Imogen Clark may call Nashville home these days, but she first cut her teeth as a teenager playing bar gigs around her hometown of Western Sydney. Since then, she’s toured with the likes of Shania Twain, Steve Poltz, and BOWEN * YOUNG, and collaborated with legends including Colin Hay and Jim Lauderdale. With raw, personal storytelling, a powerhouse voice, and a fearless, all-in stage presence, Imogen has earned the admiration of both her peers and musical heroes. Her sharp, melodic songwriting bridges generations and genres, drawing on influences from Joni Mitchell and Jason Isbell to Led Zeppelin and Taylor Swift
After a whirlwind 2024 packed with relentless touring, Imogen returns to her roots with Choking on Fuel—a new album built around her acoustic guitar out on May 30th. The record showcases the emotional intensity, vulnerability, and musical depth that define her gripping live shows, delivering a stripped-down, powerful sound that’s unmistakably her own. These reimagined versions of songs from her album The Art of Getting Through have been stripped down to their singer/songwriter roots.
“I spent last year on the road around the world, playing headline shows but also touring with
Robyn Hitchcock, Steve Poltz, BOWEN * YOUNG and Andrew Farriss”, Imogen explains. “So many people have messaged me or commented on my social media to say that they would love to have an album that captured the spirit of what I do live, and that’s what this is”.
Glide is premiering Clark’s new version of “Squinters” (below), which mixes a quirky presentation reminiscent of Soccer Mommy and a glittering vulnerability that recalls Lucy Dacus.
“This song is the road not taken, the life I would’ve lived if I’d never left my hometown. Steve Poltz and I met at a festival we were both playing and wrote this back in Nashville. It came out like a waterfall, in record time. When I play it live, people laugh at some lines and I can see the sadness of recognition in some people’s eyes. The great Bryan Sutton made it feel tragic and delicate with his acoustic guitar parts and I made my glockenspiel debut on the solo,” adds Clark.
