Within the nice custom of bands naming songs after themselves, off of albums named after themselves, comes “Clamfight,” a brand new track from New Jersey sludge crew Clamfight, off their upcoming album Clamfight. The sludgy tune is a hefty beast in size and sonic heaviness, but in addition in its emotional weight and celebration of friendship.
“The lyrics and theme for ‘Clamfight’ spun out of an evening that Sean and I spent fishing in Jersey,” drummer/vocalist Andy Martin tells Decibel. “Fishing was lifeless and since we’re each in our 40s, we ended up speaking all evening about our dads and the way exhausting it’s to observe your dad and mom age. That dialog and the solace I discovered on the water grew to become the place to begin for the lyrics to ‘Clamfight’ however the overarching theme of the track grew to become how fortunate we’re to nonetheless be taking part in collectively. We’ve gone from teenagers doing donuts and infrequently combating outdoors of the 7-11 to guys with careers and households of our personal. I wrote this track as a tribute to Joel [Harris], Louis [Koble, bass], and Sean [McKee, guitar], as a result of I really like them, and am extremely grateful for our thirty years of friendship. However as a result of I can’t simply be like ‘gosh I really like my finest buddies,’ I managed to squeeze in some digs at our regrettable Nineteen Nineties nu-metal trend decisions, like my cornrows and Louis’ tongue rings.
“Regardless of ‘Clamfight’ being such a private track, we would like a broader sound, so we enlisted some good buddies to broaden the vocal palette. JJ Koczan of Maegashira and The Obelisk fame has supported us from our earliest days grinding it out in pre-gentrification Asbury Park and Steve Murphy from Kings Destroy and Uppercut is like our large brother. We performed one million reveals with Kings Destroy, and JJ facilitated that relationship and can also be actually shut with them, so having the 2 of them on this track was actually particular for us.”
Clamfight is out on Might 16 by way of the band, with pre-orders dwell now on Bandcamp. Take a look at “Clamfight” under.
