Brooklyn alt rockers CLONE have released their new ‘Care To Try’ EP, a blazing three-track offering, as well as fine limited edition 2-track ‘7” vinyl release. Together, this is their second major release via Portland label Little Cloud Records, featuring cover photography by famed artist Simon Larbalestier, well known for his work with Pixies and 4AD Records.
Written over the past year with Clone’s original lineup of LG Galleon (Dead Leaf Echo), Gregg Giufree (Pilot to Gunner), Max Idas and Dominick Turi, this EP was produced by LG Galleon and Martin Bisi (Sonic Youth, Swans, Brian Eno, John Zorn, Herbie Hancock, Iggy Pop, Helmet, Dresden Dolls) at his famed BC Studio (built together with Brian Eno), and mastered by Fred Kevorkian (The White Stripes, Sonic Youth, Juliana Hatfield, Regina Spektor, Lloyd Cole).
“These songs were again recorded with the legendary Martin Bisi, who helped bring the determination and drive in the studio to the forefront when recording these songs. A different lineup makes for a novel live experience every time, yet always with incendiary results. The full tour in October should prove a very fruitful experience and we are looking forward to playing these new songs from the EP live,” says LG Galleon.
“The title track ‘Care to Try’ is a retribution song. A song that cries out for the disenfranchised and undersung people in the world whose voices are never heard above the drowning of the right wing nationalist leaders in this world. The spoken word bridge signals out to this issue with the line “with all charisma there is scorn, with every swoon another’s heart will stammer slowly in submission. To Glimpse what could have been through the eyes of another.”
Last year, Clone debuted their ‘CL. 1’ album and 12″ vinyl LP, born from a seemingly lost wellspring of shared imagination and youthful transformative power, via Little Cloud and North Carolina’s 5BC Records, previewed by the iconoclastic singles ‘Immutable’, ‘Dividing Line’ and ‘Redeemer’.
A passionate attempt to revive the kind of music that once profoundly resonated with the isolated and vulnerable, Clone’s music possesses a transformative power, capable of inspiring through its galvanizing, redemptive power. Drawing on the raw energy and boundless creativity of youth, Clone has created a personal sonic world that they now invite us all to experience.
As a live phenomenon, Clone currently includes LG Galleon, Paul Liziragga (Namesake), Alex Cox (The Veldt), and drummers Avery Brooks and Jeremy Duvall. The past few years. Clone has played SXSW and toured with Christian Death, Twin Tribes, Wand, La Witch, Live Skull and The Veldt.
The ‘Care To Try’ EP is out everywhere, including Apple Music, Spotify and Bandcamp, and can also be had on ‘7” vinyl. Clone will be releasing a new full-length album in 2026.
TRACK LIST
1 . Care to Try
2 . Galvanized
3 . Libras at Dusk
VINYL TRACKS
A-SIDE – ‘Care to Try’
B-SIDE – ‘Libras as Dusk’
CREDITS
All tracks written by Clone
Lyrics by LG Galleon (onewithwave music ASCAP)
Performed by LG Galleon / Gregg Giufree / Max Idas / Dominick Turi
LG Galleon – guitar, vocals, keys
Gregg Giufree – drums
Max Idas – bass
Dominic Turi – guitar, keys
Lyla Vander – back vocals on ‘Galvanized’
Recorded and mixed by Martin Bisi (Sonic Youth, Swans) at BC Studios
Co-produced by LG Galleon
Mastered by Fred Kevorkian at Kevorkian Mastering
EP cover art designed by LG Galleon
Cover photograph by Simon Larbalestier
Released by Little Cloud Records
Publicity by Shameless Promotion PR
TOUR DATES
Oct 09 Philadelphia, PA – TBD
Oct 10 Clinton, CT – Scottish Dave’s Pub
Oct 11 Boston, MA – O’Briens Pub (Allston)
Oct 12 Providence, RI – The Scurvy Dog
Oct 13 Saratoga Springs, NY – Desperate Annie’s
Oct 25 Brooklyn, NY – Mama Tried
Nov 13 Brooklyn, NY – The Woodshop
Dec 6 Johnstown, PA – The Columbia Theater Project