{"id":42228,"date":"2025-05-01T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=42228"},"modified":"2025-04-25T08:19:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T12:19:57","slug":"club-nights-epic-comeback-with-latest-single-rabbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=42228","title":{"rendered":"Club Night\u2019s epic comeback with latest single \u2018Rabbit\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Get ready to dust off your dancing shoes and crank the volume\u2014Oakland\u2019s own Club Night are back after a six-year hush with their sophomore record, \u2018<strong>Joy Coming Down<\/strong>,\u2019 landing tomorrow (May 2, 2025) via Tiny Engines. If you\u2019ve been counting the days since What Life (2019), consider the wait officially over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They\u2019ve already dropped two teasers for what\u2019s next:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u201cPalace\u201d<\/strong> kicked things off in February with a burst of noise-pop meets math-rock energy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cJudah\u201d<\/strong> followed in March\u2014Flood Magazine called it a melodic triumph with Explosions in the Sky vibes under the surface.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And right now, <strong>\u201cRabbit\u201d<\/strong> is live everywhere, a soaring, bittersweet send-off that channels frenzied indie-punk euphoria.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Be-ruP1Fk3Y?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>No wonder BrooklynVegan has Joy Coming Down on their \u201c50 Most Anticipated Albums for Spring 2025\u201d list. Club Night\u2019s blend of emo heartache, art-rock textures, and straight-up punk charge sits comfortably alongside At The Drive-In, Los Campesinos!, and mewithoutYou\u2014but with its own unmistakable twist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What makes this album tick?<\/strong><br>\u2018Joy Coming Down\u2019 is an ode to loss and what blooms afterward. Borrowing its title from Fred Thomas\u2019s poignant lines\u2014\u201c<em>Tears rolling out of the eyes wet as a cloud \/ but it\u2019s only the sound of your joy coming down<\/em>\u201d\u2014the record is about transformation: grief becoming gratitude, memory becoming melody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u201cExpo\u201d<\/strong> throws you headfirst into that philosophy. It starts dreamy and muted, then explodes into a triumphant indie-anthem riff. Imagine a campfire dance-off with sorrow itself\u2014guitar panic meets hopeful horns meets a chant of \u201cBegin again, begin again.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>By <strong>mid-album<\/strong>, tracks like \u201cDream\u201d and \u201cDream II\u201d let you sink into the sludge of loss\u2014eerie, enveloping, but strangely comforting, like revisiting a bittersweet memory.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cRot\u201d<\/strong> slows the pace to a meditative crawl, lyrics that feel like flipping through a battered photo album, searching for moments you never want to forget.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then <strong>\u201cStation\u201d<\/strong> and \u201cJudah\u201d peek over the horizon, glimmers of healing: thunderbolt flashes that promise you\u2019ll see your ghosts again in some new light.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finally, <strong>\u201cRabbit\u201d<\/strong> closes the journey\u2014an elegy to mentor Scott Hutchinson of Frightened Rabbit that crescendos and subsides in the same breath. It\u2019s an invitation to remember that \u201cwe are a part of it,\u201d turning personal grief into a shared spark of change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_4434-scaled.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_4434-1024x1024.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Club Night Joy Coming Down cover artwork\" class=\"wp-image-42230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_4434-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_4434-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_4434-scaled.jpeg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_4434-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C768 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_4434-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1536 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_4434-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C2048 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2018Joy Coming Down\u2019 track listing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Expo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lake<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Palace<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dream<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rot<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Judah<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Station<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dream II<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rabbit<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you\u2019re here for the cathartic roar, the artful twists, or the honest reflections, \u2018Joy Coming Down\u2019 promises a ride that\u2019s messy, triumphant, and utterly alive. Pre-save now, and join Club Night on May 2 for the first dance of the next chapter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Get ready to dust off your dancing shoes and crank the volume\u2014Oakland\u2019s own Club Night are back after a six-year hush with their sophomore record, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=42228\" title=\"Club Night\u2019s epic comeback with latest single \u2018Rabbit\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,23,28,30,1907,4165],"tags":[12232,12231,10493],"class_list":["post-42228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","category-news","category-punk","tag-club-night","tag-joy-coming-down","tag-rabbit"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_4435.jpeg?fit=1060%2C833","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-aZ6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41611,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=41611","url_meta":{"origin":42228,"position":0},"title":"Transforming Grief Into Triumph: Club Night\u2019s \u2018Joy Coming Down\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"April 4, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Club Night is back, and their sophomore record, \u2018Joy Coming Down,\u2019 drops in May 2025 on Tiny Engines. 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