Chook Race

In the 2010s there was a veritable flood of bands from Australia influenced by the scrappy, scruffy sound of early Flying Nun bands, and the Melbourne trio Chook Race was certainly one of them. They also showed the influence of U.S. jangle pop bands of the '80s like R.E.M., while having plenty of lo-fi grit in their DNA too. Guitarist/vocalist Robert Remedios, bassist Matt Liveriadis, and drummer Carolyn Hawkins (who later went on to play in the bands Pronto and School Damage as well) formed the group in 2010 and began playing shows around their hometown. Their first single ca...