Clutch followers keen for brand new music shall be glad to listen to that the band is deep within the songwriting course of for his or her subsequent album. In a latest interview with the Mark And Me podcast, frontman Neil Fallon shared an replace on the follow-up to Dawn On Slaughter Seashore, launched in September 2022.
“Yeah, we’re writing now. It is taken longer than I believe we’d’ve favored to have, however to be sincere, we toured rather a lot prior to now three years, like actually grounded down,” Fallon defined. “Whenever you come residence from tour, you do not wanna flip across the subsequent day and say, ‘Let’s get collectively and write a tune.’ Gotta take a little bit of a break.”
He went on to explain the band’s present artistic course of, saying that they usually meet “as soon as, twice every week for 4 or 5 hours” to work on new materials. In keeping with Fallon, the most effective songs usually emerge organically fairly than being overly deliberate. “You gotta write a whole lot of rubbish to get to the great things. And it appears the much less premeditated it’s, these are the songs that find yourself as a part of the canon, nearly the unintentional songs. These are those that appear to be the most effective.”
When requested about the potential of a solo album, Fallon admitted that whereas he has written music outdoors of Clutch, he isn’t occupied with pursuing a separate mission. “I’ve written a handful of solo works, for lack of a greater phrase, simply because they by no means ended up within the palms of the band. Not as a result of I am holding it a secret. It is simply I listened to it, and it is, like, I do not suppose that is gonna make a whole lot of sense, attempting to suit a sq. peg in a spherical gap. And I haven’t got any curiosity in being in one other band. I really feel very happy with the place I am at.”
Past music, Fallon has additionally rekindled an previous inventive ardour—oil portray. “The one different factor I sort of occupy my time with is I’ve taken up oil portray, which I used to do once I was actually younger,” he revealed. “And I discover it to be an excellent distraction from music, and a whole lot of occasions I provide you with lyrics once I’m doing that as an alternative of sitting down with a clean piece of paper. It is simply one other train to maintain the artistic mind in form and never atrophy.”
Clutch has a complete shit ton of tour dates lined up for this June by way of August. Tickets can be found right here.
Clutch, Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown, and Nate Bergman
6/6 Montreal, QC MTELUS
6/7 Pickering, ON The Area at Pickering On line casino Resort
6/8 Ottawa, ON Bronson Centre Theatre
6/10 Moncton, NB Molson Canadian Centre at On line casino New Brunswick
6/12 Lynn, MA Lynn Memorial Auditorium
6/13 Portland, ME State Theatre
6/14 Bensalem, PA Parx On line casino
6/15 Albany, NY Empire Reside
6/17 Morgantown, WV Ruby Amphitheater
6/19 Sault Ste Marie, MI Kewadin On line casino Indoor Live performance
6/20 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan Theater
6/21 Elizabeth, IN Caesars Occasion Heart at Caesars Southern Indiana
6/22 Pelham, TN The Caverns
6/24 Charleston, SC Charleston Music Corridor
6/25 Lake Buena Vista, FL Home of Blues
6/27 Columbus, OH KEMBA Reside!
6/28 Greensboro, NC Piedmont Corridor
Clutch, Blacktop Mojo & The Inspector Cluzo
7/30 Little Rock, AR The Corridor
7/31 Oklahoma Metropolis, OK Diamond Ballroom
8/1 Austin, TX Emo’s
8/3 Fort Collins, CO Washington’s
8/4 Sturgis, SD Bike Week at Iron Horse Saloon
8/5 Bozeman, MT The ELM
8/7 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
8/9 Edmonton, AB Halfway Music Corridor
8/10 Tsuut’ina, AB Gray Eagle Resort & On line casino
8/12 Fargo, ND UP District Pageant Subject
8/14 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
8/15 Chesterfield, MO The Manufacturing facility
8/16 Hammond, IN Horsehoe Hammond On line casino
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