There is something simultaneously both brand-new and retro about
'All News Is Good News’ - the debut album from Melbourne's instrumental soul group Surprise Chef.
It sounds like something dreamt up by lo-fi cousins of David Axelrod and Janko Nilovic,
with dramatic Library-music-esque cinematic arrangements echoing both light and dark,
delving into moments of dissonance and positivity.
There is a meticulous education of 1970’s soul on display
that touches on the legacies of the great composer / producers,
yet at the same time, this is a truly contemporary record that could have only been made now.