NEIL FALLON Hopes To Have 15 Tracks To Choose From Before Start Recording CLUTCH’s New Album

In a current dialog with Bloodstock TV‘s Oran O’Beirne, Clutch‘s lead vocalist Neil Fallon revealed that the band has simply wrapped up their first demo session with producer Tom Dalgety for what would be the follow-up to their 2022 launch, Dawn On Slaughter Seashore.

Fallon acknowledged: “We’re gonna attempt to perhaps do one other session in January after which one other one proper earlier than we file. Hopefully, we’ll have 15 tracks after which we’ll choose perhaps the ten finest, launch these, and perhaps avoid wasting for a wet day.”

Praising Dalgety, Fallon highlighted the significance of an excellent working relationship, mentioning, “Tom’s nice. I feel typically working with a producer, character is half the battle as a result of they will have all the abilities on the earth but when they’re an asshole, you do not wanna work with them. Tom is something however that.”

Nonetheless, we should be affected person, as Fallon indicated that the band’s subsequent album is prone to drop within the third quarter of 2025. He defined: “It might be most likely the third quarter. These days, you have gotta have such a buffer. It is getting higher with vinyl, however we’ve to plan that means upfront.”

When requested if the band would possibly check out a few of their new tracks reside earlier than the album’s launch, Fallon expressed curiosity: “Yeah. we attempt to. That does not all the time occur. Enjoying a track reside in entrance of individuals is a a lot completely different animal than doing it in a studio the place you’ll be able to cease and say, ‘I’ve to go to the toilet.’ There’s an urgency that may change a track. Typically one thing sounds nice and then you definitely put it on stage and it might be not a lot, or vice versa. So we like to try this.”

In a current interview with Neil Jones of TotalRock, Fallon mentioned their songwriting periods and delved into how he crafts the themes for his lyrics. He remarked: “I want I knew there was a really succinct system for doing this. However I am going to provide you with lyrical concepts. I am going to jot ’em down in a pocket book or a voice memo on my cellphone and I am going to provide you with an concept for lyrics. And typically they appear to write down themselves.

“Different occasions I am going to say, ‘Effectively, they do not actually sound that good. Let’s attempt it on this track.’ And finally, it is like… I do not know. You whittle away at stuff till you discover its remaining type. I discover that songs which have stood the check of time are those that had been the quickest to write down. Those that take months, however often these do not final very lengthy so far as reside rotation on stage.”