Experimental Rural Canadian Techno supergroup CVCHE just dropped their debut album, ‘Get Fluffy,’ out now. The record pulls together a year’s worth of the band’s unapologetically weird and hypnotic cuts, capturing both where CVCHE started and where they’re aiming next. It’s a snapshot of a project built on instinct, isolation, and a pile of vintage synths in the woods.
The band described how it all came together. “We made this album with no intention of making an album or sticking to any style. We just know each other well and wanted to make music together, and with a pile of vintage synths in the woods… Isolation helps. No one cares about what you’re doing except the trees, the synths, and maybe the wine. Everything slows down. You stop worrying about ‘making a track’ and just follow whatever texture or mood shows up. The place pushed the music where it wanted to go,” they share.
‘Get Fluffy’ arrives with new single “CVCHE or the Highway,” a tongue-in-cheek closer that leans fully into the project’s playful menace. “It’s the last piece of the puzzle and the only track fans haven’t heard yet. ‘CVCHE or the Highway’ is the moment that kind of sums up what the album is doing. The energy we had on that day, the weirdness, the humor… It’s not a hard ultimatum. It’s more like, ‘this is where we’re going. If you’re down, put your socks on and let’s go,'” they say.
CVCHE recorded the collection over the course of a year while moonlighting in some of the biggest rock bands in the world. The supergroup channels the talents of Jimmy Shaw (Metric, Broken Social Scene), Liam O’Neil (Kings of Leon), Dave Hodge (Broken Social Scene, Leisure Cruise), and conceptual artist Jon Morris (Windmill Factory, NOWHERE.io) into a 10-track project they’ve been unveiling piece by piece. The result is a hypnotic, genuinely playful ride that rewards listeners willing to follow it into the strange.
The album features recent single “18 Days Later,” written during a mysterious 18-day disappearance and self-imposed blackout, plus fan favorite “The Star,” which came together during a late-night jam session with Chris Seligman of Canadian indie-rock band Stars. Other cuts include “Welcome To CVCHE,” “Eyes of Darkness – A Novel by Dean Koontz,” “Thumper,” and “Private Volcano.”