Clutch - Psychic Warfare
9/10
A new Clutch album is a major event. New jams to get your head round, new lyrical wonderment from Neil Fallon, new chops from ace drummer Jean-Paul Gaster to study. It takes many spins for each new Clutch record to fully reveal itself but so far this feels like a very special release. Their best since Blast Tyrant? It sure feels like it. First track and lead single X-Ray Visions is made for opening every show on their current tour – I can hear the crowds shouting “Telekinetic, dynamite!” With 11 albums under their belts the band have well and truly settled into their groove; the days of innovating with every release may no longer be their main concern, now it feels like they are all about the fine tuning of what they do best. Sucker For The Witch may well be the album’s highlight with its heavy groove and killer chorus, but Our Lady Of Electric Light also stands out with its ominous slower pace like Regulator before it. Expect to hear this on an episode of The Walking Dead real soon. Clutch get bigger with each new album, so I suggest jumping on board before bloody everyone likes them.
9/10
A new Clutch album is a major event. New jams to get your head round, new lyrical wonderment from Neil Fallon, new chops from ace drummer Jean-Paul Gaster to study. It takes many spins for each new Clutch record to fully reveal itself but so far this feels like a very special release. Their best since Blast Tyrant? It sure feels like it. First track and lead single X-Ray Visions is made for opening every show on their current tour – I can hear the crowds shouting “Telekinetic, dynamite!” With 11 albums under their belts the band have well and truly settled into their groove; the days of innovating with every release may no longer be their main concern, now it feels like they are all about the fine tuning of what they do best. Sucker For The Witch may well be the album’s highlight with its heavy groove and killer chorus, but Our Lady Of Electric Light also stands out with its ominous slower pace like Regulator before it. Expect to hear this on an episode of The Walking Dead real soon. Clutch get bigger with each new album, so I suggest jumping on board before bloody everyone likes them.
9/10
