CLUTCH fans! For the first time ever, fan favourite album Earth Rocker is getting a Clutch Collector’s Series release! Pre-orders are live now for a stunning ‘grape ghost’ colour 12″ vinyl. Strictly limited to 6000 worldwide, this edition is set for release on June 5th, via the band’s own Weathermaker label.
Fully remastered by Paul Logus, the album was then cut at half speed onto the master disc, allowing more information to transfer and creating a higher fidelity vinyl. The die-cut, spot gloss gatefold sleeve features redesigned cover artwork from Nick Lakiotes, the artist of the original Earth Rocker release. Each record comes with a signed and numbered insert.
Produced by Machine and originally released in October 2013, Earth Rocker is a high-octane return to hard-hitting rock fundamentals. It eschewed some of the bluesier, more experimental textures of their previous work in favour of lean, riff-driven songs built for maximum impact. The title track and “D.C. Sound Attack!” hit like a freight train, while “Crucial Velocity” and “Gone Cold” show the band locking into that unmistakable CLUTCH groove. The LP also includes “Cyborg Bette” and “The Wolf Man Kindly Requests…” which have become two of the band’s most loved live tracks in their ever-varying setlists. Ringmaster Neil Fallon, as ever, ties it all together with his sardonic wit and larger-than-life vocal delivery. It’s a record that pulls no punches.
Fans can order from HMV, Rough Trade, Amazon, Head Records, and more. The band have also dropped a new line of coordinating merch as well as rapidly sold out LP bundles on ClutchMerch.com.
CLUTCH have released a short video on their official YouTube of Fallon unboxing and discussing the finished item in all its glory, which you can watch by clicking below.
Tracklist:
Earth Rocker
Crucial Velocity
Mr. Freedom
D.C. Sound Attack!
Unto The Breach
Gone Cold
The Face
Book, Saddle & Go
Cyborg Bette
Oh, Isabella
The Wolf Man Kindly Requests…
Fresh off a U.S. run with Corrosion Of Conformity, the band will next headline London’s Desertfest at the Roundhouse on Sunday 17th May, alongside Green Lung and Hermano. This appearance marks their first time ever playing the festival. If you can’t make Desertfest, the group then tour across Europe until June 6th, including four headline shows in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Those dates are:
Mon 25th May – Dublin, The Academy
Tues 26th May – Dublin, The Academy
Wed 27th May – Belfast, The Limelight
Thu 28th May – Limerick, Dolan’s Warehouse
To see all European dates, the band’s autumn U.S. run, and get tickets, visit ClutchMerch.com.
Clutch shares more in common with The Grateful Dead, Rush, and the Allman Brothers than their heavy riffs and heady twists-of-phrase might suggest. Because like those bands, the supporters who adore Clutch are there for the experience, community, and authentic connection. To love Clutch is to feel a sense of ownership, membership, and belonging.
Seneca Valley High School classmates Neil Fallon (vocals), Tim Sult (guitar), Dan Maines (bass), and Jean-Paul Gaster (drums) share an unshakeable musical and personal bond now three decades strong. Shaped by the same region which birthed Bad Brains, Minor Threat, and Rites Of Spring, Clutch crafts hyper-literate and libertine jams informed by hardcore fury and fuzzy, athletic, stoner rock.
“There’s no question that Clutch etched themselves a name in the pantheon of great rock bands,” Lambgoat wrote in 2004. Classic Rock counted 2013’s Earth Rocker and 2015’s Psychic Warfare among the 50 Best Rock Albums of the 2010s. Rolling Stone described 2018’s Book of Bad Decisions as “bathed in the grit and liberal fuzz tone that have made their live shows legendary.” The global accolades across their acclaimed catalogue are numerous.
Live shows over the years include tours with Slayer and System Of A Down and more recent co-headlining treks with Dropkick Murphys, Killswitch Engage, and Mastodon. Like Slayer or Iron Maiden, Clutch outlasted rock bands anchored to “hit songs” and the pressure of replicating them. The foursome from Germantown, Maryland, isn’t bound by trends. Across thirteen studio albums and assorted releases since 1991, they’ve earned a reputation as one of the best around.
Clutch are:
Neil Fallon – Vocals
Tim Sult – Guitar
Dan Maines – Bass
Jean-Paul Gaster – Drums
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