Freshly Pressed- THUNDERCLAP! “The Littlest Monster”

Since we’re right in the middle of October, it’s high time we share some seasonally-appropriate songs. And the perfect song for any Halloween? “The Littlest Monster” by Niagara’s own THUNDERCLAP!. The stellar song and video were released around this time last year,  and it’s now been re-released and back up on all streaming platforms just in time for the scary season. We caught up with THUNDERCLAP! the chat about the song, his Halloween memories, and his superhero alter ego.

From The Strait: What is unique about the single?

THUNDERCLAP!: From anyone who’s heard it, the chorus gets stuck in their head FAST- so watch out! I toiled for the perfect lyrics although they came relatively fast. I wanted the song to give kids the type of willies that MJ’s Thriller gave me when I was a lad; as well as the fun of the Monster Mash & I feel I achieved that. It all turned out to have a vaudevillian feel which I didn’t plan for but certainly gives it its own fingerprint.

From The Strait: Since this is a Halloween release, what are some of your favourite things about the Halloween season? Do you have any fun/interesting memories of Halloweens passed to share?

THUNDERCLAP!: As an adult I enjoy remembering how I loved halloween as a kid, as most kids do. I have fleeting memories of being in school assemblies cross legged on the floor singing weird songs about black cats walking on old fences in the middle of the night, carving pumpkins and cartoony non-threatening ghosts living their lives while we humans observe them from a far- singing about them as children no less. Do they know we’re singing songs about them? And all the dressing up like someone or something else, what a fun grand masquerade! 

From The Strait: What was the coolest (and/or weirdest) live show you’ve ever played?  

THUNDERCLAP!: Opening for  2 showings of Anthony Robbins film ‘I Am Not Your Guru’ at Michael Moors’s  Traverse City Film Festival. I had just released my 1st THUNDERCLAP! LP ‘Hell-Bent On Success’ and I was stoked to have been able to play the title track (inspired by Tony Robbins/ Wayne Dyer) at these sold out performances. I met Mr. Robbins after, I was quite taken aback as I was a fan to say the least. 

From The Strait: What are some of your non-musical hobbies?  

THUNDERCLAP!: Squishing my little cat Llama, scheming how to keep the wheels rolling in life, battling with how to capture happiness yet not be tyrannical about it…

From The Strait: If you were a superhero, what would your name and superpower be?

THUNDERCLAP!: The Pretty Pie Man. I would be remarkably pretty, out of my gourd, having the best time, YET strangely in control. I’d visit every adult on the hardest day of their work and splatter them in the face with a pie. That adult would then be transported to their happiest time period as a child, and there they’d live happily ever after.

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