The Chap: "Well Done Europe" (Lo Recordings, 2010)

Styled as ‘Dadaist pop’, The Chap are a singular proposition. Their primary concerns to date may be modern alternative’s most meta; on the one hand obervational, uber-arch verse-chorus oddness (‘I Am Oozing Emotion’, ‘Fun And Interesting’), on the other satire about modern musical tropes (‘Woop Woop’, ‘Proper Rock’), always studded with detached one-liners in clearly enunciated, deliberately higher class accents and enveloped inside carefully multi-layered electronic new wave prog-pop with beats and sudden diversions. “Let’s party!” centrally declares a song called ‘Nevertheless, The Chap’. The press release may refer to Well Done Europe as their “sell out”, but suffice to say only so in their peculiar minds.