The band recorded Superb with producer Henry Jenkins, who has worked with the band on all of their albums to date, at The College Of Knowledge – a Coburg space co-run by Stuckey. The guitarist ...

Melbourne instrumental jazz-funk outfit Surprise Chef have announced they’ll release a new EP titled Friendship in June, sharing breezy, jubilant new single ‘Friendship Theme’ to coincide. The EP was ...

Melbourne, Australia’s Surprise Chef have been cooking up a blend of psych, funk, jazz, soul and ’60s soundtrack music for a few years now, and are set to release their third album, Education & ...

“We’ve got plenty of first-press records. Too many, actually,” Lachlan Stuckey, of Melbourne jazz-funk band Surprise Chef, admits. The five-piece instrumentalists are doing what they do best, thumbing ...

From little things, instrumental juggernauts grow. Hailing from just outside of Melbourne, Australia, the members of Surprise Chef first gathered in 2017 with the modest aim to tape a couple of ...

Surprise Chef's music is based on evoking mood; their vivid arrangements utilize time and space to build soundscapes that invite the listener into their world. The quintet's distinct sound pulls from ...