Chick Quest
Vienna band fusing Morricone-inspired melodies with post-punk dance energy.
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Chick Quest is a Vienna-based post-punk and indie-rock band. Their sound blends chord progressions from 1960s Italian Western film scores, like those by Ennio Morricone, with danceable late-1970s and early-1980s post-punk acts such as Talking Heads, the B-52's, Manicured Noise, and the Clash. The band name references cheesy 1960s B-movie titles, intended to mean "a girl on a quest" rather than "guys on a quest for chicks."
Quick Facts
- Origin
- Vienna, Austria
- Genre
- Post-punk
- indie rock
- lo-fi
- garage rock
- Years active
- 2014–present
- Label
- Independent
- Current members
- Ryan White
- Iris Rauh
- Magdalena Kraev
- Marcus Racz
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Background
Ryan White (vocals/guitar), an American expat from Athens, Georgia, now living in Vienna, Austria, began the project with his Austrian friend, Iris Rauh (drums), in early 2014. Their original goal was to create a live dance party for their friends in small clubs, playing music they like to dance to and could not find in Vienna. By mid-2014, they added Magdalena Kraev (bass) and completed the lineup by early 2015 with Marcus Racz (trumpet/keyboards) —both Austrian. Their original "dance party" idea eventually blossomed into bigger shows and festivals, a spot on Austrian television, a debut record in 2015 with glowing reviews, including its release mentioned on Pitchfork, songs premiered on KEXP & CMJ, and an honorable mention as one of six best albums of the year by Der Standard, one of Austria's biggest newspapers. In 2016, the band started working on their second album, which was released in February 2017 and saw songs featured by AlternativePress, Noisey, and BrooklynVegan, among other outlets.
Did You Know?
- The band's name is a nod to cheesy 1960s B-film titles and means 'a girl on a quest,' not 'guys on a quest for chicks.'
- Their second album, Model View Controller, was released in February 2017 and featured by AlternativePress, Noisey, and BrooklynVegan.
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