CLAMFIGHT Premieres “Brodgar” Single!

Stream CLAMFIGHT’s “Brodgar” HERE.

 As South New Jersey/Philly-area sludge beasts CLAMFIGHT prepare to self-release their eponymous fourth full-length release in May, MetalSucks is hosting a premiere of the album’s new single, “Brodgar.”

Clamfight was recorded by Steve Poponi and Matt Weber at The Gradwell House in Haddon Heights, New Jersey where it was also mixed by Poponi and Dave Downham and mastered by Dave Downham, and the album’s cover art and layout was handled by Morgan E Russell. The record features guest vocals on “Brodgar” by Sam Marandola and on “Clamfight” by Stephen Murphy and JJ Koczan.

With the new “Brodgar” single, CLAMFIGHT drummer/vocalist Andy Martin reveals, “I spent eight seasons excavating at the Ness of Brodgar in Orkney before COVID and some career changes put an end to my physical involvement with that site. When this record started shaping up to be about love, loss, and the importance of friendship, it felt really fitting to write a love song about the team, the site, and Orkney. After being apart for ten months out of the year, the team always picked up right where we left off. I wondered if that’s how it was for the original occupants of the site, spending their year moving around the islands but always reuniting at this special place. ‘Brodgar’ is my love letter to the Ness, to Orkney, and to the Dig Team.”

He continues, “The melancholy and longing of the lyrics is what made us decide to ask Samantha Marandola from Oldest Sea to sing on the track. Sam is an incredible talent and has become a good friend over the last few years; we were over the moon when she said she’d do it. We sent her the track, she joined us in the studio and couldn’t have crushed the song any harder.”

MetalSucks writes, “From the moment its opening chords ring out, “Brodgar” immediately washes over the listener. Martin’s gravelly vocals deliver a timbre of hardened experience in a way. Bolstered by Oldest Sea’s Samantha Marandola’s backing vocals, the song gains an almost wind-swept quality. And with this being a sludge tune, the song ebbs and flows with the almost drone-like quality of the song’s main riff. Listening to the track, I can almost imagine the fog-draped lands evoked by the track’s title.”