CLUTCH Release New Single“BEWARE THE FEVER” From New Album 'Wasted Lands' Out January 22, 2027 Via Weathermaker Music - 2027 Tour Dates

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“BEWARE THE FEVER”

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Taken From New Album Wasted Lands

Out January 22, 2027 Via Weathermaker Music

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Maryland rock institution Clutch have released “Beware The Fever,” the haunting new single from their forthcoming fourteenth studio album, Wasted Lands. 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 headline tour with special guests Corrosion of Conformity, Agnostic Front and Chuck Ragan.

Stream “Beware The Fever” HERE | Watch the accompanying music video HERE | Tour Info & Tickets HERE

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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.” He goes on to share

"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 thru town”. This song is easily one of my favorites 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.”

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 January 22, 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 February 5 show in Honolulu before the mainland run kicks off February 28 in Cleveland, crossing the US and visiting Vancouver before closing April 4 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 March 20 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.