Hoodoo Gurus - Chariot Of The Gods

Chariot Of The Gods is the tenth studio album by Australian rock band Hoodoo Gurus, released in March 2022 via Big Time Records.

The Hoodoo Gurus formed in Sydney in 1981 by the mainstay Dave Faulkner (songwriter, lead singer and guitarist) and later joined by Richard Grossman (bass), Mark Kingsmill (drums), and Brad Shepherd (guitar, vocals, harmonica). In 2015 Kingsmill retired from the band and Nik Rieth has replaced him on drums.

With immense enthusiasm, Hoodoo Gurus are taking the reins of 2022 and are happy to announce the details of their long-awaited, and hotly-anticipated, new studio album – Chariot of the Gods.

Chariot of the Gods is the band’s first album in over a decade (the longest interval between Hoodoo Gurus’ albums in their history) and is the follow-up to Purity Of Essence (2010).

Dave Faulkner explains “The last twelve months have been frustrating and nerve-racking for everyone but, for the Hoodoo Gurus, this dark cloud has had a silver lining. Forced to rely on ourselves instead of the outside world for validation, there has been a creative rebirth within the band that has resulted in a string of singles and a new album. Most important of all, the musical bonds between the four of us have never been stronger. When the discussions are all about which songs we're sad about having to leave off the record, that's a damn good sign.  “I'm tellin' ya, folks, we've got a real spring in our step right now”.

The album has reached #7 on the Australian ARIA albums charts and the album has received positive reviews from music critics.

The vinyl album version features three bonus tracks: "Hung Out to Dry", the B-side of the "Get Out of Dodge" single (and a single in its own right), and covers of Bob Dylan's "Obviously Five Believers" and the Lennon-McCartney composition "I Wanna Be Your Man".

This double album 2LP record set is a limited edition on opaque blue coloured vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeves, pressed in Australia via Big Time Records.