{"id":5541,"date":"2026-06-28T18:30:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T22:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trippyjam.com\/?p=5541"},"modified":"2026-06-28T18:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T22:30:23","slug":"smote-clyppan-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trippyjam.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/28\/smote-clyppan-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Smote &#8211; Clyppan (2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trippyjam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Clyppan.jpg\" width=\"310\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;\u2018Clyppan\u2019 is an Old English verb meaning \u201cto embrace\u201d or \u201cto clasp.\u201d It also referred to an ancient ritual in which people gathered in a circle, singing together around a sacred shrine. It\u2019s a fitting title for the latest release from Newcastle\u2019s Smote \u2013 a visceral document of the band\u2019s electrifying live set, captured within the walls of London\u2019s Bear Bites Horse recording studio&#8230; What emerged is \u2018Clyppan\u2019 \u2013 four drone-and-repetition driven incantations, distilled from the primal essence of Smote\u2019s sound. These tracks channel something ancient and urgent, summoning spirits and revelations in their wake. It\u2019s music as ritual, as invocation \u2013 pure aural sorcery.  So gather together. Form a circle. Join hands. And embrace the ecstatic, untamed energy of Smote in their most untethered and primal form.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smote.bandcamp.com\/album\/clyppan\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;\u2018Clyppan\u2019 is an Old English verb meaning \u201cto embrace\u201d or \u201cto clasp.\u201d It also referred to an ancient ritual in which people gathered in a circle, singing together around a sacred shrine. It\u2019s a fitting title for the latest release from Newcastle\u2019s Smote \u2013 a visceral document of the band\u2019s electrifying live set, captured within&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trippyjam.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/28\/smote-clyppan-2025\/\" title=\"Continue reading &lsquo;Smote &#8211; Clyppan (2025)&rsquo;\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[778,4,722,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-778","category-psychedelic-rock","category-smote","category-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyjam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyjam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyjam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyjam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyjam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5541"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyjam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5548,"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyjam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5541\/revisions\/5548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyjam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyjam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyjam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}