“bursts onto the scene like a literal gut punch: immediately disorientating and memorable. […] A thrilling first taste from a band with the guts and grit to carve their path through the underground” – So Young “already making waves as a band to watch” – Mystic Sons “For fans of fuzz-drenched riffs, grungy vocals, and the unrelenting spirit of indie punk, this Swedish quartet is one to watch” – Joyzine “Think Weezer, think Veruca Salt, think Breeders, think Lush and throw in a little Echobelly or Cardigans for good measure and you’ve got yourself in the right ball park with baggy jeans and home-died hair” – Listen With Monger
Hotly tipped Stockholm-based four-piece, Clutter, today announce the release of their debut EP, Clutter Loves You, for 11 April 2025 via PNKSLM Recordings. The announcement arrives alongside their latest single “Kraut”, which is out today, following a premiere with Tom Ravenscroft as his new music fix daily on BBC Radio 6 Music. (Listen here). Pre-save the EP here. The EP’s closing track and the first song they ever recorded, “Kraut” features grungy lyrics filled with restless malaise, paired atop melodic indie hooks and a droning fuzzy bassline. The band said, “At our first gig we only played two songs and that was one of them, so it’s quite sentimental. Playing stuff live becomes the benchmark of what we feel about a song and how a crowd reacts, and that was one of the first songs where it all felt right.” A Swedish quartet made up of 20 year-olds Hilda Ander, Emma French, Ove Jerndal, and Ville Scott, Clutter channel the spirit of grunge and post-hardcore through distorted guitars and fuzzy vocals, blending the tones of 90s rock into their post-modern indie core. A band that comes close to chaos but just holds on, Clutter’s electricity is built around their own crackling potential. Fleshing out the quartet’s sonic world, the six track debut EP, Clutter Loves You, fuses existential lyrical ideas, post-hardcore guitars, and feisty, punk-spirited calls to arms. Speaking of the new track, Clutter said: ““Kraut“ is a straightforward, endless cycle of static guitars. The simple build is accompanied by emotion filled vocals and a melancholic synthesizer. It’s a dreamlike krauty death dance and it’s one of the first songs we ever wrote together. Hilda wrote the lyrics on her endless way home from one of the first real parties she ever attended and we wrote the music together in our old school. Recorded in Oves tiny childhood bedroom, we were all hovered over a little synthesizer and improvised the noises at the end. It’s nostalgic and captures a feeling of adolescence we all will undoubtedly lose.” Listen to “Kraut” here. | 
