The Good: Some may argue that with this album, Chromatics have completely left behind their original punk, lo-fi, noisy, chaotic sound and instead grown into their “Italo-Disco”-influenced sound of ...

While we continue to wait on Chromatics to finish their long-in-the-works Dear Tommy, they’ll release an entirely different album tomorrow. It’s titled Closer to Grey, will be out via Italians Do It ...

It has been a long, long time since the Chromatics came out with an album. A little more than seven years ago, the bleary, cinematic synthpop atmosphere-conjurers released their grand, moving opus ...

At the end of the decade, the shadow left by Chromatics’ inimitable output feels hard to overstate. The trio’s widescreen, darkly-lit brand of Italo disco has lingered, influencing everyone from ...

Johnny Jewel has been clearing out the Italians Do It Better vaults recently, releasing some stray Chromatics and solo tracks over the past few weeks. He’s just dropped two more: a 31-minute solo ...

Chromatics at Radio City last month (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Chromatics have also released a drumless version of Kill For Love. Here’s what Johnny Jewel told Pitchfork about the album: It’s ...

According to producer Johnny Jewel, “Music is medicine.” Or at least that’s what the sparse statement that came with the band’s surprise release says. On Tuesday at midnight, Chromatics unveiled ...

In December of 2014, Chromatics announced a new album called Dear Tommy. That album has not been released yet. In fact, the group has released another album, Closer To Grey, since then. Dear Tommy has ...

Chromatics have been teasing a new album called “Dear Tommy” for nearly seven years now. It’s been quite the roller coaster. At one point after a near-death experience, the band’s co-founder, Johnny ...

Chromatics‘ fifth studio album Dear Tommy is still without a release date, but the band have remained busy in the time since their 2012 album Kill For Love. After releasing a new song called “Time ...

In December 2014, Chromatics announced that their fifth album, Dear Tommy, would be released the following Valentine's Day. It made perfect sense that the world's foremost purveyors of highly stylized ...