In our media-dominated world, the average television viewer is bombarded by more than 60 jolts of brainwave-disrupting images per minute. At the other end of that twisted spectrum is the force known as Clutch, pulling back the reins, demanding an alteration of perspective and legitimate digestion of life.
To that end, the new year represents a new beginning as the band - Neil Fallon (vocals), Tim Sult (guitar), Dan Maines (bass), Jean Paul Gaster (drums) - returns to Atlantic Records with PURE ROCK FURY. Inspired in part by the pitfalls present in a pop culture-jamming generation, the album resounds with wide-open guitar riffs, funk-punk show drums, and soul-flushing bass, all astutely entwined with the lyrics of Fallon - who is revealed here as a true yarn-spinning champion.
I always try to tell a story, states Fallon, while acknowledging the free form lyrical approach that has come to distinguish Clutch. I make up some kind of fiction and then act like I know what I m talking about. I don t really know about UFOs or monster trucks, but I would rather tell a ... (
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