Cloakroom have just released their single and video, “Unbelonging,” which is the band’s first new music since their 2022 full-length, Dissolution Wave. This latest track is taken from their upcoming new album, due next year on the Closed Casket Activities record label. Check it out below.
Stream “Unbelonging” here: https://orcd.co/unbelonging
“It’s a pop song wielding 140 bpm of optimism that can fall apart and dishearten just as quickly as it captivates – Cloakroom meets Psychedelic Furs,” the band tell. The visual for “Unbelonging” was filmed over the course of their recent European tour and gives listeners a glimpse into the daily operation of the enigmatic unit. “Similar to a Crowelian ceremonial dagger, all the lyrics to the new record were crafted under the cover of darkness, predominantly in a moving vehicle; predominantly leaving any number of border town bars. That’s why we chose to do a ‘found footage’ kind of delivery method for the video.”
Raised on well water, and born off the handgun highway, it almost seems too easy to slap the label “shoegaze” on the Indiana three. The band’s aesthetic at first seems far more primitive than the likes of a third-wave shoegaze band in 2024, but upon further inspection Cloakroom almost seems intellectual, at least pseudo-intellectual.
Be it the fool’s errand of traveling 3,000 miles in six days of touring or tracking an entire LP in a marathon 72-hour recording session, Cloakroom has found success operating in severe circumstances. When the human mind begins to break down from exhaustion, the three-piece works in a desperate harmony. The pressure keeps Cloakroom alive.
“Unbelonging” and the rest of their forthcoming studio album, were recorded in December of 2023 with engineer Zac Montez at Electrical Audio in Chicago and Rec Room Recording in Des Plaines, Illinois.
Cloakroom kick off their extensive North American tour with labelmates Full of Hell this Saturday in Nashville. The run crosses both coasts, see below for a full list of dates. Tickets are on sale here: https://www.bandsintown.com/a/2776376-cloakroom
Cloakroom Live Dates:
Nov 02: Nashville,TN – The Blue Room at Third Man Records
Nov 03: Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
Nov 04: Charleston, SC – The Music Farm
Nov 05: Tampa, FL – The Orpheum
Nov 06: Orlando, FL – The Abbey
Nov 07: Savannah, GA – Graveface
Nov 08: Charlotte, NC – The Underground
Nov 09: Richmond, VA – The Canal Club (Upstairs)
Nov 10: Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
Nov 11: Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
Nov 13: Millvale, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre
Nov 14: Toronto, ON – The Opera House
Nov 15: Ottawa, ON – Bronson Centre
Nov 16: Montreal, QC – Théâtre Fairmount
Nov 17: Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
Nov 19: Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
Nov 20: Chicago, IL – Metro
Nov 21: Minneapolis, MN – The Lyric at Skyway Theatre
Nov 22: Iowa City, IA – Gabe’s
Nov 23: Denver, CO – Summit
Nov 24: Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
Nov 25: Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club Basement
Nov 26: Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
Nov 27: Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
Nov 29: Berkeley, CA – The UC Theatre
Nov 30: Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
Dec 01: Los Angeles, CA – The Regent Theater
Dec 02: Mesa, AZ – The Nile Theater
Dec 03: Albuquerque, NM – Sister
Dec 04: Dallas, TX – Studio at The Factory
Dec 05: Oklahoma City, OK – Beer City Music Hall
Dec 06: Lawrence, KS – The Granada
Dec 07: St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall
Dec 08: Cleveland, OH – The Roxy at Mahall’s