Being cynical, feeling a bit jaded: it’s a common condition when it comes to a genre as well established as rock. So when someone tells you about a new band doing interesting things in a grungy, punk-pop vein, it can be all too easy to roll your eyes and assume that it’s all been done before, and better. But sometimes curiosity wins out, you press play, and a song like “GirlVsHeart” hits you full in the face with crashing drums and gleefully thrashing guitar. Instantly you’re hooked and lock into a record that turns out to be a stomping joyride of youthful angst and, along the way, offers up a few surprises.
This is Sugar Rush, the debut album by Swedish twenty-somethings Clutter who emerged from the Stockholm underground back in 2024…

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