"Book of Bad Decisions" CLUTCH’s 12th studio album that had a worldwide release on September 7th, 2018 via their own Weathermaker Music label. The album was recorded at Sputnik Sound in Nashville, TN by producer Vance Powell (Jack White, Chris Stapleton, THE RACONTEURS, THE DEAD WEATHER) and consists of 15 tracks that run at 56 mins. The album cover was designed by renowned photographer Dan Winters.
"Book of Bad Decisions" reaches the 3:rd place on the Tune of The Day's TOP 50 album list of the Best Albums 2018.
CLUTCH is one of the best rock acts of the modern era that refuses to follow the mainstream industry or fall back into some retro act, they just play some simple real rock.
Part of the lyrics from one of the coolest Rock Blues bands on this planet, the Maryland rockers CLUTCH and today they are gigging at Annexet here in Stockholm and I will miss it đ
Well I could probably be able to sort it somehow, but after this week at work, I'm exhausted, dead tired, finish and totally caput, I need some rest before I break up into thousand pieces.
Well, enjoy the music, I will and if you are there or going to see them play soon, have fun and think of me.
Today's tune "In Walks Barbarella" is taken from the album "Book of Bad Decisions", enjoy! The tune "In Walks Barbarella" is two stories woven into one. An adult man talks to a boy, maybe his son, about events that occurred 20 years ago. Now add visions of Jane Fonda as Barbarella, ray guns, and tractor beams. It's one of "Book Of Bad Decisions"' signature songs and it includes a horn section that truly turns this song into weaponized funk.
Upcoming Tourdates:
Thu, NOV 29 Pustervik Göteborg, Sweden Fri, NOV 30 Annexet Stockholm, Sweden
Sat, DEC 01 Vega Copenhagen, Denmark
Sun, DEC 02 Astra Kulturhaus Berlin, Germany
Tue, DEC 04 Live Music Hall Cologne, Germany
Wed, DEC 05 Batschkapp Frankfurt Am Main, Germany
Thu, DEC 06 Docks Hamburg, Germany SOLD OUT
Fri, DEC 07 Proxima Warszawa, Poland
Sat, DEC 08 arena wien - verein forum Wien, Austria SOLD OUT
Sun, DEC 09 Culture Factory Zagreb, Croatia SOLD OUT
Tue, DEC 11 Fabrique Milan, Italy
Wed, DEC 12 Konzertfabrik Z7, Pratteln, Switzerland
Thu, DEC 13 Backstage Werk Munchen, Germany
Fri, DEC 14 Longhorn Stuttgart, Germany
Sat, DEC 15 Elysee Montmarte Paris, France SOLD OUT
Sun, DEC 16 Ancienne Belgique Brussel, Belgium
Tue, DEC 18 O2 Academy Bristol Bristol, United Kingdom SOLD OUT
Wed, DEC 19 O2 Academy Glasgow, United Kingdom
Thu, DEC 20 Manchester Academy Manchester, United Kingdom
Fri, DEC 21 O2 Brixton Academy Brixton, United Kingdom
Sat, DEC 22 O2 Academy Birmingham Birmingham, United Kingdom
Thu, DEC 27 Rams Head Live Baltimore, MD
Fri, DEC 28 Starland Ballroom Sayreville, NJ
Sat, DEC 29 Aura Portland, ME
Sun, DEC 30 Upstate Concert Hall Clifton Park, NY
Mon, DEC 31 Masonic Cleveland Auditorium Cleveland, OH
Feb 19, 2019 The Senate Columbia, SC
Feb 21, 2019 Marathon Music Works Nashville, TN
Feb 22, 2019 Georges Majestic Lounge Fayetteville, AR
Feb 23, 2019 Stubbs Weller Creek Amphitheater Austin, TX
Feb 24, 2019 Varsity Theatre Baton Rouge, LA
Feb 26, 2019 Gillioz Theatre Springfield, MO
Feb 27, 2019 Wooly's Des Moines, IA
Mar 01, 2019 Pub Station Ballroom Billings, MT
Mar 02, 2019 Wilma Theatre Missoula, MT
Mar 03, 2019 MacEwan Hall Concerts Calgary, Canada
Mar 04, 2019 The Ranch Roadhouse Edmonton, Canada
Mar 06, 2019 Burton Cummings Theatre Winnipeg, Canada
Mar 08, 2019 The Cotillion Ballroom Wichita, KS
Mar 09, 2019 Diamond Ballroom Oklahoma City, OK
Mar 10, 2019 The Bourbon Lincoln, NE
Mar 13, 2019 Concord Music Hall Chicago, IL
Mar 14, 2019 Green Bay Distillery Ashwaubenon, WI
Mar 15, 2019 Egyptian Room at Old National Centre Indianapolis, IN
Mar 18, 2019 Town Ballroom Buffalo, NY
Mar 19, 2019 Irving Plaza presented by Cricket Wireless New York, NY
Jun 23, 2019 Hellfest Clisson, France
"Book of Bad Decisions" CLUTCH’s 12th studio album that had a worldwide release on September 7th, 2018 via their own Weathermaker Music label. The album was recorded at Sputnik Sound in Nashville, TN by producer Vance Powell (Jack White, Chris Stapleton, THE RACONTEURS, THE DEAD WEATHER) and consists of 15 tracks that run at 56 mins. The album cover was designed by renowned photographer Dan Winters
CLUTCH is one of the best rock acts of the modern era that refuses to follow the mainstream industry or fall back into some retro act, they just play some simple real rock.
"Book of Bad Decisions" is a brilliant follow up to 2015's "Psychic Warfare", it's wise and deliberate, stylish and freaky and funny, that will make you fiddle after the "repeat" button. Fallon's lyrics are amazing, I wonder what's going on in his head when it comes down to write a tune and how the hell does he explain his ideas to his wingman's and the tightest band he could ever work with, guitarist Tim Sult, bassist Dan Maines, and drummer Jean-Paul Gaster.
The album is filled up with heavy rocket-fuelled blues and weaponized boogie funk and it kicks off with a real firestarter of "Gimme The Keys"
that follows up by the boogaloo of "Spirit Of ’76", to the hard-charging riffs in "How To Shake Hands", after that comes "In Walks Barbarella" that will stun you with it crazy and freak out lyrics, apparently, not everything has to be serious. Some classic in the Rock n' roller "Vision Quest" to the groovy "Weird Times" and the powerful "Emily Dickenson", the straightforward old-school kitchen crab cakes bluegrass of "Hot Bottom Feeder" to the closing winding tongues of "Lorelei".
Sum: Another superb release from Maryland's finest.
Today's tune is the recipe for Marylands crab cakes "Hot Bottom Feeder" is taken from "Book of Bad Decisions", enjoy!
Maryland rockers CLUTCH are tentatively set to release their new album, "Book Of Bad Decisions", in September 7. The album was recently completed at Sputnik Sound studio in Nashville, Tennessee with producer and engineer Vance Powell (THE WHITE STRIPES, RED FANG).
CLUTCH have released the first taste from the album "Gimme the Keys", see the lyric video below.
Here's the story behind "Gimme the Keys".
The song is about the band's first tour back in 1991, a time where they began to cut their teeth in the live music business, dealt with show cancellations and incidents on the road. One particular show in a shed surrounded by cornfields in Lawrence, Kansas ultimately turned ugly over a missing microphone and accusations brought by drunk and gun-toting security people at the end of a long day. "Gimme the keys they can keep the guarantee | Gimme the keys and get the hell out of dodge" is a reflection of the mood of that night.
Today's tune "Gimme the Keys LV", taken from the upcoming album "Book of Bad Decisions", enjoy!
