CLUTCH RELEASE SWAGGERING NEW SINGLE “BEWARE THE FEVER” FROM UPCOMING ALBUM

CLUTCH RELEASE SWAGGERING NEW SINGLE “BEWARE THE FEVER” FROM UPCOMING ALBUM

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WASTED LANDS IS DUE 22ND JANUARY 2027 VIA WEATHERMAKER

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Photo credit: Dan Winters

Maryland rock institution CLUTCH have released “Beware The Fever,” the haunting new single from their forthcoming fourteenth studio album, Wasted Lands, due 22nd January 2027 via Weathermaker. Bringing banjo onto a CLUTCH record for the first time, the release arrives alongside the announcement of the band’s mammoth Give The People What They Want 2027 USA headline tour with special guests Corrosion of Conformity, Agnostic Front and Chuck Ragan.

Watch the “Beware The Fever” music video HERE.

Stream “Beware The Fever” HERE.

Pre-order Wasted Lands HERE.

Following “The Drifter Returns” and the riotous title track, “Beware The Fever” takes Neil Fallon’s lyrical storytelling into a landscape inspired by the ghost towns of Appalachia and central Pennsylvania. These are communities whose most prosperous days lie generations behind them, where industrial decline and supernatural unease make particularly sinister companions. As Fallon explains:

“They’re the perfect backdrop for all manner of strangeness. “Beware the Fever” started out as a lark. I played some random melodies on a poorly tuned Deering Goodtime banjo and JP put a hip-hop beat to it. I thought that would be the end of it. Boy was I wrong. As a result of this, I now spend a lot of my free time watching banjo tutorial videos and the algorithm is really pushing AARP benefits and retirement properties in the Ozarks. Beware!”

Drummer Jean-Paul Gaster shares:

“The music for “Beware The Fever” came to life in what I believe to be record time for our band. It started with one of those pre-recorded drum loops. This time Neil recorded some banjo parts first. He followed up with some electric guitar and then bass to create the massive chorus. The whole process took less than 20 minutes. I loved the music right away. I remember listening to the instrumental demo over and over again wondering what Neil might sing on it. It was months later while in pre-production with Machine that we finally heard those amazing lyrics. “Beware the fever running through town”. This song is easily one of my favourites on the record. The banjo you hear on the album is from that first demo Neil played in the Doom Saloon one afternoon in January of 2026.”

WATCH: Official Video for “Wasted Lands”

Written and recorded at the band’s longtime Frederick, Maryland base, the Doom Saloon, Wasted Lands reunites CLUTCH with producer Machine for their fifth album together and their first since 2015’s Psychic Warfare. Their first full-length since 2022’s Sunrise on Slaughter Beach, the record was written with the stage firmly in mind, pairing the band’s formidable riffs and rhythmic instincts with more melodic, chord-driven songwriting. It arrives 22nd January 2027 through the band’s own Weathermaker Music.

Pre-order the album HERE.

Those songs will have plenty of road ahead of them. The newly announced dates begin with a 5th February 2027 show in Honolulu before the mainland run kicks off 28th February in Cleveland, crossing the US and visiting Vancouver before closing 4th April at Brooklyn Steel. Along the way, CLUTCH will bring the tour to venues including Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium and Los Angeles’ The Wiltern, with a 20th March festival appearance at Mojave Experience in Joshua Tree.

Corrosion of Conformity, Agnostic Front and Chuck Ragan join the headline dates. Honolulu features local support, while the Joshua Tree festival appearance does not include the touring support acts.

Artist presales begin Tuesday, 10th November at 5pm (UK), 12pm (ET), followed by local and venue presales at 7pm (UK) / 2pm (ET). Knotfest.com and Blabbermouth presales begin Wednesday, 11th November at 7pm (UK) / 2pm (ET). All presales end Thursday, 12th November at 10pm local time. Tickets go on general sale Friday, 13th November at 10am local time.

Find tickets and further information HERE.

CLUTCH have assembled an extensive variety of physical pre-order items. The standard black vinyl edition, cassette, and standard CD will be available everywhere, alongside the following exclusive editions:

• Red vinyl, exclusive to clutchmerch.com
• Red CD, exclusive to clutchmerch.com
• Yellow Smoke vinyl, exclusive to US independent retail
• Green Smoke vinyl, exclusive to Amazon.com
• Sea Blue Smoke vinyl, exclusive to TalkShopLive
• Blue vinyl, available internationally through HMV in the UK, JBL in Germany, FNAC in France and JB in Australia

Wasted Lands will be released worldwide on 22nd January 2027 via Weathermaker Music. To pre-order the album and see all music and apparel products available in the US and additional territories, go to: clutchmerch.com. UK fans, select items from clutchmerch.com now offer domestic shipping!

ABOUT CLUTCH:

CLUTCH have spent more than three decades building a career entirely on their own terms. Formed in the D.C. suburbs in 1991 by Neil Fallon, Jean-Paul Gaster, Dan Maines and Tim Sult, the Maryland foursome emerged from the orbit of the city’s hardcore scene before quickly developing a sound that refused easy categorisation. Across thirteen studio albums, relentless touring and a musical vocabulary that has pulled from hardcore punk, noise rock, blues, country, funk and heavy rock, CLUTCH have remained unmistakably themselves. In 2008, they founded their own label, Weathermaker Music, taking full control of their records and establishing the independent model that has carried the band ever since.

Their fourteenth studio album, Wasted Lands, is set for release on 22nd January 2027 and shows CLUTCH at full throttle. Their first full-length since 2022’s Sunrise on Slaughter Beach, the record was written with the stage firmly in mind after the band scrapped two earlier batches of material that felt too studio-bound. It also reunites CLUTCH with producer Machine for the first time since 2015’s Psychic Warfare, following previous collaborations on Pure Rock Fury, Blast Tyrant, Earth Rocker and Psychic Warfare. Wasted Lands pairs the band’s riff-heavy foundations with a more melodic approach to songwriting while still finding room for a few firsts, including Neil Fallon bringing banjo to a CLUTCH record. Written and hammered into shape together at their longtime Maryland base, the Doom Saloon, it is a direct product of the chemistry, independence and restless musical curiosity that have kept the same four musicians moving forward since 1991.

Clutch are:

Neil Fallon – Vocals

Tim Sult – Guitar

Dan Maines – Bass

Jean-Paul Gaster – Drums

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