Take a trip to SUNSET RUBDOWN’s ‘Cliché Town,’ full of intolerant, unhinged neighbours.

FROM next month’s ‘Always Happy to Explode’ album, SUNSET RUBDOWN have released their first single in fifteen years, ‘Cliché Town.’

SUNSET RUBDOWN are a Canadian art-rock outfit from Montreal who emerged in 2005 as a solo project from Wolf Parade’s Spencer Krug.

However, the project quickly expanded to include Camilla Wynne, Jordan Robson-Cramer, Michael Doerksen, and became known for their surreal, mythological lyrics, releasing albums including ‘Shut Up I Am Dreaming’ in 2006, and ‘Dragonslayer’ in 2009.

Following their demise in 2009, the band reunited in 2022 announcing the ‘Always Happy To Explode’ album with a lineup featuring Krug, Wynne, Robson-Cramer, and Nic Merz.

The original version of ‘Cliché Town’ was written in 2020 and posted to Krug’s Patreon page as part of his ‘one song per month’ collection, with the demo made almost entirely on Krug’s laptop, consisting of a layered, delayed mess of software synths and canned drums, and was chosen to be reworked with ‘real’ instruments into a full-band, rock version.

Lyrically the song explores feelings of frustration and hopelessness that arise with becoming stuck in a smalltown, specifically the sensation of being trapped next to unhinged neighbours and is partly based on the real-life experiences of friends Krug made since moving to rural Vancouver Island. 

OCTOBER TOUR

10:     Vancouver BC, Rickshaw Theatre

11:      Seattle WA, Crocodile

12:     Portland OR, Wonder Ballroom         

14:     San Francisco CA, Bimbo’s

15:     Los Angeles CA, Teragram Ballroom

16:     Tucson AZ, 191 Toole

18:     Austin TX, The Parish

19:     Dallas TX, Club Dada

20:     Baton Rouge LA, Chelsea’s 

21:     Atlanta GA, Terminal West

22:     Durham NC, Motorco Music Hall

23:     Washington DC, Black Cat 

24:     Philadelphia PA, First Unitarian Church

25:     Catskills NY, Glen Falls House

26:     Northampton MA, Iron Horse Music Hall

27:     New York NY, Irving Plaza      

29:     Montreal QC, La Tulipe

30:     Toronto ON, Concert Hall

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