The Chameleons - Where Are You? (2024)

Though Chameleons fans have enjoyed many tours over the years to keep the post-punk flame alive, they’ve also long been “swamped” (sorry, not sorry) by myriad re-issues with very little in the way of actual new music. For those keeping score, it’s been 11 years since “M + D = 1 (8) (EP)” (Blue Apple, 2013).

The time is right for new music, says Mark Burgess, who still fronts the Middleton, Manchester band. And with his original bandmate, Reg Smithies back by his side on guitar, he no longer needs his band name, Chameleons Vox. Once again Chameleons, the current band fills out with Stephen Rice (guitar), Danny Ashberry (keyboards), and Todd Demma (drums).

The new 3-track “Where Are You?” EP out on Metropolis is perhaps a taster for the full LP in progress. It features two new songs: one very punchy and one mellow slow-burner. It also includes an vibrant revisit to a song Mark and the original band wrote 43 years ago.

Tracklist:
1.01 - The Chameleons - Where Are You? (4:35)
1.02 - The Chameleons - Endlessly Falling (3:12)
1.03 - The Chameleons - Forever (5:20)