Chrome Dipped

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Chrome Dipped
Civic - Chrome Dipped.jpg
Studio album by
Released30 May 2025 (2025-05-30)
Studio
Length37:18
Label ATO
Producer Kirin J. Callinan
Civic chronology
Taken By Force
(2023)
Chrome Dipped
(2025)
Singles from Chrome Dipped
  1. "Chrome Dipped"
    Released: 19 March 2025

Chrome Dipped is the third studio album by Australian rock band Civic, [2] released on 30 May 2025, via ATO Records, in CD, LP and digital formats. [3]

Contents

At the 2025 ARIA Music Awards, the album was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album. [4]

Background

Chrome Dipped succeeds the band's 2023 project, Taken By Force. [2] Produced by Kirin J. Callinan, [5] it is composed of eleven tracks ranging between two and four minutes each, with a total runtime of approximately thirty-seven minutes. The title track was released as the album's lead single on 19 March 2025, alongside a music video directed by Marcus Coblyn. [2] [5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Distorted Sound7/10
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New Noise rated the album three and a half stars and described it as "a veritable cornucopia of punk and post-punk sounds, and of influences both modern and old." [6] Distorted Sound assigned it a rating of seven out of ten, referring to it as "a fun rock album born out of wanting to bend the rules and do what they want." [3] Mojo, rating the project four stars, remarked, "The best Australian punk and post-punk always added a great twist to the Detroit archetype, and Chrome Dipped is no exception." [7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Civic.

Chrome Dipped track listing
No.TitleLength
1."The Fool"2:49
2."Chrome Dipped"3:22
3."Gulls Way"4:49
4."The Hogg"3:20
5."Starting All the Dogs Off"4:35
6."Trick Pony"4:35
7."Amissus"2:55
8."Poison"3:27
9."Fragrant Rice"2:25
10."Kingdom Come"2:45
11."Swing of the Noose"2:16
Total length:37:18

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [1]

Civic

Additional contributors

Charts

Chart performance for Chrome Dipped
Chart (2025)Peak
position
Australian Artist Albums (ARIA) [8] 10

References

  1. 1 2 Chrome Dipped (Media notes). Civic. ATO Records. 30 May 2025.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. 1 2 3 Chelosky, Danielle (19 March 2025). "CIVIC Announce New Album Chrome Dipped: Hear The Title Track". Stereogum . Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 Griffiths, Charlotte (29 May 2025). "Album Review: Chrome Dipped – Civic". Distorted Sound. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  4. "ARIA Award nominations 2025: Ninajirachi, Dom Dolla, Amyl & The Sniffers lead the pack". Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  5. 1 2 Pearis, Bill (19 March 2025). "CIVIC announce new album Chrome Dipped & tour, share title track". BrooklynVegan . Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  6. Jones, Kevin (30 May 2025). "Album Review: CIVIC – Chrome Dipped". New Noise . Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  7. Aston, Martin (July 2025). "Chrome Dipped". Mojo . p. 82. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  8. "ARIA Australian Artist Album Chart" (PDF). ARIA. 9 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.