New EP!!!!! Hilarious Rarities. You have to have this.

Huge news for all the Chop enthusiasts.  We've just released a Rarities EP for your purchasing/listening pleasure. It includes all our best joke songs (read: the stuff that makes us laugh) as well as our special christmas tune. Just in time for yon holidays. Buy it on itunes!



You should probably get it just for this awesome cover:

Without getting all misty eyed here....this EP really nails the essence of The Chop, which was joking around with great friends and making songs to crack each other up. To understand what our little band-experiement was about you really must hear this.

here's the tracklist including a short description of each tune and its context in Chop lore:

1. Born in Wilmington
The Chop's homage to their hometown of Wilmington, Delaware. To be sung drunk, preferably. Feel free to write your own verses and perform your own versions. The goal is to get this baby into every Wilmingtonian's consciousness and make it a traditional tune that everyone in Delaware knows. You can help with this...Do it!!!!!!!!!

2. Enter the Chop
Part of an early Chop-days songwriting challenge for every man to write a song that ended with the lyric "I killed you with the chop".   An early recording triumph, complete with weird time signatures / weird guitar harmonies / weird vocals from Jimmy.

3. The Chop, with Love (reprise)
Another song from the aforementioned challenge.  Originally written as a punk/metal tune that was somewhat unloved for it's noisy assault on the senses but beloved for it's lyrical content, we quickly decided that a jazz reprise was the way to go. This was on our Gold Stars "release" but it makes it's digital debut here!

4. Buffalo Balls Magrans

Originally conceived while drunkenly strolling down Fulton Street after a three man thanksgiving celebration, BBalls was then quickly penned and meticulously recorded amidst much laughter and merriment. A true chop classic that all five of us had a strong hand in creating, with Johnny as inspiration, James and Rob on lyrics and chords, and Phil and Tom with the spot on arrangement/production.  Dig those awesome backup vocals. I find it impossible not to smile while listening to this.

5. Karate for Christmas
The Chop's christmas song. Conceived "title first" then written and recorded all in the span of about 72 hours...instant classic for your holiday pleasure. Chock full of egg nog and mistletoe and nunchuks. Or something.