Surprise Chef - All News Is Good News

There is something simultaneously both brand-new and retro about All News Is Good News - the 2020 debut album from Melbourne's instrumental soul group Surprise Chef. It sounds like something dreamt up by lo-fi cousins of David Axelrod and Janko Nilovic, with dramatic Library-music-eqsue cinematic arrangements echoing both light and dark, delving into moments of dissonance and positivity. There is a meticulous education of 1970’s soul on display that touches on the legacies of the great composer / producers, yet at the same time this is a truly contemporary record that could have only been made now.

This vinyl edition produced by Mr. Bongo Records in 2020.

TRACKLISTING:

1. All News Is Good News
2. Herbie Hemphill
3. Blyth Street Nocturne
4. Have You Fed Baby Huey Today
5. Yung Boi Suite
6. Crayfish Caper
7. Flip Shelton
8. Drinking From The Cup Of Bob Knob
9. Mario's Lament