Chrome Dipped

Chrome Dipped succeeds the band's 2023 project, Taken By Force. Produced by Kirin J. Callinan,{{Cite web |last=Pearis |first=Bill |date=19 March 2025 |title=CIVIC announce new album Chrome Dipped & tour, share title track |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/civic-announce-new-album-chrome-dipped-tour-share-title-track/ |access-date=11 June 2025 |website=BrooklynVegan |language=en-US}} it is composed of eleven tracks ranging between two and four minutes each, with a total runtime of approximately thirty-seven minutes. The title track was released as the album's lead single on 19 March 2025, alongside a music video directed by Marcus Coblyn.

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Distorted Sound

| rev1score = {{Rating|7|10}}

| rev2 = Mojo

| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev3 = New Noise

| rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}

}}

New Noise rated the album three and a half stars and described it as "a veritable cornucopia of punk and post-punk sounds, and of influences both modern and old."{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Kevin |date=30 May 2025 |title=Album Review: CIVIC – Chrome Dipped |url=https://newnoisemagazine.com/reviews/album-review-civic-chrome-dipped/ |access-date=11 June 2025 |website=New Noise |language=en-US}} Distorted Sound assigned it a rating of seven out of ten, referring to it as "a fun rock album born out of wanting to bend the rules and do what they want." Mojo, rating the project four stars, remarked, "The best Australian punk and post-punk always added a great twist to the Detroit archetype, and Chrome Dipped is no exception."{{Cite news |last=Aston |first=Martin |date=July 2025 |title=Chrome Dipped |url=https://archive.org/details/mojo-july-2025/page/82 |access-date=11 June 2025 |work=Mojo |pages=82}}

{{Track listing

|headline=Chrome Dipped track listing

|all_writing = Civic

|title1=The Fool

|length1=2:49

|title2=Chrome Dipped

|length2=3:22

|title3=Gulls Way

|length3=4:49

|title4=The Hogg

|length4=3:20

|title5=Starting All the Dogs Off

|length5=4:35

|title6=Trick Pony

|length6=4:35

|title7=Amissus

|length7=2:55

|title8=Poison

|length8=3:27

|title9=Fragrant Rice

|length9=2:25

|title10=Kingdom Come

|length10=2:45

|title11=Swing of the Noose

|length11=2:16

|total_length=37:18

}}

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Chrome Dipped |others=Civic |date=30 May 2025 |publisher=ATO Records}}

• Jim McCullough – vocals
• Lewis Hodgson – electric guitars, acoustic guitars, vocals
• Roland Hlavka – bass
• Eli Sthapit – drums

• Kirin J Callinan – production, power tools, additional percussion, backing vocals on "Hogg"
• Chris Townend – recording, mixing
• Joe LaPorta – mastering
• Ezekiel Padmanabham – additional recording, editing, engineering assistance
• Matt Blach – additional recording, editing, engineering assistance, power tools, additional percussion
• Samuel Pankhurst – additional recording, editing, engineering assistance, power tools, additional percussion
• Tim Dunn – additional recording, editing, engineering assistance
• Charlotte Zarb – backing vocals on "Chrome Dipped"
• Tric – design
• Marcus Coblyn – photograph

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Category:2025 albums

Category:Civic (band) albums

Category:ATO Records albums