LA-based garage-rock revivalist Kate Clover has been keeping busy promoting her debut album Bleed Your Heart Out for the past two years with a consistent touring itinerary keeping that 2022 collection sounding fresh as new material began seeping into the setlist (including the single “No More Romance,” officially released back in November). As it turns out, LP #2 is right around the corner with The Apocalypse Dream scheduled to arrive April 5 via SVR. The aforementioned collaborative single with co-producers Jonah Falco of Fucked Up and Brandon Welchez of Crocodiles makes an appearance on the tracklist, as well as another new single being released today that was also spearheaded by Falco.
“Jonah thought up the introduction in the studio,” Clover shares of “Damage Control,” a tight guitar-rock jam that opens with a trad-pop vocal solo paired with soft electric guitar strums. “It feels like that part exhibits how well we all collaborated on the fly—it sets up the mood of the song quite well.” Regarding the track as the single chosen to accompany The Apocalypse Dream’s announcement, she adds: “I sent the album to a lot of people I know and whose taste I regard. The majority of them had that song listed in their top three favorites across the board. I don’t pretend to think I know what people like or want. I just write songs that feel right to me and that I like.”
“Damage Control” arrives with a black-and-white video directed by Paige Stark that maintains Clover’s aesthetic interest in late-’50s/early-’60 youth culture, while also tying into the LP’s theme of achieving success. “I believe that dreams keep you alive and moving forward,” she shares. “A dream can possess someone to the point where others will call them crazy or delusional. The difference between delusion and a dream is achievement. Once someone achieves their dreams they’re ‘successful,’ but the naysayers will doubt them the entire way. Some people will endure a lot of turmoil to obtain their dreams.”
Check out the video below.
