Australia’s CIVIC have today announced the May 30th release of their third album, Chrome Dipped via ATO Records. Willing to break free from the raw, distinctly Australian punk rock blueprint of Future Forecast (2021) and Taken By Force (2023) — an album praised by MOJO with four stars and hailed by NME as “a blunt, muscly rock record that’s constantly on edge” — CIVIC push themselves into fresh creative territory with Chrome Dipped. Marking a bold shift from their signature sound, the LP finds the band exploring new sonic territory while maintaining their sharp intensity.
“We’d been pushing a sort of ’70s Australian punk sound with our first two records, but I think we wanted to take it in a different direction,” says guitarist Lewis Hodgson. “I think it was all starting to feel a bit stale.”
“We didn’t really know what we were going to make but we went into it very open for change,” adds vocalist Jim McCullough.
Today CIVIC share the first taste of this new sound via the self-titled lead single ‘Chrome Dipped’. The track blends gritty, swaggering riffs with a driving relentless energy and the band share, “’Chrome Dipped’ is about finding human emotion and a world that’s hurling towards complete reliance on the machine.”
1. The Fool
2. Chrome Dipped
3. Gulls Way
4. The Hogg
5. Trick Pony
6. Poison
7. Amissus
8. Starting All The Dogs Off
9. Fragrant Rice
10. Swing Of The Noose
Chrome Dipped via ATO Records.
UK/EU Tour Dates
June 24th | San Sebastian, ES – Dabadaba
June 25th | Madrid, ES – El Sol
June 26th | Valencia, ES – Loco Club
June 27th | Barcelona, ES – Upload
June 28th | Vitoria, ES – Helldorado
June 30th | Bologna, IT – Freakout Club
July 1st | Milan, IT – Punkadeka Preview @ Magnolia
July 3rd | Belfast, UK – Voodoo
July 4th | Dublin, IE – Workmans Cellar
July 5th | Waterford, IE – Luca Records & Skate Shop
July 6th | Limerick, IE – Kasbah
July 8th | Manchester, UK – Gullivers
July 9th | London, UK – Moth Club
July 10th | Cheltenham, UK – 2000 Trees Festival
July 12th | Belgium, BE – Sjock Festival
July 13th | Dusseldorf, DE – Ratinger Hof
July 14th | Berlin, DE – Privatclub
July 15th | Hamburg, DE – Goldener Salon @ Hafenklang
July 18th | Kristiansand, NO – Ravnedalen Live
July 19th | Tromso, NO – Bukta Festival (with DJ set that night)
July 24th | Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
July 25th | Paris, FR – Supersonic
July 26th and 27th | Binic, FR – Binic Folk Blues Festival