The Chameleons have announced Where Are You?, a three-song EP that will be their first studio recordings in over 20 years. The EP will be out May 24. The title track will also be on Arctic Moon, the post-punk greats’ first album since 2001’s Why Call it Anything? (which was their first album in 15 years).
“For the first time since the death of John [Lever] and the departure of Dave [Fielding], I felt we were a proper band capable of creating some interesting and exciting music,” frontman Mark Burgess says. “By the time we’d gotten through COVID, Reg [Smithies, guitarist] and I had a very solid band in place, people whose talent we trusted in to bring out the best in whatever ideas we were able to get off the ground.”
In addition to “Where Are You?,” the EP features “Endlessly Falling,” a song that has been in The Chameleons’ repertoire since their earliest days, and acoustic ballad “Forever.” No music from the EP has been released yet but you can check out artwork below.
As for the album, Burgess says, “At this moment, we’re halfway through, but already everyone in the band is excited by what they’re hearing. We’ve managed to transcend the confines of our own legacy and finally forge something fresh. It’s undoubtedly The Chameleons to everyone that has heard the direction the band is now heading in.” Stay tuned.
The EP will be out just in time for The Chameleons’ North American tour where they’ll play their 1986 album Strange Times in full. West Coast dates start May 30 in San Diego, and East Coast dates start August 8 in Philadelphia and include a NYC show at Webster Hall on August 16. All dates are listed below.
Where Are You?
1. Where Are You?
2. Endlessly Falling
3. Forever
The Chameleons – 2024 Tour Dates
May 30 San Diego CA Music Box
May 31 Los Angeles CA The Belasco
Jun 4 Vancouver BC The Pearl
Jun 5 Seattle WA El Corazon
Jun 6 Portland OR Hawthorne Theater
Jun 7 Sacramento CA Harlow’s
Jun 8 San Francisco CA Great American Music Hall
Jun 9 San Francisco CA Great American Music Hall
Jun 11 Salt Lake City UT Urban Lounge
Jun 12 Denver CO Oriental Theater
Jun 13 Kansas City MO recordBar
Jun 14 Dallas TX Sundown at The Granada
Jun 15 Houston TX Dark Ceremony Festival
Jun 17 El Paso TX Lowbrow Palace
Jun 18 Albuquerque NM Launchpad
Jun 19 Tucson AZ 191 Toole
Jun 20 Phoenix AZ Last Exit Live
Aug 8 Philadelphia PA Underground Arts
Aug 9 New Haven CT Space Ballroom
Aug 10 Boston MA The Sinclair
Aug 12 Montreal QC Theatre Fairmount
Aug 13 Toronto ON Opera House
Aug 14 Buffalo NY Town Ballroom
Aug 15 Pittsburgh PA Spirit Hall
Aug 16 New York NY Webster Hall
Aug 17 Washington DC Black Cat