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Photo – Oscar O’Shea

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‘…show off enough different facets… to assure listeners they have a lot of directions to grow in, whether they choose to nurture their more melodic or more chaotic sides, or continue to churn away in between.’ (4 star review on Care – 2023)  NME AU 

‘No needless experimentation, no ballads, no fancy time signatures, just ten classic punk rock stompers.’(4 star review on Beseech Me – 2021) DIY MAG

‘As well as succeeding in being both a culturally appropriate expression of catharsis, Care also pushes the band further in their musical development. In an uncertain world that’s riddled with chaos, Clamm are a band who find certainty in their music.’ (on Care – 2023) The Line Of Best Fit

‘There’s few Australian acts currently distilling millenial/gen Z malaise with such a bristling ferocity as Melbourne’s CLAMM’ Mixdown Magazine

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Today, Naarm/Melbourne-based punk trio CLAMM announce the release of their new EP titled, Disembodiment, set for release on Friday 19 July via Meat Machine. Today they share provocative new single, ‘Change Enough’, a track which features CLAMM’s signature lyric-repeating, energy demanding synergy of lead singer Jack Summers’ bellowing vocals, Miles Harding’s thumping drums and Stella Rennex’ vocals and bass. 

Touching on the meaning behind the ‘Change Enough’, CLAMM share; ‘’Change Enough’, the first single of the EP speaks on the importance of counting to change oneself, especially from the lens of lead singer Jack Summers’ masculine perspective. Change, whilst not easy, is necessary especially during violent times where individuals around the world are feeling let down by their respective governments’ inaction toward the murder of innocent civilians.’

Join CLAMM at The John Curtin Hotel in Melbourne on Saturday 18th June for their final hometown show before the trio head to Europe and the UK for their fourth international headline tour. Tickets  on sale now HERE via The John Curtin Hotel website.

Disembodiment was recorded over two days in the midst of CLAMM’s third international headline tour, at the legendary Katzwijm Studio in The Netherlands. The band found a deep sense of peace recording the EP in a location that was once an old flower farm. The calm and quiet nature of the surroundings was counteracted by the EP’s hard, intense themes and sounds. The EP covers a combination of cultural, political and spiritual engagements including an exploration of pressures of modern society, ‘freedom’ within capitalism and democracy, materialism, change and meaning.


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CLAMM
2024 Live Dates 

Tickets on sale for UK/EU shows here

18th June | The John Curtin Hotel | Melbourne, Australia | tickets
15th July | Valkhof Festival |  Nijmegen, The Netherlands
16th July | Indiestad Paradiso | Amsterdam, The Netherlands
19th July | Bukta Tromsø Open Air Festival | Tromsø, Norway
12th July |  Moth Club |  London, United Kingdom
22nd July | Hyde Park Book Club | Leeds, United Kingdom
23rd July | The Cumberland Arms | Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
24th July | The Old Hairdresser’s | Glasgow, United Kingdom
25th July | YES | Manchester, United Kingdom
27th & 28th July | Binic Festival | Binic, France
29th July | Binic Aftershow Party | Binic, France
30th July | Le Mécanique Ondulatoire | Paris, France
1st August | Relache | Bordeaux, France

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Disembodiment EP
Out Friday 19 July via Meat Machine
Pre-Save / Pre-Order HERE

Track Links

Change Enough
Disembodiment
Define Free
The Pressure 

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About CLAMM: 

Melbourne punk trio CLAMM explore the confusion of what it is to be a young person trying to live an honourable life in this fucked up world. Their songs are about trying to navigate systems of power and oppression while retaining a healthy sense of self and mental health. Community, creativity, and catharsis are what they hope to achieve through their music.

They released second album Care in August 2022, via Australian indie institution Chapter Music and UK label Meat Machine. Full of blown-out, dystopian punk power, Care found Double J rotation, was feature album on RRR, PBS, ZZZ, and saw the band score a Spotlight Artist feature on BBC 6 Music with Steve Lamacq. The album reached #4 in the AIR Charts and #19 in the ARIA Australian Albums charts and was written up by the likes of Chicago Reader, NME, Paste, Music Feeds, DIY Mag and Dusted.

CLAMM’s 2020 debut album Beseech Me was a Triple R and FBI Radio feature album and sold out its original cassette pressing almost immediately. It was reissued on vinyl in 2021 by Meat Machine (renowned as the home for Canadian art-punk provocateurs Crack Cloud), which saw CLAMM featured on the cover of French Rolling Stone and played on BBC 6 Music.

In Australia the band has played with Wolf Alice, Ty Segall, King Gizzard, Amyl & the Sniffers, the Chats and the Murlocs, and played festivals like Melbourne Music Week, Tentpole and Do the Pop. CLAMM toured UK/Europe in August 2022, again in February 2023 for shows with A Place To Bury Strangers and Preoccupations, and return for a run of UK/Europe summer festival shows in May 2023 including Wide Awake, Levitation and Badd Bonn.

In late 2022 bassist Maisie Everett departed the band, and new member Stella Rennex (Parsnip, Thibault, The Toads) joined the fold.

2024 is gearing up to be another big year for the Naarm-based trio, who have announced the release of their new EP Disembodiment plus a headline Melbourne show and international headline tour across EU and the UK – all happening over June and July. 

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AMNPLIFY – DB