Ground-breaking, JUNO-nominated, Canadian heavy alt-rock duo cleopatrick have released their latest EP, DOOM, via the band’s own Nowhere Special Recordings, distributed by Thirty Tigers. Featuring five raw, fuzz-filled, captivating new tracks, including the distortion-rich, riff-heavy, and quick-witted single “OK” and focus track “SCARING ME,” DOOM is available to check out now.
Self-produced by cleopatrick, mixed by jonwayne, and executively produced by a sentient IBM ® desktop computer from 2002, DOOM was written and recorded during one of the most intense years of the band’s career as they toured nearly non-stop from September 2021 through to August 2022 in support of their critically-acclaimed debut full-length BUMMER. Recorded between tours and produced and mixed while on tour in the back of their van, DOOM is a collection of songs that highlight the band’s musical versatility, sharp lyrical observations, and eclectic musical tastes.
Guitarist/vocalist Luke Gruntz had this to say about their latest EP,
“DOOM is a collection of songs about digital complacency, fleeting privacy, love letters written out in 1’s and 0’s, divine MacBooks, leaked files, lost humanity, corrupt hard drives, lizard billionaires, killer asteroids, the proverbial “cloud”, Maxwell’s equations, 1997’s IBM “DEEP BLUE ®” supercomputer, high energy particles, and the magic piece of glass that I keep in my right front pocket.”
DOOM follows the band’s acclaimed 2021 debut full-length BUMMER, which earned the Cobourg, ON duo their very first JUNO nomination for ‘Breakthrough Group of the Year at this year’s JUNO Awards.