Webb Chapel - Dalmatians

Webb Chapel - Dalmatians
SM017
Cassette

On this follow-up to their digital-only album Like the Country, primary/songwriter Zack Claxton showcases intense versatility; blending fuzzy, melodic pop hooks, no-wave freak outs, experimental instrumentation and acoustic ballads.

Following the dissolution of Austin-based experimental band Beth Israel, Claxton began drawing in the margins, putting down sketches of ideas and song fragments that would eventually become the basis for Webb Chapel’s first two releases, Moverama and Like the Country. “I like the idea of dismantling songs as you’re listening to them. Sort of taking them apart and putting them back together.” When the lens focuses, however, you get a sense that this record comes from an altogether intentional, yet eerily chaotic time and place. As Claxton explains, “I’m kind of never in the same place for very long.” Dalmatians is a testament to the beauty in uncertainty.

All proceeds from this album are being donated to Prevention Point to aid their mission of Harm Reduction and community support in the Philadelphia area.