Clutter release their new single, ‘Brideshead’, the third look at their debut EP, Clutter Loves You, out April 11 via PNKSLM Recordings.
Singing from the perspective of the characters in Brideshead Revisited, a shared favourite book of co-vocalists Hilda Ander and Emma French, ‘Brideshead’ sees the pair come together on blurry alt-rock verses and a droning, addictive chorus.
Speaking of the new track, Clutter said: “In ‘Brideshead’, the two vocalists sing back and forth to each other, striving to become one, surrounded by chaotic guitars and playful drums. It’s a dramatic and mellow song, based on the book by Evelyn Waugh. When we wrote Brideshead, the music came first. We made two quite distinct parts, one slower and one more fast paced verse.
“We’ve always wanted to write a duet, or a sort of call and response song, so with Brideshead Hilda and Emma wrote lyrics from the two main characters’ point of view. When we compared the lyrics, they matched very well and seemed like a conversation, ending in a melodramatic hazy blur accompanied by Ville’s galloping drums and a rattling guitar melody by Ove.
“It’s a very fun song to play live and we really wanted to capture the overwhelming sound and feeling that we get on stage when we recorded the song. I think we did!”