The Chameleons: 'Where Are You?' - video for title song of brand new EP by influential UK post-punk act made available | EP out now on Metropolis Records

The Chameleons released an EP entitled ‘Where Are You?’ last Friday (24th May), which contains the first brand new music by the Manchester-formed post-punk legends for 23 years. They have today issued a video for its hard-charging title track, which has been directed by Martin Swinney at Periscope.

“The band was scattered to the four winds at the time, so a more traditional form of video was out of the question given the time frame,” states vocalist/bassist and band co-founder Mark Burgess. “We therefore went with a more abstract collage and tried to convey the compulsion many of us have to search through life for the things that we feel define us, in this case true love, or moments of connection to each other, or elements that hint at a deeper reality. ‘Where Are You?’ is the ‘you’ that punctuates meaning in my life."

The EP also includes the shimmering and mesmerising ‘Endlessly Falling’ and contemplative acoustic ballad ‘Forever’. Of the former, Burgess reveals that “it is one of the first songs we ever wrote but never completed until now. I always liked it and wanted to record it for the first John Peel sessions, but it got vetoed and discarded.”

The EP acts as a teaser for an upcoming album entitled ‘Arctic Moon’ that is planned for late 2024. “We’re halfway through it at the moment, but 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,” he concludes.

The Chameleons begin a North American tour tonight (30th May) that will celebrate their 1986 album ‘Strange Times’. The schedule continues into December and includes a London show at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire and ends at the Albert Hall in their home city of Manchester. The UK and European itinerary for 2024 is:

JULY

• 06.07.24 BOLTON Right To Roam

AUGUST

• 28.08.24 BEDFORD Esquires
• 29.08.24 BRIGHTON Chalk
• 30.08.24 HOLMFIRTH Picturedrome

SEPTEMBER

• 10.09.24 AMSTERDAM (NL) Melkweg
• 11.09.24 THE HAGUE (NL) Paard
• 12.09.24 BIELEFELD (DE) Movie Bielefeld
• 13.09.24 OBERHAUSEN (DE) Turbinenhalle Oberhausen
• 14.09.24 HAMBURG (DE) Gruenspan
• 15.09.24 BERLIN (DE) Columbia Theater
• 17.09.24 FRANKFURT (DE) The Bed
• 18.09.24 MUNICH (DE) Backstage Kulturzentrum
• 19.09.24 LYON (FR) L’Epicerie Moderne
• 20.09.24 PARIS (FR) Cabaret Sauvage
• 21.09.24 TOURCOING (FR) Le Grand Mix

DECEMBER

• 06.12.24 BRISTOL Marble Factory
• 07.12.24 LONDON O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
• 09.12.24 DUBLIN (IE) Opium
• 10.12.24 BELFAST Limelight 2
• 12.12.24 GLASGOW The Garage
• 13.12.24 NEWCASTLE Riverside
• 14.12.24 MANCHESTER Albert Hall

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