Atkinson. It comes out Feb. 9 via Pure Noise.

The Chisel are also playing some U.S. shows in early 2024, followed by a U.K. tour with Rifle and then a Europe tour with Madball, Scowl, Sunami, and Mindwar. See all dates below.

What A Fucking Nightmare tracklist
1. What A F*cking Nightmare
2. No Gimmicks
3. Cry Your Eyes Out
4. Nice To Meet You
5. Living For Myself
6. F*ck ‘Em
7. Lying Little Rat (Propaganda)
8. Bloodsucker
9. Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
10. Those Days
11. Evil by Evil
12. Tomorrow
13. Vengeance Is For Me
14. What Do You Mean
15. Cuts Like A Knife
16. What I See

The Chisel 2023-2024 tour dates
12/07 London, UK @ The George Tavern (album announce show)
01/26 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom +
01/27-28 Baltimore, MD @ Disturbin’ The Peace
01/27 Baltimore, MD @ Metro Baltimore (Disturbin’ The Peace Aftershow)
02/01 Leeds, UK @ Key Club *
02/02 Newcastle, UK @ The Cluny 2 *
02/03 Edinburgh, UK @ The Wee Red *
02/04 Manchester, UK @ Star & Garter *
02/05 Birmingham, UK @ The Flapper *
02/09 Cambridge, UK @ Portland Arms *
02/10 St Albans, UK @ The Horn *
02/11 Brighton, UK @ Green Door Store *
02/16 Southhampton, UK @ The Joiners *
02/17 Bristol, UK @ Exchange *
02/18 Cardiff, UK @ The Globe *
02/23 Turnbridge Wells, UK @ Forum *
02/24 London, UK @ 100 Club *
02/25 Nottingham, UK @ The Bodega *
02/29 Drachten, NL @ Iduna ^
03/01 Essen, DE @ Westadthalle ^
03/02 Valenciennes, FR @ Salle Des Nympheas ^
03/03 Maastricht, NL @ Muziekgieterij ^
03/04 Strasbourgh, FR @ La Laiterie ^
03/05 Heidelberg, DE @ Karlstorbahnhof ^
03/06 Munchen, DE @ Backstage ^
03/07 Ostrava, CZ @ Barrak Music Club ^
03/08 Warzawa, PL @ Proxima ^
03/09 Dresden, DE @ Tante Ju ^
03/10 Berlin, DE @ Astra Kulturhaus ^
05/11 Daytona Beach, FL @ Welcome To Rockville

+ w/ Home Front, Abism, Beton Arme
* w/ Rifle
^ w/ Madball, Scowl, Sunami, Mindwar

Source: altpress.com