Passed Away by Chaos Emeralds

TAPES AVAILABLE FROM CRUEL NATURE HERE:
https://cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/passed-away

"This sounds like it was dipped in a great big vat of fuzziness, saturated in the essence of shoegaze, dried by blasting pop at it in huge waves and then hit with a hammer to roughen all the edges, surfaces and anything else that may have been smooth. It’s great, slow, toned back and emotional. Have a listen, seriously, trust me."
- Adrian Bloxham, Fighting Boredom
https://www.fighting-boredom.co.uk/album-review/yellow-belly-chaos-emeralds-the-orphaned-bee-bonnie-trash-collosloth-venamoris-various-artists/

"a fine band with a rather wonderful atmospheric sound"
- Brian Shea, Monolith Cocktail
monolithcocktail.com/2025/02/04/our-daily-bread-636-eamon-the-destroyer-cats-of-transnistria-john-howard-yellow-belly/

"The way the elements play off one another, simultaneously combining and contrasting, is key to both the sound and the appeal."
- Christopher Nosnibor, Aural Aggravation
auralaggravation.com/2025/01/28/chaos-emeralds-passed-away/

“Once described as sludgy shoegaze, this release doubles down on that description by upping the fuzz, the twinkly melodies and the reverb on the vocals. The end result is a cult classic in the making. ‘Count Me Out’ is akin to a psych band trying to play funeral doom while ‘Asking Too Much’ is the best Spaceman 3 song never written by Spacemen 3.”
- Christopher Owens, Predominance 48
www.thepensivequill.com/2025/01/predominance-48.html

"Passed Away" is the second album from Lanark / Reading based sludgy shoegaze project Chaos Emeralds. Formerly the solo project of Charlie Butler (Cody Noon, Neutraliser, Mothertrucker) with releases on strictly no capital letters, Les Disques Rabat-Joie and Trepenation Records, Chaos Emeralds has now expanded to a duo with Sean Hewson (Monster Movie, Head Drop, This) joining on lyrics and vocals.

"Passed Away" combines the lo-fi slowcore, shoegaze and doomy post-rock sounds of the previous Chaos Emeralds releases with a more song-focused approach to create a set of scuzzy emo gems.

Tracklist

1.	Passed Away	4:42

2.	Count Me Out	3:31

3.	Juggler	5:19

4.	Asking Too Much	5:31

5.	Matter	4:40

6.	All That There Is	5:18

7.	Welcome Home	3:17

8.	In Our Times	6:08

Credits

released January 11, 2025

Charlie Butler - machines
Sean Hewson - vocals

Written / recorded by Butler / Hewson
Mastered by Jack Chuter
Artwork by J. Lloyd

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