Chappaqua Wrestling - Plus Ultra - Vinyl

The Brighton four-piece Chappaqua Wrestling's grunge-flecked debut album, 'Plus Ultra' released on 14th April, 2023. For Chappaqua Wrestling, this politicised voice has been a long time coming. Woods and Mac started writing music together at age 14 after bonding over '00s indie acts such as Foals and The Maccabees, but it wasn't until their late teens when they formed Chappaqua Wrestling. And at that time, they were deeply obsessed with shoegaze pioneers My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive. Every time either Woods or Mac brings up The Clash, an apology ensues for mentioning their influence again. Despite Mac thinking the legendary band were pro-war as a child - blame Joe Strummer's RAF t-shirt in the part-fiction, part-rock documentary film Rude Boy, he says - The Clash's use of music as a vehicle of political conversation is a key influence across 'Plus Ultra'.