After a string of successful singles in recent years, here is finally the first full-length album from Melbourne-based rock ‘n’ roll duo Thee Cha Cha Chas. For Temple Of Mirth, Kylie Coufos (bass, vocals) and Lluis Fuzzhound (guitar, drums, vocals) performed, recorded and mixed the twelve new tracks all by themselves. It led to straightforward, raw rhythm & blues, laced with psych in the title track (“You ever been into the stars?”) and glam in KALMIYH (“Marc Bolan you look so golden”), which comes across as pure and lively. There’s a heartfelt cover of Bob Dylan’s It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue (with a fitting cha-cha-cha closing chord), but the self-penned tunes are just as engaging.
Temple Of Mirth, mastered by Mike Mariconda, is out now digitally and on vinyl LP through Folc Records.