Houston Groove-Metal outfit Chaw bolts back into the forefront with “Get Up,” which not only hits hard, but shoves. Landing as the lead single off their forthcoming four-track EP "PROMOSEXUAL," dripping with sarcasm and unapologetic intensity, this blunt-force motivator goes for the gut.
“Get Up” makes its mark with heavy, downtuned riffs that are punishing yet focused, the first crushing note lands like a hard punch. It has a purposeful aggression, leaning heavily on the rhythmic backbone of groove metal while injecting a pointed rap-metal attitude. The result is an immediate, yet undeniably infectious, sound.
It wasn’t the weight of the sound that made the track stick, it was the attitude behind it. Chaw transmutes frustration into kinetic form, a snarl at complacency instead of a sermon. The way the band delivers their lines straddles humor and hostility, creating a whimsical tone that also conveys outrage.
The chorus dinks like a hammer, designed to linger on the edge without becoming too mainstream. Not the kind of hook that requests your attention, it grabs it. Underneath the apparent chaos of the arrangement is something tightly controlled, making sure that this isn’t so much chaos for chaos’s sake as it is a precise surgical strike.