This strikes me of a band much in the mould of 'mainstream' indie types such as The Verve, Suede, Stereophonics and so on. Not that they sound particularly like any of the above, it's just I could see them quite happily on Top of the Pops (no bad thing). They seem to be quite into the glamour of being in a band, or at least the front man does, the
This is not my usual band, this is not my usual crowd. After seeing so many space rock influenced combos and avant-garde ironists seeing a proper rock band comes as a bit of a shock really. Whereas a lot of the bands I've seen lately have underlying American or even European influences, Chips are definitely British, in fact they're definitely Southern English if
