Chaos Chaos
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Chaos Chaos | |
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Years active | 2000–present |
Labels | Barsuk Records, Pattern 25 |
Members | Chloe Saavedra Asya Saavedra[1] |
Past members | Maia Saavedra[2][3] |
Website | https://www.chaoschaosband.com/ |
Chaos Chaos are an American
History
Smoosh: 2000–2012
Smoosh started in 2000 when the family was at a Seattle music store The Trading Musician, standing in line to restring a violin. Asy and Chloe wandered into the drum section of the store, where Chloe met Jason McGerr, the drummer for Death Cab for Cutie. The family eventually left with a $600 drum kit for Chloe, McGerr's card from the Seattle Drum School, "and no violin."[4] When McGerr learned that Asy had been playing the piano and writing songs since she was very young, he offered to help them both. Neither Asy nor Chloe read music.[5] Asy began piano training, but she soon quit because she found it boring.[4]
There's this band Smashmouth, and we liked how that sounded, so we came up with Smoosh. We just liked the sound of the word. But we pronounced it Smush [rhymes with bush]. Then people started saying it Smoosh, with the ooo sound. So it became Smoooosh.
—Asya, on the band name's origin in a 2005 interview[6]
In 2000, Smoosh released Tomato Mistakes, a two-track
On August 5, 2007, Smoosh performed at
As Smoosh, critics compared the band's sound to that of
Chaos Chaos: 2012–present
In 2012 the Saavedras changed the band's name to Chaos Chaos, abandoning the name "Smoosh" because the term had become associated with
Chaos Chaos released an EP, S, on October 16, 2012.
After releasing the singles "Dripping with Fire" and "On Turning 23" in late 2017[18][19] and "Pink Politics" in April 2018, the band released the full-length album Chaos Chaos on May 15, 2018.[20] To promote the album, they also began headlining their first nationwide tour on April 12 of that year.[20]
At the request of Kim Kardashian, Chaos Chaos and Justin Roiland collaborated a second time to produce a song for Kanye West (a fan of Rick and Morty) as a birthday present. It was released on West's 41st birthday (June 8, 2018) as a single called "Kanye's B-Day Song" featuring Rick and Morty.[21]
In 2019, the band released three singles that are currently unattached to any album: "Armed and Dangerous,"[22] "Theaters,"[23] and "Improv Song."[24]
Members
Current members
Former members
- Maia Saavedra – vocals, bass guitar, harpejji
Discography
As Smoosh
- Tomato Mistakes (2000) – single
- Free to Stay EP (2002) – EP
- She Like Electric (2004) – full-length album debut
- Free to Stay (2006) – full-length album
- Live and in Person! London 2006 – (EelsCD and DVD; Smoosh plays on three tracks)
- Withershins (2010) – full-length album
As Chaos Chaos
- S (2012) – EP
- "In This Place" (2013) – single
- Committed to the Crime (2014) – EP
- "Hot Rock Songs[17]
- Chaos Chaos (2018) – full-length album
- "Kanye's B-Day Song" featuring Rick and Morty (2018) – single
- "Armed and Dangerous" (2019) – single
- "Theaters" (2019) – single
- "Improv Song" (2019) – single
- "Geography" (2020) – single
- "Many Roads" (2020) – single
- "Capital T" (2020) – single
- "Need You (feat. Madge)" (2020) – single
- "ETERNAL" (2021) – single
- "Ethical Plum" (feat. BAYLI) (2024) – single
- "Control" (2024) – single
Gallery
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Chloe and Asya, 2007
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Maia, 2007
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Chloe, 2006
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Asya, 2007
Notes
- McLean, Craig: "Too Much Too Young?", The Sunday Times, June 11, 2006
- Nelson, Sean: "This Is the Band". The Stranger, July 22, 2004. Band profile
References
- ^ "band crush: chaos chaos". Nylon Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17.
- ^ a b imaginary liz (May 24, 2007). "Meet Smoosh's Bass Player!". ThreeImaginaryGirls.com.
- ^ a b c Bennett, Kim Taylor (June 6, 2013). "R.I.P. Smoosh and Hurray for Chaos Chaos". Noisy.vice.com. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Smoosh Archived December 13, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Pattern 25 Records. Accessed 16 November 2006.
- ^ Laurence, Alexander (February 18, 2005). "An Interview with Indie Sensation, Smoosh". Free Williamsburg. Archived from the original on March 20, 2005. Retrieved 11 December 2006.
- ^ a b c Almond, Steve (June 2005). "Smoosh" (interview) Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine, The Believer. Accessed August 24, 2015.
- ^ "YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2020-04-05.[dead YouTube link]
- ^ Lisa Heyamoto, Tweenage band Smoosh rocks Seattle scene Archived January 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, January 30, 2005. Accessed 12 April 2006.
- ^ Douglas Wolk, Discovering the Dream Archived March 5, 2005, at the Wayback Machine, Seattle Weekly, September 29, 2004. Accessed 12 April 2006.
- ^ Anuj Desai, Pre-Teen Smoosh Are "Rad", Rolling Stone, December 28, 2004. Accessed 12 April 2006.
- ^ "Song of the Day: Head Like a Kite – Let's Start It All Again + EXTREME INTERVIEW". kexp.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
- ^ Abraham, Victoria (September 18, 2012). Artist of the Week: Chaos Chaos Archived 2017-12-03 at the Wayback Machine. Andpop.com. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
- ^ "Chaos Chaos: Committed to the Crime". bighassle.com. Archived from the original on August 22, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
We named the band Chaos Chaos after a very large amoeba because they are simple but always changing. —Chloe
- ^ Laura Studarus, Premiere: Chaos Chaos Debut EP Stream, Under the Radar, 2012-11-08. Accessed 2012-11-11.
- ^ Brown, Emma (February 23, 2013). "In This Place with Chaos Chaos". Interview. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- ^ a b Blumenfeld, Zach (September 27, 2017). "How Chaos Chaos' Synthpop Ended Up On 'Rick and Morty'". Uproxx. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- ^ a b Rutherford, Kevin (2017-09-15). "'Rick and Morty' Song 'Terryfold' Debuts on Hot Rock Songs Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ^ "Dripping with Fire – Single by Chaos Chaos on Apple Music". iTunes. 29 September 2017. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- ^ "On Turning 23 – Single by Chaos Chaos on Apple Music". iTunes. 17 November 2017. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- ^ a b Jones, Abby (April 12, 2018). "Chaos Chaos Turn Turmoil Into Inspiration With 'Pink Politics': Video Premiere". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
- ^ Reading, Caleb (June 11, 2018). "'Rick and Morty' Made This Unsettling Birthday Song for Kanye West". Uproxx. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
- ^ "Chaos Chaos Shed Their Armor On Whirring Art-Disco Meditation "Armed And Dangerous"". Shore Fire Media. May 10, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
- ^ Chaos Chaos (2019). "Theaters". Spotify. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
- ^ Chaos Chaos (2019). "Improv Song". Spotify. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
External links
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- Official website
- Smoosh's Myspace Page
- Smoosh page maintained by University of Washington librarian Tom Bolling, very extensive set of links to newspaper stories.
- Interview by Alexander Laurence
- Smoosh on Barsuk Records
- Smoosh Raises the Lights with 'Dark Shine' / Sister Band Smoosh Rocks Kids-at-Work Day, National Public Radio. Two NPR pieces on Smoosh.
- Smoosh Notes A Database of Smoosh information, ranging from articles and media to graphics and fanart.
- Smoosh-Links-Archive of Smoosh related links: interviews, bios, videos, etc.
- Interview with Asy (via Talk Rock To Me) August 1, 2012