{"product_id":"surprise-chef-all-news-is-good-news-black-vinyl","title":"Surprise Chef \/ All News Is Good News (Black Vinyl)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product__description rte quick-add-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is something simultaneously both brand-new and retro about 'All News Is Good News’ - the 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first limited pressing of 'All News Is Good News’ was released on the band's own 'College Of Knowledge' imprint in November 2019. It slipped rapidly into the collective consciousness of underground music lovers around the world, with all copies selling out within a week and becoming a firm favourite with UK tastemaker label Mr Bongo, who subsequently reissued the cult disc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhilst the band is comprised of four core members, the album features friends and family as guest instrumentalists on flute, saxophone, vibraphone, congas, and assorted percussion; all adeptly recorded by engineer Henry Jenkins from the band Karate Boogaloo. The warm-raw-authenticity of the album was captured in the recordings live to tape over a handful of sessions in the band’s home studio in Melbourne’s inner-northern suburb of Coburg. As band member Lachlan Stuckey explains “All of the music we record is tracked live to tape, simply because so many of the records we love most were made that way\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe results are a captivating journey of instrumental cinematic-soul that will connect with the hardened Axelrod, Truth \u0026amp; Soul, El Michels Affair, and Daptone's fans, as well as the open-minded first-time listener.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eTRACKLIST:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eAll News Is Good News\u003cbr\u003eHerbie Hemphill\u003cbr\u003eBlyth Street Nocturne\u003cbr\u003eHave You Fed Baby Huey Today\u003cbr\u003eYung Boi Suite\u003cbr\u003eCrayfish Caper\u003cbr\u003eFlip Shelton\u003cbr\u003eDrinking From The Cup Of Bob Knob\u003cbr\u003eMario’s Lament\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Surprise Chef","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44179423821942,"sku":"COK004","price":55.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0006\/9566\/4758\/files\/SurpriseChefAllNewsIsGoodNews.webp?v=1789344983","url":"https:\/\/merchjungle.com\/products\/surprise-chef-all-news-is-good-news-black-vinyl","provider":"Merch Jungle ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}