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Full Fathom Five: Audio Field Recordings 2007/2008
Rock · 2008

Full Fathom Five: Audio Field Recordings 2007/2008

Clutch

A raw, sweat-soaked document of blues-rock mastery. These field recordings capture the band's preacher-style vocals and heavy, swinging grooves in their natural habitat.

September 15, 2008 · Weathermaker Music

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Full Fathom Five is less a traditional live album and more a high-fidelity documentary of a band at the absolute peak of their powers. It captures Clutch in their natural habitat: the stage. The sound is thick, humid, and undeniably heavy, characterized by the interplay between Jean-Paul Gaster’s jazz-influenced drumming and Tim Sult’s monolithic guitar riffs. Unlike many live releases that feel sanitized by post-production, these 'field recordings' retain the grit and air of the venues where they were captured, making the listener feel like they are standing three feet from the PA stacks.

Moments Worth Listening For
The moment the feedback swells into the opening riff of The Elephant Riders, signaling a shift from anticipation to pure kinetic energy.
Neil Fallon's mid-song sermonizing during The Soapmakers, where the band drops into a low-simmering blues groove.
The thunderous, cowbell-heavy breakdown in Electric Worry that turns the crowd into a single rhythmic entity.
The precise, jazz-inflected drum fills during Texan Book of the Dead that prove the band's technical depth.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Full Fathom Five: Audio Field Recordings 2007/2008 sound next to the rest of Clutch's catalogue?

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