The Crofters Rights, 31st August 2022
“CLAMM might not be the first group to venture out into the fuzzy Australian wilderness, but with Beseech Me, they’ve shown they might just be the best.” – DIY (4/5)
“First absorbing and then breaking down indie rock tropes, CLAMM have an acerbic, yet engaging appeal.” – Clash
“CLAMM’s storm of cathartic energy disguises how intricately constructed the songs are…both exhilarating and engaging.” – All Music
Melbourne punk power trio CLAMM have dropped sophomore album, CARE, on digital and on vinyl via Meat Machine (Crack Cloud, N0V3L). They also share the first single from the new record, ‘BIT MUCH’, the first CLAMM recording to feature the bass and backing vocals of newest member Maisie Everett (Belair Lip Bombs) who joined guitarist/vocalist Jack Summers and drummer Mile Harding, best friends since primary school, to complete the trio’s ultimate form.
CARE follows CLAMM’s 2020 critically-acclaimed debut album, Beseech Me, which drew support from BBC 6 Music, DIY, So Young, Loud and Quiet, Clash, Hero and more. The band’s music was already concerned with the woes of the world, but the last two years have added extra urgency to their blown out, dystopian punk power. They continue to be a clarion call for a generation facing an age of uncertainty, using a powerful brand of bracing punk to deliver a soundtrack for the evicted souls of modern convention.
The new album is bigger, louder and darker than its predecessor.