THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Clams Baker Jr., Benjamin Romans Hopcraft, Adam J. Harmer, Marley Mackey, Quinn Whalley and Bleu Ottis Wright are Wamduscher. And Too Cold To Hold is undoubtedly their best and most ambitious album to date. Taking on the repetitive and polyrhythmic grooves of gqom (an alluring South African take on house), adding in a dash of hip-hop flavour and even jazz, and then harnessing that to their punk-funk disco pogo, it’s a spellbinding mix. The album was produced by Hopcraft alongside Jamie Neville.
Talking about the first single Fashion Week — a joyous account of fashion’s diehard fans rather than the more visible arrivistes or dilettantes — Clams said: “Those that will do anything to become that thing. That creation. And live it. It’s real artistry when you don’t have the means and you’re doing it. You’re hustling to get on the guest list, you get in, you’re done up by means that you can’t really afford, whatever you do… It’s a celebration of people who will do whatever to look good and feel good and step above wherever they are in their own minds.” Guests on Too Cold To Hold include Irvine Welsh, Lianne La Havas, Janet Planet, Jeshi and CouCou Chloe.
Too Cold To Hold sees the band stretch out, open up and produce their most dazzlingly eclectic and honest album to date. “We wanted it to be brutally honest in our depiction of ourselves,” Hopcraft says. “We’re known for acting in a certain way, playing in a certain way and deploying a certain method. I think the formula for Warmduscher is chaos. In every aspect. There’s a lot of method to the chaos that we adopt, making sure that we are in control of that and the development of that chaos is really important. Otherwise, we’d be in the same loop of giving people what they think they want from us.”
One of the many aces in Too Cold To Hold is that not only does it give people what they want, it also provides what they need. Having come off tour enthused about what the future held for the band, Clams and Ben in particular, “wanted to use the energy of the live shows and put it into something creative rather than turn it into one big hangover.”
Warmdsucher were born in 2014 out of a creative collision between members of various prominent bands; this spontaneous formation resulted in a band that was not just a side project, but a musical force that would soon carve its own unique niche. Over their four previous albums, Khaki Tears (2015), Whale City (2018), Tainted Lunch (2019) and At the Hotspot (2022), the band have worked with some of the most respected producers including Dan Carey and Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard and Al Doyle, and gathered praise and fans alike for their DIY spirit and effortless ability to blend genres fearlessly.”
