London, UK’s Clobber have broken their silence with Be Someone, the lead single from their forthcoming EP, God Loves, Man Kills, that is set for release on August 1st via Venn Records. The EP coincides with the band joining the roster of Stronger Bookings and announcing appearances at the UK’s 2000 Trees Festival and Rebellion Festival and Revolution Calling Festival‘s fifth anniversary in the Netherlands. Be Someone showcases the band’s evolution as a hardened touring outfit, living in spite of life’s challenges thanks to the music they play and the community they share their scene with. Lyrically, Be Someone deals with a very bleak time in frontman Charlie Longman’s life, as he explains with his renowned raw honesty. 

“2024 started as the worst year of my life. I came back from tour to an empty flat I knew I’d be leaving. Multiple friends died, I had my first major health scare, a fucking stalker and honestly the last time the rock rolled back down the hill. Instead of thinking of going to get it I thought about throwing myself over an m25 overpass I lived near at the time. I thought about it a lot. I said nothing to my band, my family or my friends but every night I was going for long walks, and they always ended by that overpass. This also wasn’t the first time I had been visited by such thoughts in my life. There were days where I thought about staying in my room and waiting the clock out. Where it was safe. Other days I had the courage to go out and live. And those days I played amazing shows with my best friends. Traveling to amazing places I’d never set foot in before and even met my future wife, this song is really dedicated to her to be honest. And before you know it 2024 became the best year of my life. Be Someone is about finding the courage to live again in spite of how hard it might be sometimes. To always go get the rock. To be the best version of yourself ever. The EP is the heaviest, nastiest thing Clobber have ever written. We are a band that will always reflect the world around us, and it has never been nastier or heavier to live through. We get it and you’re not alone” (Charlie Longman)

The upcoming three track EP marks the band’s first release since the Council Estate of Mind single and explores themes ranging from abusive behaviour in the hardcore scene, to war crimes committed by the British Government. Recorded at Soundlab Studios in Debden, Essex, God Loves, Man Kills captures the band in an even more ambitious and volatile state of mind than ever.

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