Chilton

Chilton Chilton LP

The self-titled sophomore album from Brooklyn-based CHILTON, a five-piece (super?) group, strikes a balance between honoring its members’ pedigrees and carving its own space. Founded by Josh Carothers (I FARM, EARWORMS), this album sees a couple lineup changes since their debut, including Abe Brennan (DEAD PIONEERS, MY NAME) stepping in for Bill Stevenson (DESCENDENTS/ALL/BLACK FLAG) on guitar. The recording sounds great and the songs lean toward an ALL-inspired vibe, featuring some sharp musicianship with minimal wank. The tracks “Mouth to Ear” and “One More to Go” bring to mind NOMEANSNO, and that might be the highest praise I can imagine. Propulsive, fun, and recommended.

• Reviewer Jeff Cost
• Label Dead Broke
• Issue MRR #501 • February 2025

Chilton Little Birds LP

There’s a whole helluva lot going on here. It’s spastic, metallic in a late ’90s kinda way. Lyrics are all over the damn place. Guitar solos are about every three to ten seconds seconds or so, with genre and tempo switches similarly paced. I kinda really hate it, but I gotta admit that it’s intense as fuck, and probably took collectively 30 years off of the lives of the members to create, and I listened to the whole thing and didn’t groan once. This is probably hot shit in some circles, and I can see why. It’s certainly proficient, dynamic, passionate, and played at breakneck speeds most of the time. It’s just a little too not-a-hair-outta-place-core for me.

• Reviewer Ryan Modee
• Label Dead Broke
• Issue MRR #436 • September 2019