Canadian artist, producer and multi-instrumentalist Chet Porter returns with his second release of 2021, ‘Life’s So Good’ featuring his brand new side project, Cherry Surf, aka the eclectic duo of Chet Porter and Midoca.
Chet teamed up with good friend Midoca to create a track that’s energetic and full of cathartic release. Following a global lockdown that’s lasted over a year, the track erupts with ecstatic screaming from Chet himself and heavy guitar riffs.
In Chet’s own words, Cherry Surf and ‘Life’s So Good’ are the product of getting out of a depressing headspace and looking towards the positive in life once again.
“I was tired of writing depressing songs over and over and over again, it exhausted me mentally. so one day while at my friend chaz’s (midoca) place, i was just like “let’s do something different”. we ended up creating this surf-rock-side-project type thing called ‘cherry surf’ and where I basically just pretended to be somebody else. wrote a super happy instrumental, some lyrics that are the opposite of what I’d been writing, and we decided to just scream them into the mic.
‘Life’s So Good’ ft. Cherry Surf marks a turning point in Chet’s musical output. After a long musical hiatus from 2017 to 2019 due to mental health concerns, Chet’s shifting his focus towards music that brings joy back into his creative process.
It was so fun to do, that it resulted in all of these laughs from us, which we just left in the track because that was the whole point at the end of the day: to make a fun song and have fun doing it. I guess it’s about how, even when this made-up surfer version of me lost his surfboard, has no money, whatever… he still thinks life’s so good and feels lucky to be here
Fresh off some big festival dates, Chet is back in a huge way. His recent performance with Manilla Killa at Lost in Dreams, Las Vegas brought the stage down (almost literally).
This fall, he embarks on the 30+ date ‘bb u ok?’ tour with collaborator and great friend San Holo. More dates TBA – watch this space for more news from Chet Porter
