{"id":16104,"date":"2025-09-18T07:25:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T12:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16104"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:45:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:45:59","slug":"clone-shares-title-track-from-care-to-try-ep-fab-teams-up-with-elos-martin-smith-on-new-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16104","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn&#8217;s Clone shares new single in the home stretch before new \u2018Care To Try\u2019 EP\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CLONE-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CLONE-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CLONE-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CLONE-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CLONE-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CLONE-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CLONE.jpg 2010w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Photo Credit: CLONE photo by Jason House<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Clone taps into the heavy angular energy of Sonic Youth and Gang of Four, with some of the same fiery political leanings&#8230; equally captivating&#8221;<\/em>&nbsp;~&nbsp;<strong>Post-Punk.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Smashing earworm&#8230; a firestorm of sonic pleasure &#8211; enthralled and fascinated with its sonic impression, emotional turbulence and convincing delivery&#8221; ~&nbsp;<\/em><strong>The Spill Magazine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;A sense of redemption rolling in over the horizon like a storm of joy and revelation&#8230; with undying belief in the power of what\u2019s possible&#8221;<\/em>&nbsp;~&nbsp;<strong>Stereo Embers Magazine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Highly Urgent Political Rock&#8221; ~ &nbsp;<\/em><strong>Destroy \/\/ Exist<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Care to Try?\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BkWjVc0BiG0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Clone emerges from Brooklyn\u2014fertile ground for underground music for decades\u2014to remind us of what a band can truly be in an age of digitization, pre-fabrication, and superficiality&#8221;<\/em>&nbsp;~<strong>&nbsp;Idioteq<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brooklyn alt rockers&nbsp;<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/clonebknyc\">CLONE<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>present&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/16oObK5gpWcR1ps54eeu2X\"><strong>&#8216;Care To Try&#8217;<\/strong><\/a>, the title track from their<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/groupspeed.lnk.to\/CaretoTry\"><strong>&#8216;Care To Try&#8217; EP<\/strong><\/a>, a blazing three-track offering set for release on October 3 via Portland label&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/littlecloudrecords.com\/\"><strong>Little Cloud Records<\/strong><\/a>. The band recently shared the adrenaline-inducing lead single<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/clonebk.bandcamp.com\/track\/galvanized\"><strong>&nbsp;&#8216;Galvanized&#8217;<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Written over the past year with Clone&#8217;s original lineup of&nbsp;<strong>LG Galleon<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Gregg Giufree (Pilot to Gunner), Max Idas&nbsp;<\/strong>and<strong>&nbsp;Dominick Turi,&nbsp;<\/strong>this EP was produced by&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deadleafecho\"><strong>LG Galleon<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;and Bisi at his famed&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bcstudiobk.com\/about\"><strong>BC Studio<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;(built together with&nbsp;<strong>Brian Eno<\/strong>), and mastered by&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kevorkianmastering.com\/\"><strong>Fred Kevorkian<\/strong><\/a><strong>(The White Stripes, Sonic Youth, Juliana Hatfield, Regina Spektor, Lloyd Cole)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Well &#8216;Care to Try&#8217; is a retribution song. A song that cries out for the disenfranchised and undersung people in the world whose voices are never heard above the drowning of the right wing nationalist leaders in this world,&#8221; says&nbsp;<strong>LG Galleon<\/strong>. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The spoken word bridge signals out to this issue with the line &#8220;with all charisma there is scorn, with every swoon another&#8217;s heart will stammer slowly in submission. To Glimpse what could have been through the eyes of another.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clone has also announced their autumn tour dates, for which current members&nbsp;<strong>LG Galleon&nbsp;<\/strong>(<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deadleafecho\"><strong>Dead Leaf Echo<\/strong><\/a>),&nbsp;<strong>Paul Liziragga (Namesake)&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong>Alex Cox (The Veldt)<\/strong>&nbsp;are joined by new drummers&nbsp;<strong>Avery Brooks<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Jeremy Duvall<\/strong>.&nbsp;The past few years has seen Clone tour with&nbsp;<strong>Christian Death<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong><strong>Twin Tribes, Wand, La Witch, Live Skull<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>The Veldt<\/strong>, as well as playing SXSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LG Galleon<\/strong>&nbsp;shares, &#8220;These songs were again recorded with the legendary&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/martinbisi.com\/media.html\"><strong>Martin Bisi<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;(Sonic Youth, Swans, Brian Eno, John Zorn, Herbie Hancock, Iggy Pop, Helmet, Dresden Dolls)<\/strong>, who helped bring the determination and drive in the studio to the forefront when recording these songs.&nbsp;A different lineup makes for a novel live experience every time, yet always with incendiary results. &nbsp;The full tour in October should prove a very fruitful experience and we are looking forward to playing these new songs from the EP live.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, Clone debuted their&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/clonebk.bandcamp.com\/album\/cl-1\"><strong>&#8216;CL. 1&#8217; album<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/littlecloudrecords.com\/products\/clone-cl-1-pre-order\"><strong>12&#8243; vinyl LP<\/strong><\/a>, born from a seemingly lost wellspring of shared imagination and youthful transformative power, via Little Cloud and North Carolina&#8217;s<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/5BC.TV\/\"><strong>5BC Records<\/strong><\/a>, previewed by the iconoclastic singles<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FfDSPxW6EJ8\"><strong>&nbsp;&#8216;Immutable&#8217;<\/strong><\/a>,&nbsp;<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Wek1uSlQ7Go\">&#8216;Dividing Line&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>and<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/clonebk.bandcamp.com\/track\/redeemer\">&nbsp;<strong>&#8216;Redeemer&#8217;<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A passionate attempt to revive the kind of music that once profoundly resonated with the isolated and vulnerable, Clone&#8217;s music possesses a transformative power, capable of inspiring through its galvanizing, redemptive power. Drawing on the raw energy and boundless creativity of youth, Clone has created a personal sonic world that they now invite us all to experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The past few years has seen Clone tour with&nbsp;<strong>Christian Death<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong><strong>Twin Tribes, Wand, La Witch, Live Skull<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>The Veldt<\/strong>, among others. With recent stops including SXSW, they continue touring, soon to appear at&nbsp;<strong>INKFEST<\/strong>&nbsp;in Providence, RI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The &#8216;Care To Try&#8217; single is out everywhere, including&nbsp;<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/nz\/artist\/clone\/1520693416\">Apple Music,<\/a><\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/4GOfMXziObwngPwJfQYrDj\">Spotify<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/clonebk.bandcamp.com\/\"><strong>Bandcamp<\/strong><\/a>. On October 3, the<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/clonebk.bandcamp.com\/album\/care-to-try\"><strong>&nbsp;&#8216;Care To Try&#8217; EP&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a>will be released on 7&#8243; vinyl, as well as digitally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Credit: CLONE photo by Jason House &#8220;Clone taps into the heavy angular energy of Sonic Youth and Gang of Four, with some of the same fiery political leanings&#8230; equally captivating&#8221;&nbsp;~&nbsp;Post-Punk.com &#8220;Smashing earworm&#8230; a firestorm of sonic pleasure &#8211; enthralled and fascinated with its sonic impression, emotional turbulence and convincing delivery&#8221; ~&nbsp;The Spill Magazine &#8220;A&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16104\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Brooklyn&#8217;s Clone shares new single in the home stretch before new \u2018Care To Try\u2019 EP\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16104"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16118,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16104\/revisions\/16118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}