{"id":25265,"date":"2024-09-18T00:07:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T00:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=25265"},"modified":"2024-09-18T00:09:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T00:09:07","slug":"the-chameleons-tomorrow-remember-yesterday-ep-new-recordings-of-early-songs-by-influential-uk-post-punk-act-out-11-10-24-on-metropolis-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2024\/09\/18\/the-chameleons-tomorrow-remember-yesterday-ep-new-recordings-of-early-songs-by-influential-uk-post-punk-act-out-11-10-24-on-metropolis-records\/","title":{"rendered":"THE CHAMELEONS ‘Tomorrow Remember Yesterday’ EP : new recordings of early songs by influential UK post-punk act out 11.10.24 on Metropolis Records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

THE CHAMELEONS<\/strong>
TOMORROW REMEMBER YESTERDAY  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

EP
out 11.10.24
(Metropolis Records)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bandcamp pre-order<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Post-punk icons The Chameleons<\/strong> spent a significant part of the summer on tour in North America, while any gaps in the schedule saw them in the studio as they continue to record their long-awaited brand new album, \u2018Arctic Moon\u2019, which will be released in 2025.

Currently on tour in mainland Europe, they return to the US in the autumn before playing and seven UK and Irish shows in December (the remaining European itinerary can be read below).

The band have today announced that a five song EP entitled \u2018Tomorrow Remember Yesterday\u2019 will be released on 11th October via Metropolis Records (digital) and Aufnahme+Wiedergarbe (vinyl), with a limited number of the latter to be made available from Metropolis on mail order. \u201cThese were among the very earliest songs we got together prior to our first John Peel session in 1981, but were discarded at the time due to them feeling unfinished,\u201d <\/em>states vocalist\/bassist Mark Burgess.

Posited between the \u2018Where Are You?\u2019 EP (the first new Chameleons in over two decades issued in May 2024) and the upcoming new album – plus a major career retrospective recently published in Mojo magazine – this set of refreshed and re-recorded archival tracks creates a nostalgic bridge between the two releases. It was conceived at the band\u2019s annual gathering in Manchester at Xmas 2023, where they performed two shows at The Ritz. \u201cI had the idea of revisiting some of these very early songs but recording them in a way that reflects who the band is now, rather than who we were in 1981,\u201d<\/em> continues Burgess. \u201cWe are so happy with the results.\u201d

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THE CHAMELEONS<\/strong> | Mark Burgess 2024 photo by Mick Peek

The EP opener is \u2018The Fan and the Bellows\u2019, a song that highlights the band\u2019s penchant for creating epic soundscapes with searing guitar textures. \u201cMost of the songs have been released over time in their original form on various retrospectives and suchlike, but were never really intended to be,\u201d<\/em> he explains. \u201c\u2018The Fan and the Bellows\u2019 was the original choice of CBS\/Epic to be our debut single, but we weren\u2019t happy with that and rejected it in favour of \u2018In Shreds\u2019, our newest song at the time.\u201d

<\/em>Another song, \u2018Nostalgia\u2019, the chorus of which provides the origin of the EP title, was also resurrected. Recorded during the same sessions as \u2018The Fan and the Bellows\u2019 with producer Steve Lillywhite (whose CV at that point already included the likes of Ultravox!, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Penetration, Psychedelic Furs and U2), both songs originally appeared on a retrospective collection via Statik Records.

TOMORROW REMEMBER YESTERDAY
<\/em>TRACKLISTING
1  The Fan and the Bellows
2  Nostalgia
3  Nathan\u2019s Phase
4  Every Day I\u2019m Crucified
5  Things I Wish I\u2019d Said

2025 will be marked with the release of \u2018Arctic Moon\u2019, the first new album by The Chameleons since \u2018Why Call it Anything\u2019 in 2001. \u201cIt\u2019s quite different from anything we have done before, and I know it will probably polarise the legacy audience, but we\u2019re excited about how it\u2019s developing,\u201d <\/em>says Burgess. \u201cI think the songwriting is much more mature in a lot of ways, which I suppose is to be expected given our age, but I really believe we\u2019re taking the band forward.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

UPCOMING EUROPEAN TOUR DATES<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEPTEMBER
13.09.24  OBERHAUSEN<\/strong> (DE) Turbinenhalle Oberhausen
14.09.24  HAMBURG<\/strong> (DE) Gruenspan
15.09.24  BERLIN<\/strong> (DE) Columbia Theater
17.09.24  FRANKFURT<\/strong> (DE) The Bed
18.09.24  MUNICH<\/strong> (DE) Backstage Kulturzentrum
19.09.24  LYON<\/strong> (FR) L\u2019Epicerie Moderne
20.09.24  PARIS<\/strong> (FR) Cabaret Sauvage
21.09.24  TOURCOING<\/strong> (FR) Le Grand Mix
DECEMBER
06.12.24  BRISTOL<\/strong> Marble Factory
07.12.24  LONDON<\/strong> O2 Shepherd\u2019s Bush Empire
09.12.24  DUBLIN <\/strong>(IE) Opium
10.12.24  BELFAST<\/strong> Limelight 2
12.12.24  GLASGOW<\/strong> The Garage
13.12.24  NEWCASTLE<\/strong> Riverside
14.12.24  MANCHESTER<\/strong> Albert Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UK tickets<\/a>

The Chameleons have long been cited as a hugely influential act, having inspired the likes of (The) Verve, Oasis, Interpol, The Killers, Editors, White Lies and The Slow Readers Club. They are renowned for their transformative recorded catalogue and intense and emotionally charged live performances, creating a legacy that extends well beyond their four studio albums to date. Their widely acclaimed debut, \u2018Script of the Bridge\u2019 (1983) has been described by many as a masterpiece way ahead of its time, and was followed by \u2018What Does Anything Mean? Basically!\u2019 (1984), \u2018Strange Times\u2019 (1986) and \u2018Why Call It Anything\u2019 (2001).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The band\u2019s unique sound has been captivating listeners for over four decades with a unique mix of melancholic yet energetic and powerful tunes, hypnotic ethereal riffs and a timeless lyrical style. One of the most important yet underrated rock bands of the ’80s and ’90s, they have contributed substantially to the post-punk, shoegaze and indie scenes of those decades and beyond.


THE CHAMELEONS<\/strong> | 2024 photo by Mick Peek

THE CHAMELEONS<\/strong>
Mark Burgess – vocals, bass
Reg Smithies – guitar
Stephen Rice – guitar
Danny Ashberry – keyboards
Todd Demma – drums

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