CLUTCH have confirmed Earth Rocker as the title of their next studio effort, which will drop in March 2013 via their own Weathermaker Music.
Vocalist Neil Fallon offered an update, saying, “Last minute overdubs are fun. Harmonicas, tambourines (yes, we use those), claps, the odd backing vocal.
Recording can be monotonous, so those unintended moments can be a lot of fun. It’s kind of like kindergarten music class, but with beer.
And sometimes the spontaneity of a last ditch idea breathes a lot of life back into a song that we’ve been beating up for weeks on end. A looming deadline can be a great muse!”
He also shared some insight on how the album sounds, saying, “It has a lot in common with Blast Tyrant in that Machine’s production techniques are really unique.
It differs from Blast Tyrant and a lot of other CLUTCH records in that, overall, the songs are faster and concise.”
Guitarist Tim Sult added, “As far as the composition of the songs go, this is the heaviest and fastest CLUTCH album to date.”