| High Risk Behaviour | ||||
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| Released | 27 March 2020 | |||
| Recorded | 2019 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock[1] | |||
| Length | 28:08 | |||
| Label | Bargain Bin | |||
| Producer | Billy Gardner | |||
| The Chats chronology | ||||
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| Singles from High Risk Behaviour | ||||
High Risk Behaviour is the debut studio album by the Australianpunk rock bandthe Chats, released through Bargain Bin Records on 27 March 2020.
It is the group's first full-length release following the release of two EPs,The Chats (2016) andGet This in Ya!! (2017).[7] The release of the album was preceded by five singles: "Do What I Want", "Pub Feed", "Identity Theft", "The Clap", and "Dine N Dash".
It is the only studio album and last release by the band to feature guitarist Josh Price, who left the band in November 2020.[8]
The album debuted and peaked at number 5 on theARIA Albums Chart. It also charted in Belgium and Scotland, reaching number 15 in the latter country.
At theAIR Awards of 2021, the album won Best Independent Punk Album or EP.[9]
A year prior to the album's release, on 19 March 2019, the band signed a worldwide publishing deal withUniversal Music Publishing Australia. On the signing,A&R representative Arwen Hunt praised the band as writing "perfect, three minute nuggets about everyday things that are so obvious, they can only be genius".[10] During the year the band occasionally commented on the then-untitled upcoming album.
The album title allegedly originated from the offence listed ontickets given to drummer Matt Boggis forskateboarding in public.[11]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.6/10[12] |
| Metacritic | 80/100[13] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [14] |
| Clash | 7/10[15] |
| Consequence of Sound | B[16] |
| Contactmusic.com |  [17] |
| DIY | [18] |
| Exclaim! | 8/10[1] |
| The Guardian | [19] |
| Kerrang! | [20] |
| Loud and Quiet | 8/10[21] |
| NME | [22] |
The album has received mostly positive reviews. Metacritic rated it 80/100, which denotes "generally favourable reviews".[13] Ali Shutler ofNME rated it four stars and stated that it was the "perfect soundtrack to being bored, broke and optimistic" and opined that the album saw the band "make good on their promise of being one of the most exciting punk bands around", ending with the review with the declaration that album would be "set to inspire plenty".[22]The Guardian similarly rated it four stars, noted it was "exhilarating, cheerily undemanding fun, something in scant supply at the moment" and compared the album to thefirst wave of punk rock in the 1970s includingThe Saints.[19]Exclaim! noted that noted that it had the "classic punk sound" with a fresh sensibility in their lyrics.[1]
The music video for "Dine N Dash" features a cameo byCecil George Edwards, notable from the famous news segment andviral video"Democracy Manifest". A recreation of the famous clip featuring Edwards appears in the music video's finale. The band have been somewhat credited with revealing the identity of the man in the video, which had been debated for many years.[23]
Australian thrash metal band Hidden Intent recorded a cover of "Pub Feed" as a B-side to their 2020 single,A Place of Horror.[24] The accompanying music video, parodying theCOVID-19 lockdown, featured a webcam video collage of the band and their friends "craving a pub feed" while in isolation.[25]
All tracks written bythe Chats.
The Chats
Production
| Chart (2020) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[26] | 5 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[27] | 116 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[28] | 15 |
| Chart (2020) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australian Artist Albums (ARIA)[29] | 50 |
