{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox album | name = Chaos for the Fly | type = studio | artist = [[Grian Chatten]] | cover = Grian Chatten - Chaos for the Fly.png | alt = | released = {{Start date|2023|06|30|df=y}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = * [[Indie folk]] * [[alternative rock]] | length = 36:21 | label = [[Partisan Records|Partisan]] | producer = * [[Dan Carey (record producer)|Dan Carey]] * [[Grian Chatten]] }}
'''''Chaos for the Fly''''' is the debut studio album by Irish musician [[Grian Chatten]], best known as the frontman for the [[post-punk]] band [[Fontaines D.C.]]<ref name="NME">{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Sophie |title=Grian Chatten finds his voice on new solo album: "It's like reclaiming ownership over my music" |url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/grian-chatten-album-chaos-for-the-fly-interview-3462814 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=30 June 2023 |date=30 June 2023}}</ref> The album was recorded in two weeks with Fontaines D.C.'s regular producer [[Dan Carey (record producer)|Dan Carey]] and features orchestral arrangements.<ref name="ES">{{cite web |last1=Smyth |first1=David |title=Grian Chatten: Chaos for the Fly album review - short but sweet, bleak but beautiful |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/grian-chatten-chaos-for-the-fly-album-review-fontaines-dc-b1090757.html |website=[[Evening Standard]] |access-date=30 June 2023 |date=20 June 2023}}</ref> The title is a reference to a quote by [[Morticia Addams]].<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |author1-link=Kitty Empire |title=Grian Chatten: Chaos for the Fly review – the Fontaines DC frontman gets personal |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/02/grian-chatten-chaos-for-the-fly-review-the-fontaines-dc-frontman-gets-personal |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=11 July 2023 |date=2 July 2023}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | ADM = 8.0/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/13688/Grian-Chatten-Chaos-For-The-Fly.aspx|title=''Chaos for the Fly'' by Grian Chatten reviews|website=AnyDecentMusic?|access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref> | MC = 83/100<ref name="Metacritic"/> | rev1 = ''[[Exclaim!]]'' | rev1score = 8/10<ref name="Exclaim">{{cite magazine |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/grian_chatten_chaos_for_the_fly_album_review |title=Grian Chatten Soars Solo on ''Chaos for the Fly'' |magazine=[[Exclaim!]] |last=Boissonneault |first=Stephan |date=30 June 2023 |access-date=4 July 2023}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' | rev2score = 7.6/10<ref name="PF">{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/grian-chatten-chaos-for-the-fly/ |title=Grian Chatten: ''Chaos for the Fly'' Album Review |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |last=Cardew |first=Ben |date=30 June 2023 |access-date=4 July 2023}}</ref> }} ''Chaos for the Fly'' received "universal acclaim" from critics according to [[review aggregator]] [[Metacritic]] and was assigned a score of 83, based on ten reviews.<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web |title=Chaos For The Fly by Grian Chatten |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/chaos-for-the-fly/grian-chatten |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref> ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' felt that "Chatten is able to chase down a succession of personal demons, while broadening his emotional, musical and vocal range", and ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' remarked that "the self-analysis is elevated by Chatten's scowling poetry and producer Dan Carey's bright detailing".<ref name="Metacritic"/>
Ben Cardew of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' described the album as "a record of rumination, [[Folk music|folk]] [[Instrumentation (music)|instrumentation]], and the odd [[Electronic music|electronic]] flicker that feels alluringly timeless", with Cardew elaborating that "what really makes the record vibrate, however, is the combination of novelty and tradition, artifice and honesty".<ref name="PF"/> ''[[Exclaim!]]''{{'}}s Stephan Boissonneault stated that "these songs sound as though they could only live on this album, and it would conflict with their energy to have them co-exist in Fontaines D.C.'s repertoire". Boissonneault felt that Chatten's "poetic and stark lyrical imagery has more room to breathe on ''Chaos for the Fly''; the album's instrumentation, while developing over the course of every track, is sparse and spacious".<ref name="Exclaim"/>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = ''Chaos for the Fly'' track listing | all_writing = Grian Chatten | title1 = The Score | length1 = 2:41 | title2 = Last Time Every Time Forever | length2 = 3:39 | title3 = Fairlies | length3 = 4:10 | title4 = Bob's Casino | length4 = 4:44 | title5 = All of the People | length5 = 4:23 | title6 = East Coast Bed | length6 = 4:59 | title7 = Salt Throwers off a Truck | length7 = 3:26 | title8 = I Am So Far | length8 = 3:42 | title9 = Season for Pain | length9 = 3:34 | total_length = 36:21 }}
==Personnel== * [[Grian Chatten]] – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, synths, harmonica * [[Dan Carey (record producer)|Dan Carey]] – backing vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, synths, drum programming * Tom Coll – drums
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for ''Chaos for the Fly'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2023) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Flanders|20|artist=Grian Chatten|album=Chaos for the Fly|rowheader=true|access-date=9 July 2023}} |- {{album chart|Wallonia|65|artist=Grian Chatten|album=Chaos for the Fly|rowheader=true|access-date=9 July 2023}} |- {{album chart|Netherlands|87|artist=Grian Chatten|album=Chaos for the Fly|rowheader=true|access-date=8 July 2023}} |- {{album chart|France|113|M|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-la-semaine/top-albums/?semaine=27?&annee=2023&categorie=Top%20Albums|title=Top Albums (Week 27, 2023)|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|artist=Grian Chatten|album=Chaos for the Fly|rowheader=true|access-date=10 July 2023}} |- {{album chart|Ireland|9|M|url=http://www.irma.ie/index.cfm?page=irish-charts&chart=Albums|title=Irish Albums Chart: 7 July 2023|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|rowheader=true|access-date=7 July 2023}} |- {{album chart|Scotland|3|date=20230707|rowheader=true|access-date=8 July 2023}} |- {{album chart|UK2|10|date=20230707|rowheader=true|access-date=7 July 2023}} |- {{album chart|UKIndependent|1|date=20230707|rowheader=true|access-date=8 July 2023}} |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Fontaines D.C.}}
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