Intense Records

Sus Dog

Throttle
THROT007LP
Electronic
12"

£20.83 (£24.99 incl. VAT)

For years Clarks best work has toggled between beauty and brutality, blistering noiseand otherworldly calm. Sus Dog is also situated between those two poles, but inleveraging his voice like this, Clark has discovered not only a new way to guidelisteners through his maze-like producKon, but also of expressing the strain ofnavigaKng such wild terrain PitchforkThis is Chris Clarks tenth studio album released in May 2023, the electronic arKstchoosing to marry his signature volaKle, pin-sharp producKon to the introducKon ofhis own emoKve vocals. Challenging himself to fantasise what a record might soundlike if the Beach Boys took MDMA and made a rave record Clark looked to ThomYorke to assist in an execuKve producKon role, an ideal companion consideringYorkes most recent flights to the world of immersive electronica.Theres also plenty of occasions where the composiKons lean towards cinemaKcsoundscapes parKcularly on the unnerving distorKon of Forest. However unlike onhis Growl Garden EP where vocals were used in a more chilling and dystopian role,those on the likes of Dolgoch Tape are far more reverenKal and tender, closer to thespellbound serenity found on a Suman Stevens LP. Vocals funnelled into texturesrather than dominant leads.HighlighKng the albums contrasts and bonds between human and machine TheGuardian described it as wandering free from structure, deploying sunbursts ofsynths and metallic percussion, nailing melodies into your primiKve brain.The album received excellent radio support in the UK at BBC R6 with A lisKng for thetracks Town Crank & Clutch Pearlers; in the US there were plays from KEXP &KCRW.You can read an interview with Chris Clark on the making of this album in DJmagazine here:Vinyl tracklist:A1) Alyosha A2) Town Crank A3) Sus Dog B1) Clutch Pearlers B2) Over Empty StreetsB3) Wedding C1) Forest C2) Dolgoch Tape C3) Bully D1) Dismissive D2) Medicine (feat.Thom Yorke) D3) Ladder