CHROMA Daydream of Reality TV Dating On New Single ‘Lifehack’ - out now via Alcopop! Records
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Announce FOCUS Wales 2026 Appearance
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Welsh Music Prize 2024-Shortlisted Debut Album Ask For Angela Out Now via Alcopop! Records
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Pontypridd, Wales trio CHROMA are rounding off another exceptional year for the rising bi-lingual alt-rockers with their new single ‘Lifehack’, set for release on 4th December 2025 via Alcopop! Records.
Doubling down on their fuzzy, melancholic new sonic direction, ‘Lifehack’ is a song about weighing up the logistics of dating whilst being on a reality TV show, and is the band’s second new single to mark a new era for the ferocious Welsh three-piece heading into a big 2026 for the outfit.
Commenting on the track, vocalist KT Hall says: “Lifehack is about the time when I was single before I met my partner. I wanted to go on Channel 4’s reality tv programme First Dates. I’m a fan of the show. I thought about the logistics and realities of dating on a reality TV show. What would it be like to fall in love in a fishbowl and have everything you ever wanted.”
Two years on from the release of their 2024 Welsh Music Prize-nominated debut album, Ask For Angela, South Wales’ CHROMA announced their return this autumn with new single ‘Riverhouse’, which garnered Radio Wales A List and BBC 6Music support, racking up over 400 worldwide radio plays in just 60 days.
“It’s been a whirlwind few years since we released our debut album and the response was far more than we could have ever imagined!” says drummer Zac Mather. “We’ve been incredibly fortunate to have been able to take those songs to stages all over the world, and get the chance to get back into the studio and record what we believe is the best possible follow up.”
“It’s been great getting back in the studio again,” adds Hall. “With the new stuff we’ve really tried to challenge ourselves as songwriters. A lot of the lyrics in the new songs are very personal to myself; exploring grief, heartbreak, and navigating the scary wider world from a deindustrialised South Wales.”
Rounding their year off with recent live dates alongside PINS, CHROMA teased the new single to grassroots gig-goers on their October 2025 Music Venue Trust Grassroots Venues Tour with BILK. The tour was the first to be funded by Music Venue Trust’s Liveline Fund, a fund that primarily focuses on strengthening the future viability of the UK Grassroots Music ecosystem.
Just announced for FOCUS Wales 2026, the band will be revealing further live dates and new music heading into 2026.
Live Dates:
7–9 May 2026 - FOCUS Wales - Wrexham
CHROMA are:
KT Hall - Vocals/guitar
Liam Bevan - Bass
Zac Mather - Drums
CHROMA online:
https://www.chroma.band
https://www.facebook.com/CHROMAbanduk
https://twitter.com/chromabanduk
https://www.instagram.com/chromabanduk
More about CHROMA:
Influenced by the likes of Yeah Yeah Yeah’s and The Gossip, CHROMA have received a groundswell of radio support and playlisting from BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music, Kerrang! Radio, Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru and ongoing support from BBC Introducing.
Boasting a healthy amount of live notches on their belt for a band who are still being found by new ears, they’ve previously appeared on renowned stages all over the world including Reading & Leeds Festival, BBC Radio 1’s Biggest Weekend, 2000 Trees Festival along with European festival appearances in the Netherlands, Italy, Barcelona and Brittany plus shows in New Zealand, South Korea and SXSW, Austin Texas.
Previously-released 2023 singles ‘Don’t Wanna Go Out’, ‘Don’t Mind Me’ and ‘Woman To Woman’ picked up support from Huw Stephens at BBC 6music and BBC Wales, Alyx Holcombe at BBC R1, John Kennedy at Radio X, Amazing Radio, Total Rock and many more, plus a groundswell of grassroots tastemaker support from Complete Music Update, Under The Radar, BUZZ Magazine, God Is In The TV, Noizze, Stereoboard, Distorted Sound, Sweeping The Nation and more.
Following an appearance at DMZ Peace Train Festival in Korea, the band returned from an autumn 2023 cultural exchange visit to Aotearoa/New Zealand, as part of a project examining live music and its importance to minority languages.
Prosiect Pūtahitanga is a creative practice and research project led by Cardiff University in partnership with the University of Waikato and FOCUS Wales. It aims to find points of connection between te reo Māori (the Māori Language), te ao Māori (the Māori world/world view) and Welsh-language culture through the lens of each country’s music scene.
Supporting the mighty Foo Fighters to a strong 20,000 crowd at Manchester’s Emirates Old Trafford in June 2024, they've also played sold-out shows all over the UK with the likes of The Mysterines, IDLES, Peace, The Joy Formidable, VANT and Tigercub.
They’ve been added to key editorial playlists across Spotify, given televised performances on BBC Wales, ITV and S4C, featured regularly on FA Wales media content and Visit Wales, and seen press support from The Metro, Nation Cymru, PRS M for Music Magazine, South Wales Argus and Y Selar.
The band are also key ambassadors of Music Venue Trust, Ask For Angela (UK) and the Welsh Government’s Sound campaign which encourages young men to learn about gender-based violence and call out misogyny, sexism, violence against women.
Taking its name from the campaign of the same name launched to prevent sexual assault in the UK, the material on CHROMA’s 2024 Welsh Music Prize nominated debut album Ask For Angela variously reflects on the band’s collective experience growing up in the South Wales Valleys, and explores the myriad lived experiences of young women.
Exploring infighting within the feminist movement, the oppression of trans rights in the UK, violence against women, and other weighty but hugely important topics, the trio ultimately invite the listener to a place of safety and empowerment with their inclusive music.
