Ep256: Eamon Sandwith of The Chats
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2021
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
The rise of Australian shed-rock trio The Chats is a phenomenal story and their new LP "High Risk Behaviour" is universally hailed as one of the best releases of the year. Today founder Eamon Sandwith talks band history, career inflection points, garnering famous fans, collectable vinyl and next steps for the Queensland group.
If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hey everyone, welcome to this episode of The Vinyl Guide. This is Nate here, and we here at the |
| 0:04.6 | Vinyl Guide podcast are celebrating Australia Day a little bit early with a conversation with |
| 0:10.7 | Aman Sanwith of the Chats, a fantastic band from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. |
| 0:17.9 | Now, if you haven't heard of the chats yet, well, this should be an |
| 0:21.4 | interesting one for you as the chats released one of my favorite albums of 2020 high-risk |
| 0:27.8 | behavior. The chats are extraordinary. They're hilarious. Their music is exactly what the world |
| 0:33.6 | needs now. Something fun, high energy, and no bullshit. And by the way, much of the world |
| 0:39.3 | is already catching on to the chats. They're huge in the UK. Pre-COVID, they played a show in |
| 0:44.6 | L.A. where they were greeted by the likes of Dave Grohl, Keith Morris, and Alex Turner of the Arctic |
| 0:49.6 | monkeys. The chats were even due to play Coachella in 2020, but we all know what happened to that. |
| 0:55.0 | So it looks like the chats are going to have to put off their world domination just a little bit longer. |
| 1:02.2 | Anywho, Aman is the singer, songwriter, and driving force of the chats. |
| 1:07.6 | And today we talk about all sorts of things, including writing the songs, the rise of Smoko, the vinyl of the chats. Today we talk about all sorts of things, including writing the songs, the rise of |
| 1:12.4 | Smokoe, the vinyl of the chats, recording high-risk behavior, what's next for the band, |
| 1:18.5 | and their new record label, Bargan Bin Records, where the chats are putting out music for other |
| 1:23.8 | bands that are part of their community. So to hear what that sounds like, head over to bargain bin records. |
| 1:29.3 | Bancamp.combe. |
| 1:30.3 | Grab some vinyl from bands like Headlice, Dennis Cometti, |
| 1:33.3 | purv endings, the unknowns, and yes, even the chats. |
| 1:37.3 | That's bargainbin records.bancamp.com. |
| 1:40.3 | And hey there, record nerds, don't forget to clean your records with the groove washer record |
| 1:46.8 | cleaning system. You spend good money on your records, protect them, and make them sound their |
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