Clutch is an album by Peter Hammill

Peter Hammill

Peter Joseph Andrew Hammill is an English singer-songwriter, and a founding member of the progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. Most noted for his vocal abilities, his main instruments are guitar and piano...

, released on his Fie! label in 2002. Clutch contains 9 tracks played exclusively on acoustic guitar with accompaniments on saxophones and other instruments. The album was produced and played by Hammill himself, with contributions from Stuart Gordon on violin and David Jackson

David Jackson (rock musician)

David Nicholas George Jackson , nicknamed Jaxon, is a British progressive rock saxophonist, flautist, and composer. He is best known for his work with the band Van der Graaf Generator and his work in Music and Disability...

 on flute and saxes. Clutch is widely considered a solid return to form after his erratic output in the late 80's and 90's. In the liner notes he states that even though the instrumentation is mostly acoustic, it is not a "folk" album. As usual a lot of the songs deal with dark subject matter and his vocals are quite intense in places. The liner notes say "the palate is limited, but the canvass is broad".

Track listing

All tracks composed by Peter Hammill

1. "We Are Written" 3:57
2. "Crossed Wires" 3:43
3. "Driven" 3:57
4. "Once You Called Me" 4:44
5. "The Ice Hotel" 5:20
6. "This Is the Fall" 6:52
7. "Just a Child" 4:07
8. "Skinny" 4:48
9. "Bareknuckle Trade" 8:01

Personnel

• Peter Hammill
• Stuart Gordon - violins
• David Jackson
  David Jackson (rock musician)
  David Nicholas George Jackson , nicknamed Jaxon, is a British progressive rock saxophonist, flautist, and composer. He is best known for his work with the band Van der Graaf Generator and his work in Music and Disability...
  
  - saxophones, flutes

External links

• Peter Hammill's comments on the album
• Progarchives listing