Nashville indie-alt duo CHAPEL — Carter and Kortney — have spent the better part of a decade building something that sounds like a festival headline waiting to happen. The pair cut their teeth on the road, touring alongside Waterparks, Sum 41, Good Charlotte, 3OH!3, and Against the Current, logging miles across the US and internationally behind their debut album Sunday Brunch. In 2019, Alt Nation premiered "Friends" — the lead single off a follow-up album that was written, finished, and ready to go. Then the pandemic hit, touring vanished, and the record never came out. Rather than sit still, CHAPEL pivoted and released the Room Service EP. "Pillowtalk," its lead single, came out in January 2021 and landed on Alt Nation again — proof the connection with their audience never went anywhere. When the dust settled, they linked up with Nashville producer Michael Guillot, who quickly became the project's third brain and unlocked a creative process they hadn't had before. The result was their 2026 album Modern Nature — rooted in the kinetic, sun-soaked energy of Passion Pit, Phoenix, and early-2010s festival indie, recontextualized for right now. With a rhythm and momentum that finally feels like their own, CHAPEL is just getting started.
