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Brighton outfit Star Print Clad have shared their latest single ‘The River’, ahead of their appearance at this year’s Isle Of Wight Festival. It’s the second single of many slated for release this year, ‘Melanie’ released back in February. With performances booked at a regular rate up until November, there’s a real momentum building around Star Print Clad.
With classic rock in its DNA, it begins with an acoustic and electric guitar playing nostalgic melodic lines in unison, before opening up the doors to gently driving drums and a storyteller’s vocal performance. Bluesy undertones as the lead guitar dances alongside the main melody, it swaggers through that rock-infused sound that pays homage to folk tenderness. Effortless, charming, and unafraid to wear its influences on its sleeve, but by no means resorting to pure imitation, it’s a very enjoyable four and a half minute listen.
Vocalist Joseph explains, “The majority of The River was recorded off of the back of the ‘Melanie’ session, the final hour we had the place. I remember laying down the bones, and most of the rest, in this whirlwind repetition of chasing to and from the control room between takes to make sure everything was captured.
When it came to the acoustic overdub I believe we had around fifteen minutes left on the clock, I went in to check that Jake had caught the take and didn’t even stop to listen to it once he’d given the thumbs – I recall we did lay down some vocals then, as well as on the back end of another recording session a month or so later, both against the clock, of course. In the end that gave the vocal a desperation in its delivery, I feel it’s fitting for the track. The solo was cut in that second session too, a Selmer Zodiac Twin, double-tracked and pushed to have the notes shake through the floor… That was fun.”
Pulling attention from serious press tastemakers, whilst garnering support slots for fellow rising stars. With shows in London, Brighton, Bristol and beyond, they are finding their stride.
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