{"id":40733,"date":"2024-09-02T12:15:19","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T16:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=40733"},"modified":"2024-08-25T20:07:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T00:07:35","slug":"spencer-krug-of-wolf-parade-returns-to-sunset-rubdown-with-cliche-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=40733","title":{"rendered":"Spencer Krug Of Wolf Parade returns to Sunset Rubdown with \u2018Clich\u00e9 Town\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Clich\u00e9 Town<\/em> is the second single from Sunset Rubdown\u2019s forthcoming album\u00a0\u2018Always Happy To Explode\u2019\u2014the band\u2019s first release in fifteen years. The original version of Clich\u00e9 Town was written in 2020, and posted to frontman Spencer Krug\u2019s Patreon page as part of his song-a-month collection at the time. That demo version was made almost entirely on Krug\u2019s laptop, consisting of a layered, delayed mess of software synths and canned drums, and so was chosen by Sunset Rubdown as a great contender to be reworked with \u201creal\u201d instruments into a full-band rock version. Sunset Rubdown\u2019s take on the song was recorded mostly live-off-the-floor, with Krug on piano and vocals, Camilla Wynne on keyboard and omnichord, Nicholas Merz on bass, and Jordan Robson-Cramer on drums. Backup vocals by Wynne and Robson-Cramer were overdubbed later, as was the electric guitar part, written and performed by Robson-Cramer. Lyrically, the song explores feelings of frustration and hopelessness that can come with being stuck in a small town, specifically the sensation of being trapped next to, or rather below, unhinged neighbors. It is partly based on the real-life experiences of smalltown friends that Krug has made since moving to rural Vancouver Island about a decade ago.\u00a0Listen to Clich\u00e9 Town<\/em> here<\/a> or via SoundCloud below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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