Pontypridd, Wales bi-lingual alt-rock trio CHROMA return today with their new single ‘River House’ set for release on 25th September 2025 via Alcopop! Records.

Two years on from the release of their 2024 Welsh Music Prize nominated debut album, Ask For Angela, South Wales’ CHROMA announce their return with brand new music and a fresh take on their fuzzy yet melancholic alternative rock.

“It’s been a whirlwind few years since we released our long awaited 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.”

Commenting on the new single, vocalist KT Hall says: “It’s been great getting back in the studio again. 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 world from deindustrialised South Wales.”

“‘Riverhouse’ is a particularly meaningful song for me. It’s about grieving the loss of my close friend Sara. I remember at the time it happened, a friend introduced me to the 5/7 stages of grief (give it a Google, it really helped me when i was struggling). Riverhouse explores the anger stage, the stage accepting the information that your loved one has gone. I was truly raging at the world at the time. The song is also about how much I love my close group of friends. It’s about reaching out for help when you’re struggling with the tough stuff life throws at you. Making these songs has been a wonderful experience and we’re so excited to share them with the world.”

The first new material from an as-yet-unannounced new collection of songs, the single was recently featured on 116: Ten Years Later, a colossal 76-track charity compilation from UK-based curator and artist WRONGPOP (Stephen Lee Clarke) raising over £2500.

Ten years ago, Clarke walked out of hospital after surviving cancer with just two weeks left to live. A stem cell transplant via Anthony Nolan—the UK charity that finds life-saving donor matches—changed everything.

Released exclusively on Bandcamp for one month only, the compilation features new, unreleased and rare tracks from names like Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, The Armed, Art Brut, Shit and Shine, Modern Technology, and Noah Ezra, a street musician Clarke met while travelling through Ecuador.

CHROMA will support PINS on two shows this September, and bilk. on their grassroots venue tour dates this October 2025, with tickets on sale now (see below for listings).

October 2025 UK Tour Dates:

26.09.25 – Edinburgh – Sneaky Pete’s *
27.09.25 – Glasgow – Nice N Sleazy *
21.10.25 – Bedford – Esquires #
22.10.25 – Oxford – Bullingdon #
24.10.25 – Milton Keynes – Craufurd Arms #
25.10.25 – Bournemouth – Anvil #
26.10.25 – Guildford – Boiler Room #
01.11.25 – London – 100 Club #

* with PINS
# with bilk.

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