High Risk Behaviour

The Chats - High Risk Behaviour
Critic Score
Based on 20 reviews
2020 Ratings: #181 / 871
User Score
Based on 276 ratings
2020 Rank: #617
Liked by 29 people
March 27, 2020 / Release Date
LP / Format
Bargain Bin / Label
Garage Punk / Genre
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CRITIC REVIEWS

Dombot
72

Great music to be Australian to, would recommend for that situation

The debut album from The Chats does nothing new or groundbreaking, and some songs feel extremely similar to each other in regards to structure, but with toungue-in-cheek lyrics, great performances from all the band members, and overall just a fun & carefree vibe, High Risk Behaviour is a solid garage punk album that almost anyone can enjoy. It's immature, it's dumb, but man is it a great time.

currentjoyys
63

FAVORITE TRACK: Do What I Want

LEAST LEAST FAVORITE TRACK: Stinker

This album confused me a lot because it was and continues to get rave reviews from critics but not one person I know had heard of this record. Which is weird because this is the genre of music I usually follow closely so when a release is doing this good, it's usually hard to miss it. So I decided to go into this completely blind only knowing that critics loved this thing.

High Risk Behavior is a punk record and the first ... read more

zjunglist
65

"You can't call me a racist, I discriminate them all the same!"

The Chats satirize Australian culture and represent it beautifully in their punk anthems that would make any citizen proud. Sonically however it's just too one-noted, and for that reason any prolonged enjoyment is just not there besides first listen shock value. Despite this; listening to the chant-filled lyrics that are so incredibly relatable puts a smile in my face and makes me proud to be Australian. If you're ... read more

greasysquealer
72

the chat's debut LP is a very fun one! however, their sophomore is better, and that isn't a smack on this one.

Tezeta
90

Favorite song: identity theft

YvesMustafah
88

what a fun album and the energy is stupidly amusing

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Track List

1Stinker
1:32
93
2Drunk N Disorderly
1:15
84
3The Clap
1:29
86
4Identity Theft
2:42
87
5The Kids Need Guns
1:17
83
6Dine N Dash
1:14
76
7Keep The Grubs Out
1:35
84
8Pub Feed
2:25
88
9Ross River
1:48
80
10Heatstroke
2:20
83
11Billy Backwash's Day
2:18
83
124573
2:30
90
13Do What I Want
2:50
86
14Better Than You
2:43
92
Total Length: 28 minutes

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Added on: February 7, 2020