Chromatics (band)
{{short description|American electronic music band}}
{{use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Chromatics
| image = Chromatics_2013_Austin_TX.jpg
| image_size = 250
| landscape = yes
| caption = Miller and Radelet performing at Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, Texas, 2013
| origin = Portland, Oregon, U.S.
| genre = {{Flatlist|
- Synth-pop{{cite magazine |last=Joyce |first=Colin |url=https://www.spin.com/2015/09/chromatics-hide-from-the-light-on-adult-swim-single-shadow/ |title=Chromatics Hide From the Light on Adult Swim Single 'Shadow' |magazine=Spin |date=September 8, 2015 |access-date=July 15, 2017}}
- synth-rock{{cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-chromatics-video-for-song-they-played-on-twin-peaks-w483498 |title=Watch Chromatics' New Video for Song They Played on 'Twin Peaks' |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=May 22, 2017 |access-date=July 16, 2017 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712045655/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-chromatics-video-for-song-they-played-on-twin-peaks-w483498 |archive-date=July 12, 2017 |url-status=live}}
- indie rock{{cite magazine |last=Flood |first=Alex |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/twin-peaks-soundtrack-bands-2084202 |title=Twin Peaks soundtrack: a guide to all of the bands in the new episodes |magazine=NME |date=July 10, 2017 |access-date=July 15, 2017}}
- dream pop{{cite magazine |last=Hilleary |first=Mike |url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/wach_listen_chromatics_-_cherry/ |title=Watch/Listen: Chromatics – "Cherry" |magazine=Under the Radar |date=November 26, 2012 |access-date=July 15, 2017}}
- no wave (early){{cite web |last=Hogan |first=Marc |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16452-kill-for-love/ |title=Chromatics: Kill for Love |website=Pitchfork |date=April 3, 2012 |access-date=July 15, 2017}}}}
| years_active = 2001–2021
| label = {{hlist|Gold Standard Laboratories|Italians Do It Better}}
| associated_acts = {{hlist|Glass Candy|Desire|Symmetry}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.facebook.com/CHROMATICSBAND|Official Facebook}}
| past_members = * Ruth Radelet
- Adam Miller
- Nat Walker
- Johnny Jewel
- Hannah Blilie
- Devin Welch
- Michelle Nolan
- Maximillion Ronald Avila
- Nat Sahlstrom
- Nate Preston
- Aleesha Whitley
- Chelsea Mosher
- Lena Okazaki
}}
Chromatics were an American electronic music band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2001. The band's final line-up consisted of Ruth Radelet (vocals, guitar, synthesizer), Adam Miller (guitar, vocoder), Nat Walker (drums, synthesizer), and Johnny Jewel (producer, multi-instrumentalist). The band originally featured a trademark sound indebted to punk and lo-fi that was described as "noisy" and "chaotic".{{cite web|url=http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/1363|title=Dusted Reviews: The Chromatics – Plaster Hounds|website=Dusted Magazine|access-date=2011-01-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202236/http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/1363|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}} After numerous lineup changes, which left guitarist Adam Miller as the sole original member, the band began releasing material on the Italians Do It Better record label in 2007, with their style streamlined into an Italo disco-influenced sound.{{cite web|last1=Hapsis|first1=Emmanuel|title=Chromatics: Night Drive|url=https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2007/10/24/chromatics_night_drive/|website=KQED Arts|date=October 24, 2007 |access-date=27 May 2017}}
Their third album Night Drive (2007) was met with critical acclaim, as was their fourth album, Kill for Love, which was released on March 26, 2012. Several of the band's songs have been featured in television series such as Bates Motel, Gossip Girl, Mr. Robot, The Mindy Project, Parenthood, Revenge, Riverdale, 13 Reasons Why, The 100, Baby, and Twin Peaks, as well as being featured in the films Drive (2011),{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/drive_soundtrack_features_kavinsky_chromatics_due_september_6|website=IndieWire|title='Drive' Soundtrack Features Kavinsky, College, Chromatics & Cliff Martinez; Hits September 6th|last=Jagernauth|first=Kevin|date=2011-08-01|access-date=2013-11-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203014904/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/drive_soundtrack_features_kavinsky_chromatics_due_september_6|archive-date=2013-12-03|url-status=dead}} Taken 2 (2012),{{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2012/09/taken-2-soundtrack-features-two-key-songs-from-drive-more-105717/|title='Taken 2' Soundtrack Features Two Key Songs From 'Drive' & More|first=Kevin|last=Jagernauth|date=22 September 2012|website=Indiewire.com}} Only You (2018), and The Perfection (2019). In December 2014, the band announced what would have been their fifth studio album, titled Dear Tommy.{{Cite web|title = Chromatics Announce New Album Dear Tommy| website=Pitchfork | date=4 December 2014 |url = https://pitchfork.com/news/57714-chromatics-announce-new-album-dear-tommy/|access-date = 2015-09-23}} While Chromatics have released a number of singles from it, Dear Tommy had yet to be released when they instead issued the album Closer to Grey in October 2019. The band announced its break-up in August 2021.
History
=2002–2003: Early lineup=
Adam Miller played in The Vogue, a group that garnered media attention around Seattle. The Vogue were barely out of high school and created art punk that drew comparisons to The Fall.{{cite news |url=http://www.seattleweekly.com/2000-03-15/music/meet-the-vogue/ |title=Meet the Vogue |last=Martin |first=Richard A. |work=Seattle Weekly |date=October 9, 2006 |access-date=June 6, 2016}} This band featured Johnny Whitney of The Blood Brothers on vocals and Hannah Blilie who went on to play drums in The Gossip. After The Vogue's keyboardist departed, the remaining members formed Soiled Doves, and released one 7-inch and one album. Although Chromatics began as a solo project for Adam Miller, he quickly added most of The Soiled Doves' lineup. Adam Miller became the vocalist. Devin Welch played guitar. Michelle Nolan, a new addition, played bass guitar, and Blilie played drums. After releasing their debut album Chrome Rats vs. Basement Rutz in 2003 on Gold Standard Laboratories, all members except Miller left to form Shoplifting.
=2003–2005: Stripped down=
Miller and a revamped lineup released the band's second studio album, Plaster Hounds, in 2004 on Gold Standard Laboratories. This lineup featured Adam Miller performing double duty on guitar and vocals, with Nat Sahlstrom on bass and the Get Hustle's Ron Avila on percussion. The lineup changed once again, as Miller played many of the same songs from the Plaster Hounds era with Lena Okazaki replacing Sahlstrom on bass and a drum machine replacing the free jazz-influenced percussive style of Avila. This lineup of Miller and Okazaki released a few CD-Rs, still in the lo-fi art punk style that had been established, but the addition of the drum machine hinted at the major stylistic shift to come.
While Miller's CD-Rs with Okazaki hinted at an electronic direction, Okazaki left the band and Chromatics went through their largest reinvention around 2005, becoming the quartet of Miller, Ruth Radelet, Johnny Jewel, and Nat Walker. This resulted in a gradual but dramatic shift in the band's sound and live performance. Chromatics have often toured the world with labelmates Glass Candy, since Jewel plays in both bands, as well as Desire, a side project of Jewel and Walker. Walker and Jewel also have an instrumental project called Symmetry.
=2006–2010: ''Night Drive''=
Chromatics' third studio album, Night Drive, released in 2007 on Italians Do It Better, was the band's most acclaimed release.{{cite web |last=Harvell |first=Jess |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10763-night-drive/ |title=Chromatics: Night Drive |work=Pitchfork |date=October 11, 2007 |access-date=April 11, 2015}} On Night Drive, the group ditched their "hairy noise-rock troupe" aesthetic in favor of a "neatly groomed pop-dance quartet". In their review of the album, Pitchfork noted that "the transformation of Chromatics has been so effortless that it's still easy to be wowed by the results", adding that "listeners who are only familiar with the band's forays into shambling punk will certainly be surprised by Night Drive{{'}}s assured songwriting".
Various songs from Night Drive have been licensed for usage in multiple Hollywood films, television shows, international television and internet advertisements, and runway shows.
Other releases have included the Nite and In Shining Violence EPs. In 2007, Chromatics' non-album tracks "In the City" and "Hands in the Dark", as well as a demo of Night Drive{{'}}s "The Killing Spree", were featured on the Italians Do It Better compilation album After Dark.
=2011–2013: ''Kill for Love''=
File:Chromatics Live.jpg festival in 2012]]
Chromatics gained recognition for their song "Tick of the Clock" which was used in the film Drive, released in September 2011 by director Nicolas Winding Refn,{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/drive_soundtrack_features_kavinsky_chromatics_due_september_6|title='Drive' Soundtrack Features Kavinsky, College, Chromatics & Cliff Martinez; Hits September 6th|first=Kevin|last=Jagernauth|date=1 August 2011|access-date=27 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203014904/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/drive_soundtrack_features_kavinsky_chromatics_due_september_6|archive-date=3 December 2013|url-status=dead}} and its soundtrack,[http://frontpsych.com/2011/09/26/a-review-of-the-drive-soundtrack/ Gosling Noir – A Review of the Drive Soundtrack] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608083317/http://frontpsych.com/2011/09/26/a-review-of-the-drive-soundtrack/ |date=2012-06-08 }}{{cite web|url=http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/countygrind/2011/10/johnny_jewel_chromatics_glass_candy_moonfest.php|title=Johnny Jewel's Chromatics Unveil "Kill for Love", Glass Candy Headlines Moonfest|first=Reed|last=Fischer|date=25 October 2011|website=Blogs.browardpalmbeach.com|access-date=17 March 2012|archive-date=2 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502073738/http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/countygrind/2011/10/johnny_jewel_chromatics_glass_candy_moonfest.php|url-status=dead}} and again in the film Taken 2, released in October 2012 by director Olivier Megaton, and its soundtrack.{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Taken-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B009DVCN02 | title=Taken 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | work=amazon.co.uk | access-date=7 February 2015}}{{cite web | url=http://www.songonlyrics.net/soundtracks/taken-2-soundtrack-list.html | title=Taken 2 Movie (2012) Soundtrack List – Tracklist | work=songonlyrics.net | access-date=7 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207163818/http://www.songonlyrics.net/soundtracks/taken-2-soundtrack-list.html | archive-date=7 February 2015 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://www.soundtrack.net/album/taken-2/ | title=Taken 2 tracklist | work=soundtrack.net | access-date=7 February 2015}} On December 23, 2011, Jewel and Walker—under the name Symmetry—released Themes for an Imaginary Film, which was described by Pitchfork as Jewel's "most ambitious project to date: a sprawling, 37-track, two-hour collection of cinematic noir-electro", featuring contributions from Chromatics and fellow Italians Do It Better acts Glass Candy, Desire and Mirage.{{cite web |last=Richardson |first=Mark |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/44950-johnny-jewel-glass-candy-chromatics-release-imaginary-film-score/ |title=Johnny Jewel, Glass Candy, Chromatics Release "Imaginary Film" Score |website=Pitchfork.com |date=December 23, 2011 |access-date=April 10, 2015}}
On October 23, 2011, Chromatics released the title track from their then-upcoming fourth studio album, Kill for Love. Reviews described the single as a "really hypnotizing, fascinating song that will definitely get you psyched for the record—Ruth Radalet warmly croons her sweet, cryptic confessional lyrics while her band effortlessly weaves a bubbling, dreamy, New Order-esque soundscape".{{cite web|url=http://prettymuchamazing.com/videos/recd-chromatic-kill-for-love|title=REC'D: Chromatics - "Kill For Love"|website=Prettymuchamazing.com|access-date=March 17, 2012|archive-date=October 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018181900/http://prettymuchamazing.com/videos/recd-chromatic-kill-for-love|url-status=dead}}
The Fader mentioned, "Maybe Kill for Love will inaugurate a sea change where artists come to terms with themselves and start being open about how they sound when they sing. In basement studios everywhere, young vocalists will blink three times and start x-ing out effects in Ableton, look at the mirror for the first time in weeks, deep into their beady, sun-deprived eyes and whisper: "God, there are no shortcuts... Kill for Love continues the band's penchant for popular-sound defiance that made Chromatics so exciting in the first place."{{cite web|url=http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/25/video-chromatics-kill-for-love/|title=Video: Chromatics, "Kill For Love"|website=Thefader.com}}
After waiting patiently, Chromatics have begun to reach fans "five years after the release of their incredibly prescient Night Drive album".{{cite web|url=http://blogs.kcrw.com/musicnews/2012/02/chromatics-artist-you-should-know/|title=Chromatics: Artist You Should Know - KCRW Music Blog|website=Blogs.kcrw.com|date=22 February 2012 }} "Kill for Love" was featured in the television shows Bates Motel and Gossip Girl. On February 11, 2012, the band leaked a second track from Kill for Love, "Into the Black", a cover of the Neil Young song "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)", which was featured in the television shows Mr. Robot, Revenge, Riverdale, 13 Reasons Why, and The 100. Chromatics followed their second leak with three additional tracks, "Lady", "Candy" and on March 11, 2012 their fifth leak "Back from the Grave".
As fans anticipated the album, Jewel mentioned that the process of creating Kill for Love resulted in a total of 36 tracks that have been narrowed down to 17 for the album.{{cite web|url=http://www.self-titledmag.com/2012/03/03/johnny-jewel-reveals-details-of-after-dark-ii-and-new-albums-from-chromatics-and-glass-candy-kill-for-love-body-work/|title=Johnny Jewel Reveals Details of 'After Dark II' and New Albums From Chromatics and Glass Candy - self-titled|date=3 March 2012|website=Self-titledmag.com|access-date=17 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416051900/http://www.self-titledmag.com/2012/03/03/johnny-jewel-reveals-details-of-after-dark-ii-and-new-albums-from-chromatics-and-glass-candy-kill-for-love-body-work/|archive-date=16 April 2015|url-status=dead}}
Chromatics' fourth studio album, Kill for Love, was released on March 26, 2012. The album has been described as sounding like a "time warp ... a warm collision of past, present, and future".{{cite web|url=http://frontpsych.com/2012/05/01/italians-do-it-better-review-chromatics-kill-for-love/|title=Frontier Psychiatrist – daily online arts and culture journal covering music, books, film, travel|website=frontpsych.com|access-date=2012-05-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509163832/http://frontpsych.com/2012/05/01/italians-do-it-better-review-chromatics-kill-for-love/|archive-date=2013-05-09|url-status=dead}} On May 7, 2012, the group released an alternative version of Kill for Love for free download, featuring eleven songs from the original album with no drums or percussion.{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/46414-chromatics-share-drumless-version-of-kill-for-love-tour-with-hot-chip/ |title=Chromatics Share Drumless Version of Kill for Love, Tour With Hot Chip |work=Pitchfork |date=May 7, 2012 |access-date=April 11, 2015}} Songs from the album have been featured in television shows such as Bates Motel, Gossip Girl, Mr. Robot, Parenthood, Revenge, Riverdale, and 13 Reasons Why. Kill for Love was named the eighth best album of 2012 by Pitchfork.
Chromatics were invited by Karl Lagerfeld to play the Chanel Spring Summer 2013 fashion show in Paris in early October. The band was put above the runway, overlooking the whole catwalk and creating a dreamy ambience. Chromatics performed about five new and old songs.{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/48112-watch-chromatics-perform-at-chanel-fashion-show/ |title=Watch: Chromatics Perform at Chanel Fashion Show |author=Carrie Battan |website=Pitchfork |date=October 5, 2012}}
=2014–2021: ''Dear Tommy'', ''Closer to Grey'' and break-up=
On December 4, 2014, the band announced their fifth studio album, Dear Tommy.{{cite web |last=Gordon |first=Jeremy |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/57714-chromatics-announce-new-album-dear-tommy/ |title=Chromatics Announce New Album Dear Tommy |work=Pitchfork |date=December 4, 2014 |access-date=April 10, 2015}} The album was preceded by the singles "Just Like You", "I Can Never Be Myself When You're Around", and "In Films".{{cite web |last=Beauchemin |first=Molly |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/59167-chromatics-share-new-song-in-films/ |title=Chromatics Share New Song "In Films" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 8, 2015 |access-date=April 10, 2015}} On February 3, 2015, Chromatics released the three-track single "Yes (Love Theme from Lost River)", which is included in both the trailer and soundtrack for Ryan Gosling's directorial debut, Lost River, and featured in the television show Riverdale. The soundtrack was released on March 30 by Italians Do It Better, while the film was released on April 10.{{cite web |last=Gordon |first=Jeremy |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/58325-chromatics-share-music-from-ryan-gosling-directed-film-lost-river-scored-by-johnny-jewel/ |title=Chromatics Share Music From Ryan Gosling-Directed Film Lost River Scored by Johnny Jewel |work=Pitchfork |date=February 3, 2015 |access-date=April 10, 2015}} The song "Shadow" was made available on September 9.{{cite web |last=Fallon |first=Patric |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/17661-chromatics-shadow/ |title=Chromatics: "Shadow" |work=Pitchfork |date=September 9, 2015 |access-date=September 23, 2015}} On November 5, Chromatics released seven cover versions of Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun",{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/61965-chromatics-ready-girls-just-wanna-have-fun-maxi-single-share-girls-just-wanna-have-some/ |title=Chromatics Ready "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" Maxi-Single, Share "Girls Just Wanna Have Some" |work=Pitchfork |date=November 5, 2015 |access-date=November 19, 2015}} one which was featured in an ad for Mango featuring Kate Moss and Cara Delevingne, and another that is featured in the trailer for the 2019 Netflix original series Baby. The band released a music video for the title track "Dear Tommy" on August 25, 2016.{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/67772-watch-chromatics-new-dear-tommy-video/ |title=Watch Chromatics' New "Dear Tommy" Video |work=Pitchfork |date=August 25, 2016 |access-date=August 25, 2016}}
In May 2017, Chromatics' former manager revealed on Twitter that Jewel had destroyed all copies of the finished Dear Tommy following a near-death experience in late 2015, but had subsequently re-recorded the entire album.{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/73276-johnny-jewel-destroyed-every-copy-of-chromatics-dear-tommy-after-near-death-experience |title=Johnny Jewel Destroyed Every Copy of Chromatics' Dear Tommy After Near-Death Experience |work=Pitchfork |date=May 4, 2017 |access-date=May 19, 2017}} As of January 2023, the album has not been released. The band performed "Shadow" at the end of the two-hour-long season premiere of Showtime's Twin Peaks revival series, which aired on May 21, 2017.{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/73647-chromatics-perform-shadow-on-twin-peaks-share-new-music-video-watch/ |title=Chromatics Perform "Shadow" On "Twin Peaks", Share New Music Video: Watch |work=Pitchfork |date=May 22, 2017 |access-date=May 24, 2017}} The band released a deluxe version of the Cherry EP on July 31, 2017.
In 2019, the band released a cover of the song "Petals" by Hole, from their third studio album Celebrity Skin, which was featured on the soundtrack for the horror film The Perfection.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chromatics-cover-hole-petals-the-perfection-840648/amp/|magazine=Rolling Stone|title=Hear Chromatics Cover Hole's 'Celebrity Skin' Closer 'Petals'|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=May 27, 2019|access-date=July 29, 2022}} On October 1, 2019, the Italians Do It Better website was updated to show a new Chromatics album, albeit with the album and track names obscured. Upon the album's release in New Zealand, the album title was revealed to be Closer to Grey,{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2059943/a-new-chromatics-album-is-out-at-midnight-but-not-dear-tommy/news/|title=New Chromatics Surprise Album 'Closer To Grey' Is Out Tonight|date=2019-10-01|website=Stereogum|access-date=2019-10-02}} and the album title and track names were officially announced worldwide. The album was released on October 2, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/chromatics-releasing-first-new-album-in-7-years-tonight/|title=Listen to Chromatics' First New Album in 7 Years, Closer to Grey|website=Pitchfork|date=October 2019 |access-date=2019-10-02}} The band stated through their Instagram account that Closer to Grey did not contain any material from Dear Tommy, and that the latter album would still be released, with no release date announced.{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Chromatics/comments/dbybz8/tommy_still_being_released/|title=r/Chromatics - Tommy still being released|website=Reddit|date=October 2019 |access-date=2019-10-02}} On January 24, 2020, Chromatics released a new single, "TOY".{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/chromatics-share-new-song-toy-listen/|title=Chromatics Share New Song "TOY": Listen|website=Pitchfork|date=24 January 2020|access-date=2020-03-06}} On March 6, they released another single, "Famous Monsters".{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/chromatics-share-new-song-famous-monsters-listen/|title=Chromatics Share New Song "Famous Monsters"|website=Pitchfork|date=6 March 2020|access-date=2020-03-06}} On April 16 they released "Teacher" and a new tracklisting for Dear Tommy.{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/chromatics-reveal-new-dear-tommy-tracklist-share-new-song-teacher-listen/|title=Chromatics Reveal New Dear Tommy Tracklist, Share New Song "Teacher": Listen
|website=Pitchfork|date=17 April 2020}}
On August 10, 2021, the band (with the notable exception of Jewel) announced their disbandment. However, a representative for Johnny Jewel and Italians Do It Better confirmed the band's breakup in a statement to Pitchfork, writing: "Johnny is extremely proud of his work with the project over the years and he'll continue making music and supporting great art and artists through his label Italians Do It Better."{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/chromatics-coming-to-an-end-band-members-say/|title=Chromatics Coming to an End, Band Members Say|website=Pitchfork|date=10 August 2021|access-date=2021-08-24}}
Tours
Chromatics played at numerous music festivals around the world, such as the Paris Pitchfork Music Festival and Barcelona Primavera in 2012.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/festivals/paris/2012/|title=Pitchfork Music Festival|website=Pitchfork}}{{cite web|url=http://afistfulofculture.com/2012/10/05/a-guide-to-the-2012-harvest-festival/|title=afistfulofculture.com|website=afistfulofculture.com|access-date=2012-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727113631/http://afistfulofculture.com/2012/10/05/a-guide-to-the-2012-harvest-festival/|archive-date=2013-07-27|url-status=dead}} In September 2013, the band opened for English band the xx at the Hollywood Bowl.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/xx-chromatics/2013-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925150819/http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/xx-chromatics/2013-09-29|url-status=dead|title=Hollywood Bowl Features the XX and the Chromatics|archive-date=September 25, 2013}}
Members
Final line-up
- Adam Miller – guitar, vocoder, vocals (2001-2021)
- Ruth Radelet – vocals, guitar, synthesizer (2005-2021)
- Nat Walker – drums, synthesizer (2005-2021)
- Johnny Jewel – programming, production, synthesizer, guitar, drums, mixing, engineering (2005-2021)
Former members
- Devin Welch - guitar (2002-2003)
- Michelle Nolan - bass guitar (2002-2003)
- Hannah Blilie - drums (2002-2003)
- Nat Sahlstrom - bass guitar (2003-2004)
- Ron Avila - drums, percussion (2003-2004)
- Lena Okazaki - bass guitar (2004)
=Timeline=
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Discography
=Studio albums=
- Chrome Rats vs. Basement Rutz (Gold Standard Laboratories, 2003)
- Plaster Hounds (Gold Standard Laboratories, 2004)
- Night Drive (Italians Do It Better, 2007)
- Kill for Love (Italians Do It Better, 2012)
- Cherry (Deluxe) (Italians Do It Better, 2017)
- Dear Tommy (unreleased)
- Closer to Grey (Italians Do It Better, 2019){{cite web|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/119188973|title=Closer to Grey / Chromatics|website=Tidal|access-date=October 2, 2019}}
- Faded Now (Italians Do It Better, 2020)
=Mixtapes=
=Extended plays=
- Cavecare (Hand Held Heart, 2002)
- Nite (Troubleman Unlimited, 2006)
- In the City (Italians Do It Better, 2010)
- Lady (Italians Do It Better, 2012)
- Cherry (Italians Do It Better, 2014)
- Just Like You (Italians Do It Better, 2015)
- Camera (Italians Do It Better, 2018){{cite web |last1=Yoo |first1=Noah |last2=Strauss |first2=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/chromatics-release-new-vinyl-only-camera-ep/ |title=Chromatics Release New Vinyl-Only Camera EP |work=Pitchfork |date=June 5, 2018 |access-date=November 3, 2018}}
=Singles=
- "Beach of Infants"/"Steps" (Hand Held Heart, 2001)
- "Arms Slither Away"/"Skill Fall" (K, 2002)
- "Ice Hatchets"/"Curtains" (Gold Standard Laboratories, 2003)
- "Healer"/"Witness" (Troubleman Unlimited, 2005)
- "Tick of the Clock" (Italians Do It Better, 2013){{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/tick-of-the-clock-single/632148934 |title=Tick of the Clock – Single by Chromatics |website=iTunes Store (US) |date=28 March 2013 |access-date=April 10, 2015}}
- "Cherry" (Italians Do It Better, 2013){{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/cherry-single/id941887529 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128052822/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/cherry-single/id941887529 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 28, 2016 |title=Cherry (Single) by Chromatics |website=iTunes Store (US) |access-date=April 10, 2015}}
- "These Streets Will Never Look the Same" (Italians Do It Better, 2013){{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/these-streets-will-never-look/674821003 |title=These Streets Will Never Look the Same – Single by Chromatics |website=iTunes Store (US) |date=23 June 2013 |access-date=April 10, 2015}}
- "Yes (Love Theme from Lost River)" (Italians Do It Better, 2015){{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/yes-love-theme-from-lost-river/963643226 |title=Yes (Love Theme From Lost River) – Single by Chromatics |website=iTunes Store (US) |date=3 February 2015 |access-date=April 10, 2015}}
- "Just Like You" (Italians Do It Better, 2015){{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/just-like-you-single-single/id967035849 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924092332/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/just-like-you-single-single/id967035849 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 24, 2016 |title=Just Like You (Single) – Single by Chromatics |website=iTunes Store (US) |access-date=April 10, 2015}}
- "I Can Never Be Myself When You're Around" (Italians Do It Better, 2015){{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-can-never-be-myself-when/973722550 |title=I Can Never Be Myself When You're Around – Single by Chromatics |website=iTunes Store (US) |date=5 March 2015 |access-date=April 10, 2015}}
- "In Films" (Italians Do It Better, 2015){{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/in-films-single/id983817969 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306033241/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/in-films-single/id983817969 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |title=In Films – Single by Chromatics |website=iTunes Store (US) |access-date=April 10, 2015}}
- "Shadow" (Italians Do It Better, 2015){{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/shadow/id1043478634 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222122217/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/shadow/id1043478634 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |title=Shadow by Chromatics |website=iTunes Store (US) |access-date=December 19, 2015}}
- "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" (Italians Do It Better, 2015){{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/girls-just-wanna-have-fun/1055538693 |title=Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Chromatics |website=iTunes Store (US) |date=6 November 2015 |access-date=December 19, 2015}}
- "Black Walls" (Italians Do It Better, 2018){{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/black-walls-ep/1384611293 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529133206/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/black-walls-ep/1384611293 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 29, 2018 |title=Black Walls – EP by Chromatics |website=iTunes Store (US) |access-date=May 29, 2018}}
- "Blue Girl" (Italians Do It Better, 2018){{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/blue-girl-ep/1391960371 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624020628/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/blue-girl-ep/1391960371 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 24, 2018 |title=Blue Girl – EP by Chromatics |website=iTunes Store (US) |access-date=May 29, 2018}}
- "I'm On Fire" (Italians Do It Better, 2018)
- "Time Rider" (Italians Do It Better, 2019)
- "I Want to Be Alone" (Italians Do It Better, 2019)
- "You're No Good" (Italians Do It Better, 2019)
- "TOY" (Italians Do It Better, 2020)
- "Famous Monsters" (Italians Do It Better, 2020)
- "Teacher" (Italians Do It Better, 2020)
=Guest appearances=
References
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External links
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