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{{Short description|American indie rock band}}
{{for-multi|the band's eponymous album|Chaos Chaos (album)|the amoeba formerly known as ''Chaos chaos''|Chaos (genus)}}
{{redirect|Smoosh|the comedy duo|Smosh}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Chaos Chaos
| image           = Chaos Chaos - 2017 - 05A.jpg
| caption         = Chaos Chaos in 2017
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| alias           = Smoosh (2000–2012)
| origin          = {{unbulleted list | [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]] (as Smoosh) | [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]] (as Chaos Chaos)}}
| genre           = [[Indie pop]], [[synthpop]], [[indie rock]], [[post-rock]], [[baroque pop]], [[twee pop]]
| years_active    = 2000–present
| label           = [[Barsuk Records]], Pattern 25
| associated_acts =
| current_members = Chloe Saavedra<br />Asya Saavedra<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nylonmag.com/?section=article&parid=8468|title=band crush: chaos chaos|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017195113/http://www.nylonmag.com/?section=article&parid=8468|archive-date=2012-10-17|work=Nylon Magazine}}</ref>
| past_members    = Maia Saavedra<ref name="ThreeImaginaryGirls"/><ref name=Bennett>Bennett, Kim Taylor (June 6, 2013). [https://www.vice.com/en/article/rip-smoosh-and-hurray-for-chaos-chaos/ "R.I.P. Smoosh and Hurray for Chaos Chaos"]. Noisy.vice.com. Retrieved August 24, 2015.</ref>
| website         = https://www.chaoschaosband.com/
}}

'''Chaos Chaos''' are an American [[indie (music)|indie]] [[synthpop]] band based in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City|New York]]. The band was formed in [[Seattle]] under the name '''Smoosh''' in 2000 and adopted their current name in 2012. The band consists of two sisters, who founded the band as children: singer/keyboardist Asya "Asy" Saavedra (born February 2, 1992) and drummer Chloe Saavedra (born March 5, 1994). They released three [[Album#Length|LPs]] as Smoosh, and have produced two further [[extended play|EPs]], several [[single (music)|singles]], and a fourth [[Chaos Chaos (album)|full-length album]] as Chaos Chaos.

==History==
===Smoosh: 2000–2012===

Smoosh started in 2000 when the family was at a Seattle music store The Trading Musician, standing in line to restring a violin. Asy and Chloe wandered into the drum section of the store, where Chloe met [[Jason McGerr]], the drummer for [[Death Cab for Cutie]]. The family eventually left with a $600 drum kit for Chloe, McGerr's card from the Seattle Drum School, "and no violin."<ref name=pattern25>[http://www.pattern25.com/bands/smoosh.shtml Smoosh] {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061213101406/http://www.pattern25.com/bands/smoosh.shtml |date=December 13, 2006 }}, Pattern 25 Records. Accessed 16 November 2006.</ref> When McGerr learned that Asy had been playing the piano and writing songs since she was very young, he offered to help them both. Neither Asy nor Chloe read music.<ref>{{cite web| first= Alexander| last= Laurence | url= http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/archives/2005/02/an_interview_wi_1.html | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20050320094249/http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/archives/2005/02/an_interview_wi_1.html | archivedate= March 20, 2005| title= An Interview with Indie Sensation, Smoosh | work= Free Williamsburg | date= February 18, 2005 | accessdate= 11 December 2006}}</ref> Asy began piano training, but she soon quit because she found it boring.<ref name=pattern25/>

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 | quote  = There's this band [[Smash Mouth|Smashmouth]], and we liked how that sounded, so we came up with Smoosh. We just liked the sound of the word. But we pronounced it Smush [rhymes with bush]. Then people started saying it Smoosh, with the ooo sound. So it became Smoooosh.
 | source = —Asya, on the band name's origin in a 2005 interview<ref name= Believer>Almond, Steve (June 2005). [http://www.believermag.com/issues/200506/interview_smoosh.php "Smoosh" (interview)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704055200/http://www.believermag.com/issues/200506/interview_smoosh.php |date=2008-07-04 }}, ''[[The Believer (magazine)|The Believer]]''. Accessed August 24, 2015.</ref>
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In 2000, Smoosh released ''Tomato Mistakes'', a two-track [[single (music)|single]] that they mailed free of charge to anyone who wanted it.<ref name=pattern25/> Four years later, in September 2004, Smoosh's [[LP record|full-length]] debut ''She Like Electric'' was released under Pattern 25 Records. By the time Smoosh released their second LP ''Free to Stay'', on June 6, 2006, they were signed to Seattle-based [[independent record label|indie label]] [[Barsuk Records]]. Its third and title track, "Free to Stay", was an early song featured on ''Tomato Mistakes''. Asy also plays guitar on the track 'Waiting for Something' off ''Free to Stay''. The second album also features the song "Find A Way" which Smoosh performed on ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'' on July 12, 2006, marking their first performance on late night TV.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfdQoTdazq4 |title=YouTube |publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=2020-04-05}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}</ref>  As they toured with [[Eels (band)|Eels]] as part of a world tour in mid-2006, they are also featured on the [[California]]-based band's live DVD/CD ''[[Live and in Person! London 2006]]''.

[[File:Smoosh 1 main.jpg|thumb|left|An early Smoosh publicity photo, 2006 or earlier]]
On August 5, 2007, Smoosh performed at [[Lollapalooza 2007]] at Chicago's [[Grant Park (Chicago)|Grant Park]]. Their set included a cover of "[[This Modern Love]]" by [[Bloc Party]], with whom they would later tour that same year in September. Earlier that year, they also headlined an [[East Coast of the United States|east coast]] spring tour with The Postmarks. The band played "Pajama Party Time" on the children's TV series ''[[Yo Gabba Gabba]]'' in 2007. The Saavedra sisters have been the only members of the band. Their younger sister, Maia Saavedra, played bass for them in 2007.<ref name= "ThreeImaginaryGirls">{{cite web
|author= imaginary liz
|url= http://www.threeimaginarygirls.com/node/5111
|title= Meet Smoosh's Bass Player!
|work= ThreeImaginaryGirls.com
|date= May 24, 2007
}}</ref><ref name=Bennett/>

As Smoosh, critics compared the band's sound to that of [[Tori Amos]] and [[PJ Harvey]] and were impressed with the young writers and performers.<ref name= Heyamoto>Lisa Heyamoto, [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2002164249_smoosh29.html Tweenage band Smoosh rocks Seattle scene] {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070111092920/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2002164249_smoosh29.html |date=January 11, 2007 }}, January 30, 2005. Accessed 12 April 2006.</ref><ref>Douglas Wolk, [http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0439/040929_music_smallmouth.php Discovering the Dream] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050305170034/http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0439/040929_music_smallmouth.php |date=March 5, 2005 }}, ''[[Seattle Weekly]]'', September 29, 2004. Accessed 12 April 2006.</ref><ref>Anuj Desai, [https://web.archive.org/web/20071002110049/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/catpower/articles/story/6795003/preteen_smoosh_are_rad?rnd=1144800640630&has-player=true&version=6.0.12.1465 Pre-Teen Smoosh Are "Rad"], ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', December 28, 2004.  Accessed 12 April 2006.</ref> Smoosh opened for many leading [[Pacific Northwest]] bands including [[Pearl Jam]], [[Death Cab for Cutie]], [[Sleater-Kinney]], and the [[The Presidents of the United States of America (band)|Presidents of the United States of America]],<ref name= Believer/><ref name= pattern25/> as well as for other acts such as [[Mates of State]], [[Jimmy Eat World]], [[Cat Power]]<ref name= pattern25/> (who also covered their song "Rad"),<ref name=Believer/> [[Nada Surf]], [[Sufjan Stevens]] and [[The Go! Team]]. Asy collaborated with Seattle indie band Head Like a Kite to create the songs "Noisy at the Circus" (which can be found on Head Like a Kite's first album ''Random Portraits of the Home Movie''), "Daydream Vacation" (which can be found on their second album ''There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere''), and "Let's Start It All Again" (which can be found on their album ''Dreams Suspend Night'', and also available via the KEXP Song of the Day website).<ref>{{cite web| website= kexp.org| url= http://blog.kexp.org/blog/2010/05/14/song-of-the-day-head-like-a-kite-%E2%80%93-let%E2%80%99s-start-it-all-again-extreme-interview/|title=Song of the Day: Head Like a Kite – Let's Start It All Again + EXTREME INTERVIEW|access-date= 2011-01-21|archive-url= https://archive.today/20120709235210/http://blog.kexp.org/blog/2010/05/14/song-of-the-day-head-like-a-kite-%E2%80%93-let%E2%80%99s-start-it-all-again-extreme-interview/|archive-date=2012-07-09|url-status=dead}}</ref> Asy also lends her voice to the soundtrack of the musical film ''[[God Help the Girl]]'' created by [[Stuart Murdoch (musician)|Stuart Murdoch]] of [[Belle & Sebastian]], where she sings on the songs "I Just Want Your Jeans" and "A Down and Dusky Blonde".  She also provided the vocals on the song "I Fell for the Fall" by Swedish band Karma Tree. In early 2008, they toured with [[Tokyo Police Club]] and [[The Dresden Dolls]]. In June 2010, Smoosh released their third album, ''[[Withershins (album)|Withershins]]'' (previously titled ''The World's Not Bad'').

===Chaos Chaos: 2012–present===
[[File:Chaos Chaos - 2017 - 04A.jpg|thumb|right|Chaos Chaos performing in [[Seattle]] in 2017]]
In 2012 the Saavedras changed the band's name to Chaos Chaos, abandoning the name "Smoosh" because the term had become associated with [[Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi]] after an episode of ''[[South Park]]''.<ref name=Bennett/> Their current name is derived from a historical scientific name for a [[Chaos (genus)|species]] of [[amoeba]], which they liken to their music as it is "simple but always changing".<ref>Abraham, Victoria (September 18, 2012). [http://www.andpop.com/2012/09/18/artist-of-the-week-chaos-chaos/ Artist of the Week: Chaos Chaos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203224609/http://www.andpop.com/2012/09/18/artist-of-the-week-chaos-chaos/ |date=2017-12-03 }}. Andpop.com. Retrieved August 24, 2015.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Chaos Chaos: Committed to the Crime|quote=We named the band Chaos Chaos after a very large amoeba because they are simple but always changing. —Chloe| url= http://bighassle.com/publicity/chaos-chaos| website=bighassle.com|access-date= August 12, 2015|url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150822221315/http://bighassle.com/publicity/chaos-chaos|archive-date=August 22, 2015}}</ref>

Chaos Chaos released an EP, ''S'', on October 16, 2012.<ref>Laura Studarus, [http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/premiere_chaos_chaos_debut_ep_stream Premiere: Chaos Chaos Debut EP Stream], ''Under the Radar'', 2012-11-08. Accessed 2012-11-11.</ref> On February 23, 2013, they released a single, "In This Place."<ref name=Brown1>{{cite web| last=Brown|first=Emma|url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/exclusive-song-premiere-in-this-place-chaos-chaos|title=In This Place with Chaos Chaos|work=[[Interview (magazine)|Interview]]| date=February 23, 2013|access-date=May 31, 2018}}</ref> On October 7, 2014, Chaos Chaos released another EP, ''[[Committed to the Crime]]''. One of its tracks, "Do You Feel It?", was featured in the animated sci-fi cartoon ''[[Rick and Morty]]'' season two episode "[[Auto Erotic Assimilation]]."<ref name= Blumenfeld1>{{cite web| last= Blumenfeld| first= Zach| url= https://uproxx.com/music/chaos-chaos-interview-rick-and-morty-feminist-synthpop/ |title=How Chaos Chaos' Synthpop Ended Up On 'Rick and Morty'| work=[[Uproxx]]|date=September 27, 2017|access-date=May 31, 2018}}</ref> This brought the band a lot of recognition. Chaos Chaos provided vocals to [[George Watsky]] on the song "Brave New World" on his album ''[[x Infinity]]'', which released on August 19, 2016. On August 27, 2017, the duo released the single "[[Terryfold]]", which features lead vocals from ''Rick and Morty'' co-creator and voice actor [[Justin Roiland]], a longtime fan of the band.<ref name=Blumenfeld1/> The song became the band's first charting single when it debuted at #33 on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot Rock Songs]] chart in September 2017.<ref name= "terryfoldchart">{{cite magazine| last1= Rutherford| first1=Kevin|title='Rick and Morty' Song 'Terryfold' Debuts on Hot Rock Songs Chart| url= https://www.billboard.com/pro/rick-and-morty-terryfold-debuts-hot-rock-songs/ |magazine= Billboard|date=2017-09-15| access-date=16 September 2017}}</ref>

After releasing the singles "Dripping with Fire" and "On Turning 23" in late 2017<ref name=iTunes1>{{cite web |url= https://music.apple.com/ca/album/dripping-with-fire-single/1289430877| title= Dripping with Fire – Single by Chaos Chaos on Apple Music| work=[[iTunes]] | date= 29 September 2017|access-date=May 31, 2018}}</ref><ref name=iTunes2>{{cite web| url= https://music.apple.com/ca/album/on-turning-23-single/1314141667|title=On Turning 23 – Single by Chaos Chaos on Apple Music| work=iTunes |date=17 November 2017 |access-date= May 31, 2018}}</ref> and "Pink Politics" in April 2018, the band released the full-length album ''[[Chaos Chaos (album)|Chaos Chaos]]'' on May 15, 2018.<ref name=Jones1>{{cite magazine| last= Jones| first= Abby| url= https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/chaos-chaos-new-song-pink-politics-video-interview-8307616/|title=Chaos Chaos Turn Turmoil Into Inspiration With 'Pink Politics': Video Premiere|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= April 12, 2018|access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref> To promote the album, they also began headlining their first nationwide tour on April 12 of that year.<ref name=Jones1/>

At the request of [[Kim Kardashian]], Chaos Chaos and Justin Roiland collaborated a second time to produce a song for [[Kanye West]] (a fan of ''Rick and Morty'') as a birthday present. It was released on West's 41st birthday (June 8, 2018) as a single called "Kanye's B-Day Song" featuring Rick and Morty.<ref name= Kanye>{{cite web| last= Reading| first=Caleb|url=https://uproxx.com/tv/rick-and-morty-kanye-west-birthday-song-lyrics/|title='Rick and Morty' Made This Unsettling Birthday Song for Kanye West| work= Uproxx |date=June 11, 2018| access-date=June 26, 2018}}</ref>

In 2019, the band released three singles that are currently unattached to any album: "Armed and Dangerous,"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://shorefire.com/releases/entry/chaos-chaos-armed-and-dangerous|title=Chaos Chaos Shed Their Armor On Whirring Art-Disco Meditation "Armed And Dangerous"|work=Shore Fire Media|date=May 10, 2019|access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref> "Theaters,"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/5VsqoAvv8zWtsEZxp64zt4|last=Chaos Chaos|title=Theaters|work=Spotify|date=2019|access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref> and "Improv Song."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/00cWFHZNTDdZBA5FvkJtHw|last=Chaos Chaos|title=Improv Song|work=Spotify|date=2019|access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref>

==Members==
===Current members===
*Asya "Asy" Saavedra&nbsp;– [[Lead vocalist|lead]] [[Singing|vocals]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
*Chloe Saavedra&nbsp;– vocals, [[Drum kit|drums]], percussion

===Former members===
*Maia Saavedra&nbsp;– vocals, [[bass guitar]], [[harpejji]]

==Discography==
===As Smoosh===
*''Tomato Mistakes'' (2000) – [[single (music)|single]]
*''Free to Stay EP'' (2002) – [[extended play|EP]]
*''[[She Like Electric]]'' (2004) – full-length [[album]] debut
*''[[Free to Stay]]'' (2006) – full-length album
*''[[Live and in Person! London 2006]]'' – ([[Eels (band)|Eels]] CD and DVD; Smoosh plays on three tracks)
*''[[Withershins (album)|Withershins]]'' (2010) – full-length album

===As Chaos Chaos===
*''[[S (Chaos Chaos EP)|S]]'' (2012) – EP
*"In This Place" (2013) – single
* ''[[Committed to the Crime]]'' (2014) – EP
* "[[Terryfold]]" featuring [[Justin Roiland]] (2017) – single, charted at #33 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s [[Hot Rock Songs]]<ref name="terryfoldchart"/>
*''[[Chaos Chaos (album)|Chaos Chaos]]'' (2018) – full-length album
*"Kanye's B-Day Song" featuring [[Rick and Morty]] (2018) – single
*"Armed and Dangerous" (2019) – single
*"Theaters" (2019) – single
*"Improv Song" (2019) – single
*"Geography" (2020) – single
*"Many Roads" (2020) – single
*"Capital T" (2020) – single
*"Need You (feat. Madge)" (2020) – single
*"ETERNAL" (2021) – single
*"Ethical Plum" (feat. [[Bayli (singer)|BAYLI]]) (2024) – single
*"Control" (2024) – single

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Smoosh at Bumbershoot 2007 - Chloe & Asya 02.jpg|Chloe and Asya, 2007
Image:Smoosh at Bumbershoot 2007 - Maia 01.jpg|Maia, 2007
Image:Smoosh at Bumbershoot 2007 - Chloe 04.jpg|Chloe, 2006
Image:Smoosh at Bumbershoot 2007 - Asya 03.jpg|Asya, 2007
</gallery>

==Notes==
*McLean, Craig: [http://women.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,27869-2208384.html "Too Much Too Young?"]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)|The Sunday Times]]'', June 11, 2006
*Nelson, Sean: [http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=18879 "This ''Is'' the Band"]. ''[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]]'', July 22, 2004. Band profile

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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{{External links|date=April 2020}}
*{{official website|https://chaoschaosband.com/}}
*[https://www.myspace.com/smooshtheband Smoosh's Myspace Page]
*[http://faculty.washington.edu/kendo/smoosh.html Smoosh page] maintained by University of Washington librarian Tom Bolling, very extensive set of links to newspaper stories.
*[https://portable-infinite.blogspot.com/2005/02/alexander-gets-rad-with-smoosh.html Interview by] Alexander Laurence
*[http://www.barsuk.com/bands/smoosh/ Smoosh on Barsuk Records]
*[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91054554 Smoosh Raises the Lights with 'Dark Shine' / Sister Band Smoosh Rocks Kids-at-Work Day], National Public Radio. Two NPR pieces on Smoosh.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100618075313/http://smooshnotes.webs.com/  Smoosh Notes] A Database of Smoosh information, ranging from articles and media to graphics and fanart.
*[http://smoosh-links.webs.com/ Smoosh-Links]-Archive of Smoosh related links: interviews, bios, videos, etc.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121204151217/http://www.talkrocktome.com/girls-will-rock-a-qa-with-chaos-chaos/ Interview with Asy (via Talk Rock To Me)] August 1, 2012

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