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28 July 2023

Band: CHEW MAGNA
Who: Up-and-coming indies
from Manchester.

New single/video: SECRETS
Their ode to compulsive lying,
bull-shitting and hyperbole. Oops.

Laurie (singer/songwriter): “Secrets originally started life as an acoustic song
I wrote for my folk group, but we jammed it a few times, channeling bands like
Sebadoh and Superchunk and it transformed pretty quickly. Clocking in at just
over two minutes, what ‘Secrets’ lacks in duration it makes up for in volume!

Simon: We wanted it to be noisy to juxtapose the poppy melodies. Laurie
and I don’t play a single note in the verse, we just leave the guitars to start
squealing”.

TUTV: It’s one of those (not so frequent) tunes that you know you’ll love after
15 seconds. Secrets is a straightforward, solid rocker that leaves the gate with
greedy drum hits and screeching guitars in the back, but in an eye/ear blink the
engine starts up and races towards the jubilant chorus. A bit of Weezer and, yes,
Lou Barlow (Sebadoh / Dinosaur Jr) here and there.

Anyway, it’s an instant rock earworm. One little remark: it’s pretty short.
On the other hand, lets not forget that the Ramones made a living out of
2-minute songs and secondly, there’s always the repeat button. Click.

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