CLUTCH ALBUM & TOUR
By Team JamBase Apr 19, 2007 • 12:00 am PDT

FROM BEALE STREET TO OBLIVION, MARCH 27
WORLD TOUR, BONNAROO APPEARANCE TO FOLLOW
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Produced by Joe Barresi (who has worked with Kyuss, Tool, Melvins, Queens Of The Stone Age, etc.), the twelve track album touches upon a myriad of hard rock styles – stoner rock, southern rock, blues metal, and plenty of tasty jams. “This is probably the most ‘live’ album we have recorded,” enthuses Fallon about Beale Street. “We went out for a few weeks, and played the music on the road. So, when we went into the studio, all of us knew exactly what was going to happen – a first for Clutch. I don’t know why we haven’t done it this way all along; it’s so much easier.
We also recorded the basic tracks directly onto tape. Nothing digital in there at all. We haven’t done that since The Elephant Riders. And this record has a few more bluesy elements than has been the case in the past, but nothing so blatant that it could be called alien to what we do.” One of rock’s most hard-working live bands, Clutch will be supporting the March 27 release of the album (which is their third for the DRT label) with a world tour – including U.S., European, and Australian dates, as well as an appearance at the mammoth Bonnaroo Festival on June 14. “Musically, we’ve become much more of a rock ‘n’ roll band now, as opposed to being a metal or hardcore one,” says Fallon. “Our style is riff oriented, with a swing. It’s never been a calculated move; we just followed our instinct, and that is leading us closer to those bands to whom we listened in our childhood. Bands which are now termed as ‘classic rock’.” With From Beale Street to Oblivion, it won’t be long until Fallon and company are mentioned in the same breath as their classic rock heroes.
CLUTCH FROM BEALS STREET TO OBLIVION confirmed tracklisting:
1. You Can’t Stop Progress 2:40
2. Power Player 3:05
3. The Devil & Me 3:55
4. White’s Ferry 5:23
5. Child of the City 3:51
6. Electric Worry 5:15
7. One Eye Dollar 1:24
8. Rapture of Riddley Walker 4:08
9. When Vegans Attack 4:54
10. Opossum Minister 4:27
11. Black Umbrella 4:05
12. Mr. Shiny Cadillackness 5:11
Clutch tour dates available HERE.