“An entrancing mix of Cocteaus-style dreampop and folktronic drama”
Electronic Sound
DEBUT Album
“Underneath the Earth”
Via Cold Spring Records
CHIMEHOURS – ‘Underneath The Earth’ LP EARTH GREEN (CSR355LP)
CHIMEHOURS – ‘Underneath The Earth’ LP BLACK (CSR355LP)
CHIMEHOURS – ‘Underneath The Earth’ CD (CSR355CD)
PRESS
“Beautifully burgeoned into life one moment, then finished with the meticulous delicacy of brushstrokes the next, there’s a magical eeriness to the songs… We cannot help but be spellbound” Louder Than War
**Staff Pick Of The Week Picadilly Records
“Such a delightful album… witchy, otherly, ethereal, spiritual, delicately strong, full of earthly treasure… This is delicious, tantalising, beautiful” Organ Thing
“Folk horror, ghost stories and the supernatural through a distinctly hauntological lens… timeless, mysterious and otherworldly” Norman Records
**Best new albums in October NPR Music
“Folk tinges with crystalline dreamy vocals… The dappling instrumentation and the faint drone in the ether capture this sense of existential mystery and enigma… thrilling” Backseat Mafia
“Folk-horror, ghost stories, retro cinema and British landscape lore… Fine stuff” Moonbuilding
“Chimehours have pulled their debut album from the tangled weeds of folk horror… a tousled web of synths and grumbling strings” Electronic Sound
ABOUT
“Underneath The Earth” is the debut album from Chimehours; a hauntological music project for the dislocated present day. Taking inspiration from Max Porter’s novel “Lanny”, the album digs into themes of nature, myth and community, with an edge of folk-horror.
Drones, drums and gritty guitars are juxtaposed with woodwind, strings and ethereal song. Written and produced between Derbyshire, London and Margate, the album takes musical influence from the likes of Liz Fraser, Broadcast, Beth Gibbons, Bibio and Jóhann Jóhannsson, and atmospheric cues from The Wickerman, The Fog, and Enys Men.
Chimehours is a collaboration between Beck Goldsmith and Jon Dix. The pair have previously performed in bands together and composed music for award-winning film and television. They conjured up this foray into cinematic, horror-flecked contemporary-folk to explore their love of the supernatural and the other-than-human.
Chimehours raid the vaults of 70’s British cinema and trad folk soundscapes to riff on contemporary anxieties and ecological yearning. The result is a collection of all things earthy, exquisite and grotesque.
FFO: Darkher, The Unthanks, Wardruna, Jóhann Jóhannsson…
CD in matt-laminate digipak.
LP on 180gm black vinyl in matt-laminate sleeve (Ltd 250).
Ltd LP on 180gm earth green vinyl in matt-laminate sleeve (Ltd 250).
credits
releases October 24, 2025
Chimehours are Beck Goldsmith and Jon Dix.
Written, performed, produced & mixed by Chimehours.
Mastered by Martin Bowes (The Cage Studios).
Additional Instrumentation on songs 8 & 10 by Francis O’Donnell-Smith.
Lyrical excerpts from Lanny by Max Porter used with kind permission from the author and publisher.
Artwork and layout by Leonie Dubarry-Gurr, Chimehours (final assembly by Abby Helasdottir).
Chimehours photographs by Tim Topple.
‘Underneath The Earth’ official video by John Bradburn.