Clamm is a young band from Melbourne, Australia, which probably
started early 2019 or late 2018.
Sorry the pictures above is actually with the old line-up, Luke the
bassist has been replaced by Maisie since then (but I thought the
picture was cool).
Featuring members of
Gamjee And Dragons and
The Belair Lip Bombs, the trio is playing an energetic kind of punk, a lot meaner than you would
think when you listen to their other bands.
Since the end of last year, the Aussies have dropped a few singles including
Dog which obsessive melody is quite catchy. That's when the world
discovered that on top of writing good songs these guys really love animals
(like everybody in the australian punk scene these days I guess).
But what is really interesting is the release of their first full length,
Beseech Me
(Self-released), early this year.
With 10 tracks of super catchy punk rock, rolling bass lines and sharp
guitar riffs, Clamm is writing another beautiful page in the big
book of Aussie punk history. Of course we are not talking street punk, oi!
or hardcore here, but what I would call modern punk: Politically
conscious,catchy but not clichés.
As Weirdo Wasteland wrote it better than me: "CLAMM takes a stand against violence (“If they wanna fight, give them the
flower power” – ‘Sucker Punch’), the extent people will lie and cheat to be
a winner (‘Liar’), and being generally baffled by the state of the country –
politically and socially (“I’m confused about, well almost everything” –
‘Confused’)."
Clamm manages to maintain high tension all along the album, no
repetition or boring plans here, it's all straight forward and easy to
enjoy but not simplistic either (check out the noisy Confused guys)... they even manage to beautifully conclude with the 4:41 long
Bossman which bass line and noisy roller coaster of sadness and anger
will make you confidently nod a "sure a good album, mate!".
Highly recommended!
N,J'Oi!
You can listen to CLAMM on Rien à Faire #12.
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