Artist:
Chalk
Genre:
Electronic
Punk
Total Time:
39:00
Record Label:
Alter Music
Purchase Album:
CD, Amazon Music, Vinyl,
Apple Music, Spotify
Release Date
March 13, 2026
Find out more about this album release after the jump.
Chalk
Genre:
Electronic
Punk
Total Time:
39:00
Record Label:
Alter Music
Purchase Album:
CD, Amazon Music, Vinyl,
Apple Music, Spotify
Release Date
March 13, 2026
Find out more about this album release after the jump.
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Product Description: Irish duo Chalk's full-length debut LP, Crystalpunk [ALTER Music], speaks directly to the upbringing and roots of the band members-award-winning musicians and filmmakers Ross Cullen [vocalist + producer] and Benedict Goddard [multi-instrumentalist + director]. The beauty, confusion, complexity, and intensity of their youth - lived under the shadow and around the scars of conflict - are entangled in the industrial dance-punk hybrid encoded in the record's DNA, aptly entitled Crystalpunk. "This record is us waving a flag for that generation - the ones who inherited confusion, resilience, and a fractured sense of self." They're waving that flag as intensely as possible too. For the uninitiated, Chalk mainlines the reaction between genres, eras, and cultures, commuting this collision into their sound.
The Belfast group could comfortably power an underground warehouse party after-dark, incite a mid-day festival mosh-pit, or shake an arena on any given evening. Their power has seamlessly translated to the stage with the group packing venues and delivering alternately sweaty and electrifying performances to a growing rabid fan base. As a group, they've sold out shows across the UK, EU and USA, notched festival performances such as Glastonbury, SXSW, BBK, Trans Musicals and more across 11 countries and were handpicked to tour alongside IDLES and Fontaines D.C..Coming from dissimilar backgrounds and rallying together naturally, Ben and Ross first crossed paths in film school. As the story goes, Ben had noticed a framed poster of Dublin disruptors Gilla Band in one of Ross's Instagram photos and felt a kinship before ever actually speaking to him. "Nobody else at our school was into experimental noise guitar bands, so that was all I needed to see," laughs Ben.
Emerging in 2022, Chalk initially made waves with songs like "Them," "Velodrome," and "Static." Ultimately, they come-of-age and tell a story that resonates beyond borders. Not just a portrait of the band, but one of their home, a complicated place where the sacrifices made and risks taken by activists, artists, ravers and punks created the only environment that a band like Chalk could emerge from. Crystalpunk is not about choosing a side, it's about choosing the future.
The Belfast group could comfortably power an underground warehouse party after-dark, incite a mid-day festival mosh-pit, or shake an arena on any given evening. Their power has seamlessly translated to the stage with the group packing venues and delivering alternately sweaty and electrifying performances to a growing rabid fan base. As a group, they've sold out shows across the UK, EU and USA, notched festival performances such as Glastonbury, SXSW, BBK, Trans Musicals and more across 11 countries and were handpicked to tour alongside IDLES and Fontaines D.C..Coming from dissimilar backgrounds and rallying together naturally, Ben and Ross first crossed paths in film school. As the story goes, Ben had noticed a framed poster of Dublin disruptors Gilla Band in one of Ross's Instagram photos and felt a kinship before ever actually speaking to him. "Nobody else at our school was into experimental noise guitar bands, so that was all I needed to see," laughs Ben.
Emerging in 2022, Chalk initially made waves with songs like "Them," "Velodrome," and "Static." Ultimately, they come-of-age and tell a story that resonates beyond borders. Not just a portrait of the band, but one of their home, a complicated place where the sacrifices made and risks taken by activists, artists, ravers and punks created the only environment that a band like Chalk could emerge from. Crystalpunk is not about choosing a side, it's about choosing the future.
TRACK LIST:
1 .
Tongue
(02:28)
2 . Pain (03:02)
3 . Can't Feel It (03:38)
4 . Longer (04:59)
5 . One-Nine-Eight-Zero (04:07)
6 . Eclipse (00:57)
7 . Skem (03:48)
8 . I .C. (03:32)
9 . Béal Feirste (08:00)
10 .Ache (04:32)
2 . Pain (03:02)
3 . Can't Feel It (03:38)
4 . Longer (04:59)
5 . One-Nine-Eight-Zero (04:07)
6 . Eclipse (00:57)
7 . Skem (03:48)
8 . I .C. (03:32)
9 . Béal Feirste (08:00)
10 .Ache (04:32)
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