Toronto duo cleopatrick have released the next single ‘BAD GUY’ from their upcoming sophomore album FAKE MOON, set to come out on the 14th of March via their own label Nowhere Special Recordings. Listen to the latest taster for their record here.
As FAKE MOON weaves narratives that feel simultaneously intimate and universal, radiating a tension between fragility and defiance, conspiracy and truth, the cinematic ‘BAD GUY’ wrestles with the motions of guilt, carried by gritty synth waves and haunting electric guitar lines. Luke Gruntz’s vocals sparkle as the electrifying red thread making its way through the track and entire longplayer.
Speaking on the single, Luke says: “BAD GUY is supposed to feel like it was recorded, produced, and mixed on a nintendo gamecube. It’s got bit-crushed guitars, glitched vocals, and low-res samples all spinning and cycling in endless loops that mirror the song’s themes of guilt, repetition, and inescapable patterns.”
Returning refreshed from a creative breather, after the rigorous post-pandemic touring of debut LP BUMMER, the newest record on their own ‘Nowhere Special Recordings’ is a captivating collision of lo-fi grit, quiet introspection, and overt existentialism. Anchored in refusal of conformity, and captured with what can only be described as the audio equivalent to Playstation 1 graphics – FAKE MOON navigates power, vulnerability, and the complexities of individual identity with both rawness and precision.
FAKE MOON is CLEOPATRICK at their most adventurous. Look overhead and perhaps you’ll spot the orbiting influences of Radiohead’s experimental brilliance, the grounded surrealism of Dijon’s Absolutely, or the raw intimacy of favourites since highschool, Califone. “We’re just trusting our creative compass,” they say. “I actually tried to write BUMMER 2 at first – but it immediately felt as if I was putting on the costume of a 23 year old me. It wasn’t coming out honest.”
The band will head out on a UK & IE headline tour in March, including their biggest UK show to date at London’s Electric Brixton, which has already sold out alongside their dates in Birmingham and Manchester. Newly energised, cleopatrick are ready to head back out, not only sharing what they have been up to in the studio, but also re-interpreting the music fans have come to love over the past few years.
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