Claud has released two captivating new songs ‘Wet’ and ‘Crumbs.’ Both tracks will appear on their eagerly awaited sophomore album, Supermodels, out on July 15 via Saddest Factory Records. The new album follows 2021’s much-lauded Super Monster.
The two new tracks give listeners a glimpse into the dynamic scope of Supermodels. ‘Crumbs’ is a stripped back and nostalgic track detailing the little things we do for love, while ‘Wet’ is upbeat and fiery, driven by drippy synths and a commanding bass line.
Of the two tracks, Claud shares “’Crumbs’ was born out of a couple tearful days inside, while ‘Wet’ was written in one fast sitting, the writing process as kinetic as the outcome. Writing both of these songs felt like dropping a boulder into a pond, really shaking up the way I look at myself as an artist. My hands tremble when I play these songs for people, which means I’ve accessed a new vulnerability in my songwriting that I hadn’t gotten to before. I’m so excited to release ‘Crumbs’ and ‘Wet’ into the world.”
STREAM “WET” AND “CRUMBS” HERE
Claud began Supermodels at the end. In late 2021, they released their winning debut, Super Monster, but soon found life turned upside down by departure, loss, and voids where support networks once stood. So, of course, they started writing, using not only their new acoustic guitar (a rare one, but so desiccated from the city’s winter it wouldn’t stay in tune) and a second-hand upright piano recently wedged inside the apartment (free, but tuned hopelessly down, with multiple missing octaves).
Claud’s apartment, with that stubborn acoustic guitar and worn piano, came to articulate a lot of the experiences that underlie Supermodels itself. Fissures in romances and friendships, pressures of recording careers, the casualties of growing up, the laugh lines of life: Each of these 13 songs, as Claud puts it, is another journal entry, threaded together with scant regard for genre but, like the best pop music, with hooks that linger as powerfully as any memory.
Claud approaches all of Supermodels with new depth and the kind of humor that only comes with undeniable new confidence, rendered in structures and hooks that are deceptively sophisticated. Genre becomes Claud’s playground, an obstacle course full of supposed barriers to climb over and cavort upon. Where Super Monster was rendered mostly in their childhood bedroom, Supermodels was created in Claud’s own space, with a team of confidants and collaborators.
Praise for Claud:
“It’s just songs about being young and figuring out your identity, figuring out what you want out of relationships. And at the same time, there’s this seemingly effortless sparkle to their music that gives it a real kick all the way through.” – NPR Morning Edition
“Their tender, dreamlike melodies touch on relatable coming-of-age themes like unrequited love and the vulnerability of youth, but Claud also makes room for underrepresented snippets of life and love within the young LGBTQ+ community.” – NPR Music
“..invitingly open and affably relatable bedroom pop” – NME
“..dreamy and utterly wholesome.” – NYLON
“addictive” i-D on Super Monster
“..a warm, comforting slice of puppy-love indie-pop with more than enough textures to have you savoring the repeat listens.” – The FADER
“.. an absolute earworm” – MTV.com
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