Let’s start with the title. The Chats don’t care what you think, and even less (I hope) what the Guardian thinks. This band did not care what Karl Stefanovic thought when they ran around the set of the Today show. And nor should they, as a reprobate punk band from Pig City, AKA Brisbane (via the Sunshine Coast).
That said, there are some signs of growing pains on Get Fucked, the follow-up to 2020’s High Risk Behaviour. In some ways, this album is to the Chats what Leave Home was to Ramones: it’s tighter, with better playing and a tougher sound, but lacks some of the naive charm that made their debut so endearing. They have also lost guitarist Josh Price, and he takes a little of the Chats’ humour with him.
