Post-punk/electronic project, Chalk are set to release their first single under their new new label partners, Nice Swan Records.

This highly anticipated single comes after the band were named the "Best Live Act" at the 2023 Northern Irish Music Prize earlier this month.

 

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Detailing their newest release, frontman Ross Cullen revealed: “The Gate’ is a song about the pressures that surround you. The first musical part that was written was the ending, which is an ode to ‘Come to Daddy’ by Aphex Twin. I wanted to create a track inspired by Locked Club or Mica Levi, something that had a type of deranged percussion playing at a 1/16 rate. Then I found a drum and bass drum sample which we had Luke re-record in the drum booth. Luke and Ben came up with the vocal delivery for the “Push and Pull” bits then I coloured in the rest. We’re leaning into sampling a lot more - especially our own field recordings - sounds of public transport, and construction that we’ve built a library of.”

You can pre-save 'The Gate' here.