{"id":900088,"date":"2026-04-18T15:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T20:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/thundercat-is-the-second-face-of-clash-133\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T15:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T20:16:18","slug":"thundercat-is-the-second-face-of-clash-133","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/thundercat-is-the-second-face-of-clash-133\/","title":{"rendered":"Thundercat Is The Second Face Of CLASH 133"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"page\">\n<p>\n                                            11 \u00b7 03 \u00b7 2026                                        <\/p>\n<div>\n<article id=\"article-full\" about=\"\/news\/track-of-the-day-284-lexie-carroll\" typeof=\"sioc:Item foaf:Document\">\n<div property=\"content:encoded\">\n<p><strong>Thundercat <\/strong>is the second face of CLASH 133.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Lee Bruner \u2013 professionally known as <strong>Thundercat <\/strong>\u2013 is back from a prolonged period of creative respite. Known by the masses as a time-travelling, space-hopping virtuoso and bassist \u2013 who transitioned from a session musician to a front-facing artist in the early 2010s \u2013 Thundercat returns recalibrated on new album, \u2018Distracted\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Order your copy of CLASH 133 <a href=\"https:\/\/theclashshop.com\/products\/clash-issue-133-thundercat\"><span>HERE<\/span><\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coming six years after his grief-stricken, Grammy-winning epic \u2018It Is What It Is\u2019, \u2018Distracted\u2019 charts the period that comes after; the self-analysis and excavation. You\u2019ll find the usual Thundercat hallmarks: the cosmic oddities and deviations, the zany character studies, romantic dissolution realised through acidic sketches, the genre-mutating sense of whimsy. But this is a broader, bolder and more pop-facing record than what\u2019s come before.<\/p>\n<p>The title ultimately honours the lateral ways in which Thundercat created the record. The clarity came not from the outcome, but the process. \u201c\u2018Distracted\u2019 felt true to what life is for me,\u201d he tells CLASH. \u201cIt\u2019s about showing up for yourself and the music right now. Because frankly, it feels like the world wants you to fail.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><strong><em>Order your copy of CLASH 133 <a href=\"https:\/\/theclashshop.com\/products\/clash-issue-133-thundercat\"><span>HERE<\/span><\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Words: <strong>Shahzaib Hussain <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Photography and Artwork: <strong>Jasa Muller<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Fashion: <strong>Self-styled<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Creative Direction: <strong>Rob Meyers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Thundercat wears full look Ann Demeulemeester by Stefano Gallici; trainers by Schiaparelli; eyewear by Rayban.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n                                            &#8211;\n                                        <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n                                                Join the Clash mailing list for up to the minute music, fashion and film news.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clashmusic.com\/magazine\/thundercat-is-the-second-face-of-clash-133\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11 \u00b7 03 \u00b7 2026 Thundercat is the second face of CLASH 133.\u00a0 Stephen Lee Bruner \u2013 professionally known as Thundercat \u2013 is back from a prolonged period of creative respite. Known by the masses as a time-travelling, space-hopping virtuoso and bassist \u2013 who transitioned from a session musician to a front-facing artist in the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":900089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2472,33404],"tags":[5486,148938],"class_list":["post-900088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-second","category-thundercat","tag-second","tag-thundercat"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}