Clutch bassist Dan Maines has told Billboard.com that the groups new album “Earth Rocker” has some of the fastest material the band has ever written. Speaking with the site, he said of the outing:
“We really wanted to just write very concise, heavy songs. We didn’t want to go out on too many tangents on this one and just kept the songs…I don’t want to say simple, but maybe a little bit more straightforward and just very upbeat, tempo-wise.
I’d say a lot of these songs are some of the fastest songs we’ve written. We wanted to make sure (the album) has a good, high energy that maintains itself throughout the whole record.”
Meanwhile, there appears to be a possibility that the band may be celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut album “Transnational Speedway League” next year, with the idea having been suggested in the above-mentioned interview. On that Maines said:
“We play ‘A Shogun Named Marcus‘ pretty regularly in our set, and some of the other tracks off that album I wouldn’t mind bringing back. We try to change up our set list as much as we can, but it gets more and more difficult as time goes on and you write more and more songs. It’s hard to be able to just throw any song on the set list and be confident it’s won’t be a train wreck when you’re actually onstage. But now that you mention it, we really should think about adding a few songs off that album. That would be pretty cool for everyone, I think.”
“Earth Rocker” is presently headed for a March release date through the bands own Weathermaker Music label.
