Look Behind You

When the band learned that an Afghan Whig had a recording studio 45 minutes from where they currently resided, that was all the impetus they needed to lock in 5 days of studio time in New Orleans’ Marigny Studios in January of 2024. It had been nearly 20 years since the band last laid anything to tape. Fathering, schooling, establishing businesses and climbing the social ladders of the suburbs leaves the washed up rocker with nary a free weekend to exercise his atrophied strumming arms. However, gathering in a barn on bayou liberty twice a year for the last couple of decades, the guys managed to put together a reasonable smattering of rock and roll songs. Drawing their musical inspiration from the likes of Sunny Day Real Estate, Pearl Jam, and whatever the drummer listens to, Mccloud’s 3rd album in as many decades finds the band settling into familiar roles while refining their contributions into well-crafted and thoroughly conceived offerings sure to delight 40 something year old dads who still won’t wear crocs in public. Should the album fall into right hands, the band would be delighted to open for a mock orange or a hiss golden messenger so long as the show ends before 9:00 and is within driving distance of their beds.