The new album from Dolph Chaney on CD in a six panel Digipack with a lyric sheet foldout.
DOLPH CHANEY (Chicago, Illinois)

Chicagoland indie-pop singer-songwriter guitarist DOLPH CHANEY can't seem to stop making new friends and fans, and that process has accelerated exponentially in recent years. After a long but low-key couple of decades self-producing and self-releasing winning but too-little-heard lo-fi masterpieces of intelligent, playful and often heartbreaking art pop, his first Big Stir Records release REBUILDING PERMIT brought his music to a wider world 2020. That world was unfortunately and quite literally nosediving into an unprecedented pandemic just as the record's release date arrived... but the circumstances that put the brakes on so many artistic endeavors only served to make the album the "right record at the right time", nurtured by Chaney's adaptability to quarantine-era live streaming performance and heartfelt fan interactions. REBUILDING PERMIT proved to be a genuine breakthrough album, winning a wide global audience and many honors, culminating in his coronation as WOODY RADIO's Artist Of The Year.
Astonishingly, it would prove to be just the first chapter of Chaney's 21st Century leveling-up. A consummate collaborator, Dolph has found his new stature in the global guitar pop world offering opportunities to play and record with many of its leading lights, developing a particular rapport with multi-instrumentalist and producer NICK BERTLING, celebrated for his creative work as bertling noise laboratories and helming much-loved records from Chris Church, Gretchen's Wheel among others. Meanwhile, the impetus to keep his weekly live webcast shows on Woody Radio fresh saw Chaney delving into his own deep back catalog of songs. Dolph and Nick quickly hatched a plan to re-record the best of those songs with an entirely new sonic aesthetic in place – something blending the signature sounds of key Chaney influences like Bob Mould, Peter Gabriel and Harry Nilsson.
Things moved quickly, and mere months later, THIS IS DOLPH CHANEY was the dazzling and thoroughly engrossing result: an entirely new record, equal parts deeply considered craft and inspired immediacy. At once a career summation, an introduction, and a sonic leap forward for Chaney. Riding on the momentum of Dolph's emergence onto a wider stage TIDC was an immediate hit, propelling its songs into rotation and charts with radio outlets worldwide and garnering glowing notices from critics and new fans alike. With an indie hit on his hands and pandemic-era restrictions lifting, Dolph was able to fulfill his long-held ambitions of forming a backing band. It was thus that that DOLPH CHANEY & THE PHINS were born, and they've been lighting up stages in and around Chicago ever since.
Unsurprisingly, that live energy – and Dolph's oft-cited tendency to find inspiration from the bands with whom he's been sharing stages – would serve as fuel for a new set of songs. After all, it's been three years since his last set of all-new material on REBUILDING PERMIT, and the collaboration with Bertling has proved a natural fit. New songs have increasingly dotted Dolph's sets with The Phins and sessions with Nick have continued almost without a break since the recording of THIS IS DOLPH CHANEY, and the reality is that an audience, at home and abroad, is eagerly awaiting more music from one of indie-pop's most beloved rising stars. And it's on its way: the single “Mr. Eli” is the first track from the new record to hit the airwaves, and there's much more to come with the album set for an Autumn release. Without giving too much away, you can expect to see DOLPH CHANEY's mug everywhere this fall. But that's nothing compared to what you'll be hearing.
The new album from Dolph Chaney features 13 all new tracks produced by Nick Bertling. Track list:
- Status Unknown (4:03)
- I Wanted You (3:44)
- Beat It (2:34)
- Cuddle Party (4:11)
- Now I Am A Man (3:16)
- Meaningless (6:52)
- Pleasant Under Glass (3:26)
- Sideless World (3:31)
- My Good Twin (2:15)
- Scales (4:23)
- Under The Overpass (4:55)
- Worship Song (4:53)
- Graveyard Shift (3:56)
Dolph Chaney's new album and his first for Big Stir Records!
- It's OK
- If I Write It Down
- The Handling
- The Biscuit (Who Grabbed My Face)
- Diet of Worms
- The President Of The United States Is The Breitbart Bimbo
- Broken
- A Good Road Is Hard To Find
- (Who Am I) To Ask You To Dance?
The 2005 release from Chicagoland's DOLPH CHANEY includes the stone cold classic "Status Unknown" among a raft of heartfelt lo-fi gems!
- (Untitled)
- Hello World
- Cuddle Party
- Weaving In The Rain
- Going Steady
- Make Me
- Mother McCrae's Fake Jar Of Pigeons, Volume 12
- April Fools
- Shine
- Status Unknown
- Headbonker
- got control?
- (Untitled)
Dolph Chaney's full-band release from 1998 shows the Chicagoland singer-songwriter in rocking form, with heartfelt hooks to spare.
- New Years
- Stupid Girl
- Ocean
- Miss You
- Let Me Lie
- Autumn Leaves
- Make Me A Baby
- My Crucifixion
- Bird
- Rise
- Heaven
- Out Of The Picture
- Take It Away
Big Stir Records is extraordinarily proud to bring you the all-new album MUG by rising Chicagoland indie-pop troubadour DOLPH CHANEY. The thirteen-song collection – the followup to the 2021 indie-radio favorite THIS IS DOLPH CHANEY and his third for BSR – sees release on CD and all streaming platforms October 6 and is up for pre-order and pre-save
Big Stir Records is extraordinarily proud to bring you the all-new album MUG by rising Chicagoland indie-pop troubadour DOLPH CHANEY. The thirteen-song collection – the followup to the 2021 indie-radio favorite THIS IS DOLPH CHANEY and his third for BSR – sees release on CD and all streaming platforms October 6 and is up for pre-order and pre-save now (https://orcd.co/dolphchaney-mug). Featuring this year's hit single “Mr. Eli” and its beguiling followup “Cool In The Sunshine,” MUG continues Chaney's rewarding collaboration with ace producer NICK BERTLING, whose sonic acumen made THIS IS... such an engrossing listen. But where its predecessor saw Chaney and Bertling mining a rich back catalog of road-tested originals, MUG's fresh material presents a portrait of where Dolph Chaney is today, and one sure to thrill his growing fanbase on the global pop-rock scene.
What radiates off of MUG from its opening cascade of ringing, overdriven guitar is exactly what's made DOLPH CHANEY such a mainstay of the indie pop world so quickly: the man and his music are quite simply, irresistibly, charming. Dolph himself might bristle at that reductive description, and in fact he spends much of the opening track (the blazing college rock-fueled “Nice”) doing just that. But he does so with the rare warmth, humor and humanity that informs all of the songs here. Consider his oft-cited, eclectic list of primary influences, including Harry Nilsson, Bob Mould and Peter Gabriel, and Dolph's uncanny ability to triangulate between the most openhearted moments of each, arriving at a voice and identity that's uniquely, unmistakably his own.
Even when the guitars are churning and the vocal cords approaching maximum rawness – which is often, with Cheap Trick-meets-Guided By Voices crunch being a key tenet of Chaney and Bertling's soundscapes -- we're never far from a moment of tenderness, humor or empathy that brings us back to the center of Dolph's world. It could be the loping piano of the slyly self-deprecating “Bad Bet,” the utterly unique relationship portrait underpinning the Split Enz-like “Ice Cream Embers” or the boisterous, radio-ready power pop of “Californiagain” chronicling his raving-success 2021 West Coast solo tour. It could be something darker, like the resignation of the e-bow-driven, shoegaze-inflected “Good Luck With All That,” or more wounded, like the ultimately cathartic “Critic (The Mirror).” But it's always there, always striking, and always framed by the catchiest of melodies and sympathetic, often surprising, production touches.
On MUG, Chaney celebrates not only road life but also home life (including feline paean “Mr. Eli” and a couple of actual straightforward love songs in “Cool In The Sunshine” and “Love Around You”) and most of all his inner life. There is a late-album arc wherein Dolph tackles longstanding struggles with increasing grace, confidence, and even joy in the end, from the yearning hard rock of “Only Hope” through the jangling recovery anthem “The First Time Back” that closes the album. And while this is nothing new to his work, it’s never been this accessible and direct, and it's never been easier to hear what makes Dolph's work so special: it's unforced, unflinchingly honest, big-hearted whether that heart's nosediving or soaring, and always inviting. And that's the very definition of charm.
MUG is the culmination of four extraordinary years for Dolph Chaney. It can properly be considered the natural third part to the trilogy commenced when he burst to prominence on the global indie-pop scene with his 2020 Big Stir Records bow REBUILDING PERMIT, whose release date linked it almost inextricably with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. That tragedy of timing, leavened by Chaney's extraordinary ability to rise to the challenge as a beacon of hope through creativity and community, made for an auspicious debut to an audience hungry for just what he had to offer. In truth, Dolph had been self-releasing low key, lo-fi recordings since his teen years in the late '80s, consistently delivering a unique mix of power-pop whimsy and folkie earnestness, with big, warm, sweet, funny and poignant pop songs -- ingeniously written, exuberantly performed. But at a singularly befuddling cultural moment, the songs on REBUILDING PERMIT simply clicked, and Dolph was on to bigger things.
Before the year was out, Dolph had been named Artist Of The Year by respected Internet station Woody Radio among numerous other honors that would be the envy of many an emerging artist. But the real rewards for Chaney were the embrace of a collaborative community of likeminded musicians, and above all the connection with producer/drummer/multi-hyphenate Nick Bertling, with whom he was recording his next record THIS IS DOLPH CHANEY before most of the pop scene had caught its breath. If REBUILDING had been a watershed, THIS IS... proved a genuine breakthrough, acclaimed via rave reviews in The Big Takeover, babysue and Louder Than War. Venerable Chicago radio outlets responded: there was regular airplay on WNUR-FM, WLUW-FM and CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM (where Dolph scored a Top 10 chart placement). Standout single “My Good Twin” earned a Song Of The Year honor from Pop-A-Looza and received multiple spins on SiriusXM 's Little Steven's Underground Garage via Rodney Bingenheimer and Bill Kelly.
The synergy with Bertling proved more than potent enough to repeat, and Chaney found himself brewing up the new set of tunes that are now to be served up on MUG. With the percolation complete, the new tunes are hitting the radio and Dolph is, for the first time this century, leading a full band: DOLPH CHANEY & THE PHINS have booked a solid schedule of gigs in and around Chicago to present the new songs in all their blazing glory, with an eye toward wider touring in the coming year. It's clear that MUG is not just a culmination, but a brand new jumping-off point, and if recent years have proved anything about DOLPH CHANEY, it's that he'll rise to any challenge with rare determination, aplomb, and, yes, abundant charm. Take a swig from DOLPH CHANEY's MUG today, and keep it handy for refills.
Expected release: October 6, 2023
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Nice 3:330:00/3:33
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Cool In The Sunshine 3:310:00/3:31
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Mr. Eli 3:360:00/3:36
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Love Around You 3:570:00/3:57
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Bad Bet 4:040:00/4:04
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Ice Cream Embers 3:030:00/3:03
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Undone 3:320:00/3:32
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How It Really Was 3:120:00/3:12
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Only Hope 5:460:00/5:46
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Californiagain 2:590:00/2:59
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Critic (The Mirror) 4:260:00/4:26
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First Time Back 3:310:00/3:31
The second advance single from "Mug", the new album by acclaimed Chicagoland indie rocker Dolph Chaney, "Cool In The Sunshine" also features the exclusive non-album B-side "The Old Ghosts".
Expected release: September 29, 2023
Chicagoland indie-pop troubadour DOLPH CHANEY – recently making a big noise with acclaimed local gigs fronting his freshly-minted backing band THE PHINS – makes a surprise return with the brand new single “Mr. Eli” and its virtual B-side “Murderfish” on Friday, August 4 (with pre-orders and pre-save live now: https://orcd.co/dolphchaney-mreli).
Chicagoland indie-pop troubadour DOLPH CHANEY – recently making a big noise with acclaimed local gigs fronting his freshly-minted backing band THE PHINS – makes a surprise return with the brand new single “Mr. Eli” and its virtual B-side “Murderfish” on Friday, August 4 (with pre-orders and pre-save live now: https://orcd.co/dolphchaney-mreli). The A-side is the world's first preview of Dolph's highly anticipated new album due this fall from BIG STIR RECORDS, again produced by NICK BERTLING who helmed the singer-songwriter-guitarist's breakthrough album THIS IS DOLPH CHANEY (2021). Here, Bertling swings hard on the drums as Chaney's blazing guitar and swooping vocals evoke his heroes Bob Mould and Harry Nilsson in equal measure, delivering a slyly loving tribute to an animal companion which, like its subject, is instantly adorable despite (or perhaps because of) its teeth.
“For those of you who don't like songs about cats, here's another of my songs about cats,” jokes Dolph, “specifically my eldest, a spirited chartreuse whose scar-tissued eye does not hinder him from seeing his world and going after it with full gusto. Yes, he really plays fetch, loves my father-in-law the best, and steals French fries. I wrote the tune as a direct result of catching many live acts – particularly Bishop’s Daredevil Stunt Club, Alpine Subs, Elephonic, and Einstein’s Sister – as part of the 2022 International Pop Overthrow Festival in Chicago. So much gleeful tuneage and positive vibes couldn't help but rub off, and there's no better subject to apply that to than this awesome fuzzy scamp.”
The exclusive non-album B-side “Murderfish” is a sharp bite of August fun inspired by a quintessential Summer blockbuster film of years past. “Oh, and did I mention, Eli watches TV? Especially… murder-oriented TV? Specifically, most of all, programs about marine predators,” Dolph tells us. “And in particular: every single time JAWS comes on, he sits at attention and watches the show, intently. My wife and I decided that Eli considers it to be a classic documentary about the superheroic Murderfish, and the various jerks of Amity Island of whom he disposes. As for the song, thanks are due to Giovanny Blanco of Truck Stop Mixtape, whose songwriting challenge requesting new songs about sharks was a clear call to action. And a lot of arrangement credit goes to Nick Bertling, who took my more or less straight-up surfy demo and added not only the expertly maniacal battery and bass work but also a wildly screeching synth in place of a wordless falsetto vocal, and topped it all with gleefully ghoulish piano pounding worthy of John Cale. ”
“Murderfish” will remain exclusive to this digital single, while “Mr. Eli” teases something that Dolph's been more than hinting at at his recent live shows, debuting several new songs in addition to the single. Yes, a new album is already completed and on the way – expect it in October – and it's certain to thrill those who discovered the artist through THIS IS DOLPH CHANEY. Continuing the Bertling collaboration, the new record moves forward from TIDC's revisitation of the classic Chaney songbook to new songs reflecting Dolph's experiences and outlook over the past few tumultuous years. The title? Yet to be revealed, although we can promise you that you'll be seeing DOLPH CHANEY's mug all over the place this Autumn.
Big Stir Records is proud to present the continuing adventures of Chicagoland's DOLPH CHANEY with the February 20 release of THIS IS DOLPH CHANEY, the all-new followup to last year's watershed REBUILDING PERMIT. Featuring 13 tracks produced by NICK BERTLING, the album is available for pre-order on CD and digital formats at
Big Stir Records is proud to present the continuing adventures of Chicagoland's DOLPH CHANEY with the February 20 release of THIS IS DOLPH CHANEY, the all-new followup to last year's watershed REBUILDING PERMIT. Featuring 13 tracks produced by NICK BERTLING, the album is available for pre-order on CD and digital formats at www.bigstirrecords.com/store and everywhere now. As intimated by the title, it's at once a career summation, an introduction, and an artistic leap forward for Chaney, hot on the heels of the many honors and breakthroughs of 2020 which culminated in his coronation as WOODY RADIO's Artist Of The Year.
Dolph made unprecedented new friends and fans with his first label release in 2020, but the singer-guitarist has been writing and recording for decades, dating back to his teens in the late ‘80s. Throughout that career, Dolph worked in isolation with lo-fi gear and playing every instrument, aiming to capture his songs quickly and intuitively, then move to the next. It's an approach that reached its peak in terms of both artistry and audience reach on REBUILDING PERMIT, an album that changed everything for Chaney... and just happened to materialize in April 0f last year, when the nascent COVID-19 pandemic changed everything for everyone.
It came as no surprise to those who have known him as long as we have that Dolph proved to be that rare artist suited to thrive and grow in adversity. As that singular moment of cultural uncertainty began to mutate into one sociopolitical nightmare after another, Chaney too evolved, and his response was nothing short of inspirational. With his album earning admirers, airplay, and strong reviews worldwide, Dolph took an invitation from online radio station Woody Radio to perform regular live webcasts and ran with it. The shows brought Dolph more than just new listeners and a much-needed opportunity to interact. “I had the chance to push myself, to try things with my guitar and voice I hadn’t thought I could pull off,” he says. “I was blessed to have all of that keeping me engaged and sharp at such a bewildering time.”
The impetus to keep the shows fresh saw Chaney delving into his own deep back catalog as he caught the ears of other leading lights on the global pop rock scene. Enter NICK BERTLING, also a veteran of homemade music-making, celebrated for his creative work as bertling noise laboratories and helming much-loved records from GRETCHEN'S WHEEL among others. Dolph reached out to simply to express admiration for Nick's work on the just-released Futureman Records XTC tribute. By July 4, after trading tracks, shared admiration and feedback, Nick proposed working together. Things moved quickly, and mere months later, THIS IS DOLPH CHANEY is the dazzling and thoroughly engrossing result, equal parts deeply considered craft and inspired immediacy.
The title reflects the game plan that organically drove the collaboration: an album featuring new arrangements of what had been solo lo-fi songs from Chaney's back catalog that begged for something more. Bertling introduces a clear, direct approach to the sound and the definitive new beginning it represents. It's the first time Chaney has handed over the producer's reins, and a true collaboration, with Bertling sifting through a 50-song pool of candidates to workshop with Dolph. On the final record, songs written between 1991 and 2008, sourced from the Dolph's albums RIPPLES, INFINITY DOGS, HUMBUG GLORY, CLIMBING MOUNTAIN TIME, and GUMSHOE KOALA, all receive empathetic reworkings – some drastic, some subtle, all emblematic of the “next level” production mastery that Bertling brings to the table, with the needs of the tunes front and center.
THIS IS DOLPH CHANEY features key vocal contributions from Kevin & Scott Robertson (The Vapour Trails) on the late-Mersey swing of "Pleasant Under Glass", and Lindsay Murray (of Gretchen's Wheel, who also handles the art design) on the irresistibly rocking first single "Now I Am A Man". But at its core it's Dolph and Nick, who found their perspectives and skills to complement each other astonishingly well. It's a natural next step from REBUILDING PERMIT, where bringing sympathetic partners into the fold multiplied the effectiveness of the results.
The album is, in a word, expansive. Pandemic-era recording being what it is, Bertling and Chaney go home and go big at the same time, and the sound they conjure leaves the bedroom behind for a greater wide open. And it's all different kinds of huge, encompassing Cars-worthy pop (“Cuddle Party”), Bob Mould-tinged rock (“Scales”), and the inexorably building and harrowing arena massiveness of “Meaningless”. There are the evocative Lanois-like soundscapes bookending the record – the opening “Status Unknown” and gently insistent closer “Graveyard Shift” -- and the lushly propulsive college rock heights of “Worship Song” with its sly and striking refrain “Jesus, I'm a dumbass, please forgive me” (and the even more arresting response to the plea). At the forefront, always, is Chaney's voice, bringing newfound control and urgency to the swooping melodies he's crafted over the decades. Everything old is very much new again on TIDC.
“As often as not, the new arrangements on the record were initiated by Nick, and frequently they were complete (pleasant!) surprises to me,” Dolph reveals. Witness the transformation of “Under The Overpass” from a winsomely strummy acoustic number written in 1991 into a lush, seductive groove suggesting Seal or Sade, albeit still sung with Dolph’s signature vulnerability. Conversely, Dolph gives Nick credit for stoking the dormant rock energy in “I Wanted You” and “My Good Twin,” two previously mopey 2008 standouts that benefit greatly from the aural caffeination that makes their hooks simply pop.
The broadening of the production pallet and the tightening of the performances only bring everything that was visceral, heartbreaking, and wonderfully playful about DOLPH CHANEY into clearer focus. Building on a tremendous first year with Big Stir Records, with regular FM and online airplay as well as glowing press responses, he's ready to show rock listeners everywhere what all THIS IS about. On February 20, find out why THIS IS DOLPH CHANEY, and find a new favorite song.
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Status Unknown 4:030:00/4:03
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I Wanted You 3:440:00/3:44
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Beat It 2:340:00/2:34
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Cuddle Party 4:110:00/4:11
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Now I Am A Man 3:160:00/3:16
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Meaningless 6:520:00/6:52
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Pleasant Under Glass 3:260:00/3:26
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Sideless World 3:310:00/3:31
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My Good Twin 2:150:00/2:15
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Scales 4:230:00/4:23
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Under The Overpass 4:550:00/4:55
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Worship Song 4:530:00/4:53
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Graveyard Shift 3:560:00/3:56
Be My Old Fart / If I Write It Down (Big Stir Digital Single No. 89)
Dolph Chaney
BIG STIR RECORDS continues our Bonus Single Week! And today DOLPH CHANEY's back with a brand new followup to his acclaimed recent album: a double A-side, out at www.bigstirrecords.com/big-stir-digital-singles right now. And this time there's methane to his madness. Joining REBUILDING PERMIT standout "If I Write it Down" as the other A side is "Be
BIG STIR RECORDS continues our Bonus Single Week! And today DOLPH CHANEY's back with a brand new followup to his acclaimed recent album: a double A-side, out at www.bigstirrecords.com/big-stir-digital-singles right now. And this time there's methane to his madness. Joining REBUILDING PERMIT standout "If I Write it Down" as the other A side is "Be My Old Fart," a longtime cult favorite that's no longer so silent but just as deadly.
Dolph has had a few ones-that-got-away in his 33 years writing songs, before landing with Big Stir in summer 2019 for the "It's OK" single. One of the Chicagoland singer-songwriters's most popular vintage crowd pleasers, "Be My Old Fart" was originally released in an acoustic version on 2008's GUMSHOE KOALA. That album was his last one recorded on 4-track cassette (before taking his "fi" from "lo" to "lower-mid"), and among its wide variety of experiments lay several of Chaney's most opaquely glittering gems.
To finally get "Fart" afloat and rising as it always should have, none other than MICHAEL SIMMONS (Popdudes, Yorktown Lads, sparkle*jets U.K., and his own bad self) provides his prodigious talents as multi-instrumentalist, one-man chorale, and production maestro. "I never in my life thought anything this smooth could pass as still being mine!" says Chaney with delight. It's this same enthusiasm that rings through this cracked, witty declaration of love and invitation to not let it all evaporate away (...and folks, by some miracle, she said 'yes!'). Breathe deep and inhale the musical fruit of Dolph Chaney & Michael Simmons -- crank it up, and make sure to open a window.
The other “A” is a complete contrast, almost pre-ordained as the second single from the album and an airplay favorite since the its release. “This is the oldest song on REBUILDING PERMIT, having been written during - and about - a period of general writer's block in 2014,” explains Dolph. “It was put out as a crude YouTube video back then, complete with documented footage of my bare knees, which few had ever seen and no one had requested. Notwithstanding, I knew it was an important song, and it didn't let go of me. Over time, it became the totem for my whole process as the writing for the album gradually kicked into gear in 2017.” That fine record can be purchased at www.bigstirrecords.com/store as Chaney continues his banner year, with doubtless more to come!
BIG STIR RECORDS is proud to announce the April 3 release of REBUILDING PERMIT, the new album from DOLPH CHANEY, up for pre-order now at www.bigstirrecords.com/store and everywhere music is sold. Seven years since the Chicagoland singer-songwriter's last album - and two solid years in the making - the wait is over. Rebuilding Permit is in hand for
BIG STIR RECORDS is proud to announce the April 3 release of REBUILDING PERMIT, the new album from DOLPH CHANEY, up for pre-order now at www.bigstirrecords.com/store and everywhere music is sold. Seven years since the Chicagoland singer-songwriter's last album - and two solid years in the making - the wait is over. Rebuilding Permit is in hand for spring 2020, and Dolph is here to break new ground with his full-length debut on Big Stir.
It's an eclectic but focused stunner. Coming out of a challenging time of loss and recovery, Dolph has tightened up and written in a way that uses his imaginative skills to connect with his listeners at a deeper level than ever. You can still expect what you came for if you're already hip to his deal: chord changes, collisions of style, and turns of phrase that fly in from all directions, only to make themselves right at home. What's different here is that Chaney has kept the quirks and digressions as filigree, digging deeper to the emotions underneath. The whimsy is in the details rather than being the point. Our boy's grown up!
And for the first time since his 1998 New Bird Rise album, he and his quiver of guitars, Moog, and bass are not doing all the work alone. The Rebuilding crew includes engineer Milk Arnold, Ryan O'Malley (who adds roiling Hammond organ to "A Good Road Is Hard To Find"), and drummers Clayton Melocik (on the giant psych-jangle of leadoff track"It's OK") and Jim LeFager, who navigates the rest of the album's gauntlet of genres.
Indeed, you'll be treated to everything from rolling shanty-folk ("The Biscuit (Who Grabbed My Face)") to sensitive and deft rimshot grooves ("Broken," "If I Write It Down") and dam-smashing echo ("Diet Of Worms"), from searing and searching roots-rock ("The Handling”) and an end-of-prom last-nerds-standing waltz ("(Who Am I) To Ask You To Dance?") to the '90s-throwback agitpop-punk of "The President Of The United States Is The Breitbart Bimbo." The comparisons to Bob Mould, Guided By Voices, and even Peter Gabriel seem apt given the scope of the work on hand here.
Rebuilding Permit comes on the heels of two singles, “It's OK” and “The Handling”, which garnered international airplay and a wider audience for Chaney, yielding reviews from the likes of The Big Takeover (“a passionate wall of melody”) and a Dolph-curated artist block on Boom Radio's There Once Was A Note program. Both tracks, along with exclusive non-album B-sides, can be found on the BIG STIR SINGLES CD compilations (THE THIRD WAVE and THE SIXTH WAVE respectively). Dolph Chaney is thrilled to have REBUILDING PERMIT on file with Big Stir so he can get to work making a new home in your ears and hearts.
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It's OK 3:330:00/3:33
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If I Write It Down 4:410:00/4:41
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The Handling 3:260:00/3:26
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Diet Of Worms 4:010:00/4:01
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Broken 5:000:00/5:00
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