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Mind Chaos by Hockey
Mind Chaos is an album by Hockey, released in 2009. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 15 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Too Fake”, on 6 lists with a best position of #24.
Mind Chaos, the first album from Hockey, arrived in the autumn of 2009 on Capitol in the US and Virgin across the UK and Europe, after a detour that could have sunk a lesser band. Ben Grubin and Jeremy Reynolds started the group in Southern California in 2007, and a demo landed them a Sony deal to make a record with former Talking Heads man Jerry Harrison, who is credited as producer. Sony dropped them before the album got made, so the pair moved to Portland, Oregon, picked up drummer Anthony Stassi and guitarist Brian White, and got noticed in the UK first.
The sound sits somewhere between the Strokes' wiry strut and LCD Soundsystem's dance-floor itch, with Grubin's yelp riding over Reynolds' bass. Reviews were mixed, but Drowned in Sound heard thrilling pop at their best in "Too Fake" and "Song Away", and "Work" ended up on the MLB 09: The Show soundtrack.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Mind Chaos on radio countdowns
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.