Bad Blood
Melbourne scuzz-punkers Clowns have carved out a bloody impressive little niche for themselves over the past few years. Clowns embody the carefree, kick-around attitude that helped make Australian guitar music a worldwide fascination. Their rapid-fire 2013 debut album ‘I’m Not Right’ was labelled “savage,” “sharp” and “full on onslaught.” And now the Clowns are back!
Sophomore album ‘Bad Blood’ was written amongst the suburban jungle of Cheltenham (where the band grew up) in a complex that houses a bakery, a cattery and a morgue, and right across the road from a cemetery. Recorded at St Kilda’s lauded Hot House Studios with Craig Harnath and Jeremy Giddings using their famous Neve desk and a truckload of vintage and boutique gear, the production is rich, raw and dirty. Urgent but natural. Reflective of the band’s can-do DIY approach and go-hard-or-go-home attitude.
The making of ‘Bad Blood’ was intentionally kept close to home. Clowns have made an album that is truly of Melbourne. Lyrically inspired by the band’s native suburbs, the record was deliberately written, recorded, mixed and mastered in Melbourne.
Wrapped in artwork by local artist Steve ‘Mongo’ Cohen, that features local Bayside landmarks, ‘Bad Blood’ is a true collaborative hometown effort, and a face melting one at that!
