August 2010 release. Street Chant have toured New Zealand with their spiritual antecedents The 3Ds, and were hand-picked to play around Australia with The Dead Weather.
“Careening, tuneful and bolshie as all hell. The debut they, and we, deserve” 4/5 Stars – Joe Nunweek
“’ Means’ displays a refreshing absence of the usual tiresome indie-pop pussyfooting… ‘Blister’ and ‘Your Philosophy’ are such a perfectly-judged collisions of mania and melody, you could be listening to the Buzzcocks, but fast and loud are not this band’s only setting; “Stoned Again” slows down and stretches out into an unusually insightful song about young people taking drugs to escape suburban boredom. Elsewhere the warm waves of guitar distortion recall Dinosaur Jnr., The Pixies and Sonic Youth, but the band’s free noise enthusiasms are marshalled by a strong pop sensibility throughout.” 4/5 Stars – Grant Smithies – Sunday Star Times
“In a year littered with releases from great New Zealand bands, it kinda looks like Auckland three-piece Street Chant topped them all.” James Beavis - Salient Vinyl + download also available for $US32 including Worldwide shipping.
Tracks: 1. The Fatigues 2. Scream Walk 3. Less Chat, More Sewing 4. Blister 5. Yr Philosophy 6. Stoned Again 7. You Do The Maths 8. Yaba Ara 9. Pen Dog 10. Cloud Jumpers 11. The Password Is Password
