George Clanton
George Clanton Unveils New Single, ‘Fucking Up My Life,’ with Negative Gemini
Ahead of his headlining tour that kicks off tomorrow (October 8) in Brooklyn, vaporwave legend and 100% Electronica founder George Clanton has released a brand new single, “Fucking Up My Life.” The track from his long-awaited upcoming album features rising artist (and Clanton’s frequent copilot) Negative Gemini and details Clanton’s love-hate relationship with touring — as in he loves it, and touring hates him back. “I’ve been working on my new album for the past two years,” Clanton told SPIN via email. “It was hard to choose which song to release ahead of this tour, but it had to be ‘Fucking Up My Life,’ because the song was written to go off live. The lyrics are a love letter to performing live. I’ve only ever had a rough time on tour, from losing money to sleeping on floors to breaking ...
311’s Nick Hexum and Vaporwave Artist George Clanton Announce Joint Album, Release ‘Aurora Summer’
311 frontman Nick Hexum and vaporwave icon George Clanton announced that they’re teaming up for an album, the aptly titled George Clanton & Nick Hexum. While the album won’t be out until July 23, the duo dropped “Aurora Summer” today to give fans a taste of what to expect over the next couple of months. “This album is a collab no one asked for or predicted,” Clanton said in a statement. “There isn’t a big overlap in fan bases here, but I think Nick and I share the same musical ethos. Nick has never pandered to a mainstream audience with his work in 311, they’ve always done their own thing and built their own culture around the music they wanted to make. I believe in that, and I’ve been doing my own thing for 10 years now. Nick certainly doesn’t NEED to do this collab, and I’ve never do...
