Midnight Rodeo – Chaos Era

Midnight Rodeo's debut album Chaos Era is out now! Just like the band’s live performances, Chaos Era is packed with a palpable joy.

The group’s unique sound combines a powerful groove laden rhythm section, alongside jangly guitars, theremin-esque synths and booming organs, all held together with the ethereal, honeyed vocals of enigmatic front-woman Maddy Chamberlain. Krauty and latin-esque grooves are juxtaposed with powerful psych-pop garage floor-fillers – hypnotic and chaotic in equal measure.

The album is a kind of coming-of-age “suite”, as the unit of 20-somethings wrestle with subjects such as relationships, shifting social dynamics, changing hopes and dreams. With no pointed political agenda, this is about “escape”. Just like the band’s live performances, Chaos Era is packed with a palpable joy.

“We want people to tap into why we are always smiling on stage, we want people to dance.”

“What we do is Dada-istic. The drums play hooks, the bass plays parts usually taken by brass, the guitar’s playing West Coast psyche over disco rhythms.”

Recorded with Samana’s Franklin Mockett at the acclaimed duo’s residential studio, over 10 days, in sometimes 16 hour sessions with incense burning, whiskey flowing, and vintage amp valves glowing, the songs are collaborative efforts. The bands' different musical backgrounds result in a genre criss-crossing and totally unique creative collisions.