ChopChop - Bellwell

ChopChop have a unique sound, but inevitably some references are bandied about when describing them, such as Ze Records, The Beta Band, Stump, The Cramps, and Talking Heads.

The 10 songs of Bell Well span a period of 5 years that include changes in band members, the global pandemic and experimentation with new song structures.

Some of the tunes – The Weatherman, Shake it, Lost My Space and the 2023 released single Elástico – belong to the high octane rapid dancing rhythm that characterized the first album Everything Looks So Real with the guitar player, Danny Hammond.

A shift to more elaborate structures and guitar textures and effects can be heard under the command of Adrian Southby on guitar (the songs Rats, King Canute, Hide and Seek and The Cannery were co-written with Adrian).  

We Are God’s Potatoes and Feathers and Fins were conceived using ‘pass-the-parcel’ style due to the lockdown restrictions. We packed the LP up with a collaboration with the outside-art artist Jim Sanders (about whom see more below).