Chum are somewhat of an enigma, emerging from the flourishing London DIY Psych and noise rock scene earlier this year, band members are currently credited as Marvin Gardens, Randy Burns, Johnny Utah, Sweet Pudding and Tomas. They have already gained an underground reputation for bringing a live show which floats somewhere between séance, pantomime and bad trip; Chum clearly have a passion for humour, theatrics and the ethereal all the while set to a backdrop of crushing bass heavy sonics, maniacal kraut-tinged drumming and toe-tapping pop-esque melodics, interspersed with a dry somewhat disturbed vocal delivery. Beefcake Doctrine is the first single to be released from their forthcoming album, Metaphysical, due out in April of this year (also on Evil Blizzard’s record label Crackedankles) ...
