Chet Faker - “Built On Glass”

So Chet Faker finally got around to recording an album. Having heard various snippets on Triple J, where it was feature album for a week, I finally got the chance to give Built On Glass a listen through this evening - while I took a long, relaxing bath, as it happens. As long as you’re on board with bath-dancing (and really, why shouldn’t you be?), I highly recommend this mode of listening.

Sharing various merits with a bath, this is exactly the kind of album you want to sink into after a difficult week and with an icy drink in hand. It’s warm, smooth and bubbly, and that’s probably about as far as the bath metaphor can take us. It may even have gone too far already. No matter.

Faker splits the record into two halves with a dreamy interlude: the first is where he consolidates on his strengths, and the second is where he gets a little more adventurous. Both are great, and they lend the record the versatility to satisfy old fans and convince new ones at the same time.

Highlights include sax-y single ‘Talk Is Cheap’ and the thumping ‘1998’, which can be heard below. Chet Faker has stepped up to the plate and delivered a high-quality 52 minutes of his own unique sound. I strongly recommend spending some time with it, inside or outside a warm, bubbly bath.