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Chet Faker announces debut LP ‘Built On Glass’ out Apr 24

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‘Built on Glass’ is the highly anticipated follow up to Chet Faker’s Gold-selling debut EP ‘Thinking in Textures’.  It will be released by Australian tastemaker labels Future Classic and Opulent and available for pre-order on iTunes now.

‘Built on Glass’ was recorded and produced himself over a two-year period and melds Chet’s effortless RnB vocals and pop melodies with a youth spent making house, disco and intricate beats.

First cut ‘Talk is Cheap’ premiered on Noisey today and is available now.  Check out the compelling video for the stunning single here.

Says Chet of the record:

“I recorded the album at my home studio. I rent a small converted cooling room in the heritage listed North Melbourne meat market.   Honesty is a big part of the record.  I recorded with easily affordable equipment, the budget was tiny.  It’s the first time I’ve ever worked on a full length and I felt like hi-fidelity wasn’t something to strive for working in a room on my own.  Lyrically, I wanted to explore how my life directly affected my music – that’s the glass, I guess.’

Chet has had a dream run since the release of Thinking in Textures in 2012: sell-out shows across Australia, the US, UK and Europe; festival slots including the Laneway FestivalSplendourFalls and Field Day; media support the world over (including Radio 1’s Zane Lowe and Huw StephensPitchforkPrefix Mag and Filter); deals with influential labels Downtown Records (US), PIAS and Chess Club (UK); and a series of heralded collaborations with Say Lou LouKilo Kish and Flume.

Back home, Chet Faker was nominated for five 2012 Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) Awards, winning for Best Independent Single/EP and Breakthrough Independent Artist. He was also nominated for two Rolling Stone Awards for Best New Talent and Best Independent Release, winning Best Independent Release. His Flume collab, single ‘Drop the Game’ and Lockjaw EP, was certified Gold within weeks of its release and polled at #5 in the 2014 triple j Hottest 100.

Chet Faker will be appearing at March’s SXSW Festival.

 

 

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