Australia's Surprise Chef offer an irresistible invitation into their soulful jazz-funk in our latest KEXP session, which dives into their 2022 release Education & Recreation. Ease into the weekend with the performance hosted by Larry Mizell, Jr.: bit.ly/3FRyQpq

We stopped by Highway Holidays on a day off in Brussels to play some tunes of the Friendship EP. Enjoy. m.youtube.com/watch?v=d3goHq…

📸 Surprise Chef at Bowery Ballroom

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Six weeks on the road comes to a head in New York City tomorrow night. We'll have the honour of being joined by Big Crown label mates The Shacks and one of NYC's heaviest DJ's, the immaculate Edan. See you at Bowery Ballroom.

Tickets at surprise-chef.com/tour

Friendship is out today on Big Crown Records.
Consisting of tracks recorded during the Education & Recreation sessions, Friendship is a humble monument to the most crucial principle of our band: that the love we share for one another is, at all times, the most important thing.

#SoldOut • Surprise Chef + NCY Milky Band • Jeudi 25 mai 🤯

New merch on deck. Designed by the excellent Lillian Ansell. Available at all our upcoming Europe and US shows and online on Bandcamp now. instagram.com/p/Cr0FaR5SfEV/…

Europe + North America tour starts next week, kicking off in Sweden 🇸🇪 Let us know which tunes you want to hear in the set. No wrong answers.

Tickets: surprise-chef.com/tour

📸 Izzie Austin

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Announcing the Friendship EP on Big Crown Records.

The title cut ‘Friendship Theme’, a long time staple of our live set, is out everywhere now.

AU/NZ pre order: surprisechef.bandcamp.com/album/friendsh…

ROW pre-order bigcrownrecords.com/store/friendsh…

Listen to Friendship Theme - lnk.to/FriendshipTheme

Shots from the road by Carl 🚐

We’re getting revved up for our next adventures in Europe and North America in May/June.

Tickets at surprise-chef.com instagram.com/p/Cpvvq8yvBHk/…

Remaining tour merch is available now on Bandcamp. If you missed out on something at a gig, here’s your chance.

surprisechef.bandcamp.com/merch

Our new tune Rosemary Hemphill is also out
everywhere now.

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New tune out now. Rosemary Hemphill is a deep ode to one of our guiding stars, the late and very great David Axelrod. Special dedication to Herbie Hemphill's mum.

Stream:
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If it’s not out where you live, wait ‘til the clock strikes midnight.

Big love to KCRW for making Pash Rash Today’s Top Tune.

Tickets for our North American shows are now on sale via our website 🚨 can’t wait to be back.

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#TodaysTopTune on KCRW - the potency of Surprise Chef's #PashRash
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Back in North America in May ✈️ so keen to take a bite outta the East Coast!

Tickets available on Friday from surprise-chef.com/tour @ North America instagram.com/p/CoaorZMS5gu/…

Ready to Boogie in April 🚨

PS new tunes to add to the Coburg Soul songbook just around the corner. instagram.com/p/CoT84VWSKRC/…

Europe dates are on sale now. surprise-chef.com/tour

We’re proud to share the second cut from our Live at The Diamond Mine Session. Brunswick comes to Queens on this take of A1 Bakery Pledge of Allegiance.

We’re coming back to Europe this May 🚨

After dipping our toes into England and a handful of surrounding countries last year, we’re diving in proper and hitting a bunch of cities we’ve never played in before.

Tickets on sale this Friday via surprise-chef.com

Midmornings Track of the Week: Surprise Chef - Pash 🎵

Hear the fresh new single from the soul cinematic journeymen Surprise Chef, each day this week with Simon Phillips on Midmornings from 10am 📻

| Simon Phillips Surprise Chef Big Crown Records |