LA-based Brit tapes a special in Washington DC

Chris Martin is to release his second comedy album, Above Ground Comedian, next month.

The British comic is now based in Los Angeles, but recorded the special at The Comedy Loft in Washington DC.

He said: ‘I have a small dog and I’m vegan so I’ve really assimilated to the culture. I just need some Botox to complete my hat trick of the "most-LA’" stereotypes.’

And he said the night before recording Above Ground Comedian, he performed a warm-up show Baltimore that he said was his worst show in ten years, performing late to a drunk audience

He says: ‘When I was newer as a comic I would have been annoyed, but the gig was so unplayable I just started laughing on stage at how bad it was. I knew at the very least my album recording would be better than that!’

The show is being released as download by US record label Blonde Medicine on February 23, about two years after the release of his debut album All Over the Place.

It covers his cultural assimilation, how his parents inform his own recent foray into parenthood… and his dog’s butt. 

Martin said he was inspired to get into comedy as a teenager after Eddie Murphy’s Raw. 

‘I wanted to be able to do that,’ he says. ‘I wish I could pull off the shiny purple tight-outfit but sadly my legs are too skinny to make it work.’ 

Published: 24 Jan 2024