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Chase Atlantic (stylised in all caps) is an Australian R&B trio from Cairns, Queensland, formed in 2014. The trio consists of three members: Christian Anthony and brothers Mitchel and Clinton Cave, and have released seven EPs and four albums since their formation. They are best known for their hit 2017 single, “Swim”.
Music style
According to the band, their style is “conjured up dark alternative pop punctuated by rock and R&B”. Throughout their four years of making music, their music style has changed from an alternative pop sound to a more alternative R&B sound.[37] Their influences include Tame Impala, the Weeknd,[38] the 1975 and The Neighbourhood.
Band members
Mitchel Cave – lead vocals, programming[40]
Christian Anthony – rhythm guitar, lead vocals, programming
Clinton Cave – lead guitar, tenor saxophone, backing vocals, programming
Touring members
Patrick Wilde – guitars, bass
Jesse Boyle – drums, percussion, bass
Jordan Kelsey Knight – photographer
Ben “Benchiki” Chambers – producer
2012–2013: Before Chase Atlantic
Christian Anthony and Mitchel Cave were in a boy band called What About Tonight. They formed the band to audition for season 4 of The X Factor Australia. However, they were eliminated in week two, coming in eleventh place.
Mitchel Cave’s older brother, Clinton Cave, had a successful YouTube channel, ClintonCaveMusic, where the brothers would release cover songs regularly. In 2012, the three released their first cover together which would be of Bruno Mars‘ Locked Out of Heaven. Later on, in 2013, they professionally performed together for the first time under the name K.I.D.S. (Kind Imaginations. Destructive Situations.) and released the original song “Addicted.” They have since deleted all content from the channel.
2014–2015: Dalliance and Nostalgia
The trio first released music under the name Chase Atlantic when Clinton Cave recruited Mitchel and Christian to assist in recording a university project.[8] The band would get their name, “Chase Atlantic” from nowhere. According to Mitchel, the name Chase Atlantic means nothing, it was a combination of two words that the band members liked, Chase and Atlantic, “We spend a couple of minutes trying to come up with a plausible and profound explanation for their band name. “It [Chase Atlantic] literally means nothing,” says Cave. “It’s so hard to find band names, we just put two words we really liked together that can’t be associated with anything else.”[9] Chase Atlantic officially released the EP Dalliance on 26 May 2014.[10] Their early sound was often described as Pop Rock and Pop Punk.[11]
2016–2018: EPs and debut studio album
In January 2016, Chase Atlantic released “Obsessive”. They followed up with their third EP, Paradise, in February 2016, which they promoted extensively.[15] [16]
In January 2017, Chase Atlantic released their fourth EP, Part One, to coincide with their signing with Warner Bros. Records. This was followed by Part Two in March 2017. In mid-2017, the band announced their first tour of the United States, opening for Sleeping with Sirens‘ Gossip: Up Close & Personal Tour.[17][7] Chase Atlantic released Part Three in September 2017.[18]
2019–2022: Phases and Beauty in Death
The group spent January to April 2019 in Los Angeles, working on their second album.[25] In April, they announced the Phases Tour: North America for the summer of 2019, in support of their second album, Phases, and set the release date for 28 June 2019.[26] The album was preceded by three singles, “Her”, “Stuckinmybrain”, and “Love Is (Not) Easy”, which were released on 10 May, 24 May, and 7 June 2019, respectively.
2023–present: Return from Hiatus and Lost in Heaven
In 2023, after a break to work on themselves,[31] Chase Atlantic made their return to the music scene with the release of the single “Mamacita” on 26 September. The track, which blends elements of alternative R&B and pop, marked the beginning of a new era for the band.[32]
