Michael Clifford - SIDEQUEST [CD]

Format: CD
Catalogue No.:  HR7384-2
Barcode: 0790692738427
Release Date: 25 Jul 2025
Genre: Indie/Alternative

 Highly-anticipated solo project from Michael Clifford of 5 Seconds of Summer, featuring the hit single ‘cool’ plus collaborations with Waterparks and Porter Robinson.
 As the colourful-haired guitarist and vocalist of the recordbreaking Australian pop-rock band 5 Seconds of Summer, Michael Clifford is ready to reintroduce himself with a monumental solo debut album, ‘SIDEQUEST’.
 ‘SIDEQUEST’ is an ode to human connection - for his dedicated fans and anyone else who needs to hear it - with Michael delivering his career-best vocal performance. “I’m 12 years into my career, and people still haven’t heard my voice properly,” he says. Now, he can finally let it all out.
 ‘SIDEQUEST’ defies categorization, moving from the playful pop-punk and alternative sounds of his youth to forward-looking peppy synths, glimmery electronic rhythms
and asymmetrical arrangements. There are no precise reference points, no unimaginative plays for nostalgia here. Michael has created a sound all his own, where working through self-doubt feels like euphoria and soul-bearing revelations are revealed atop power chords, enticing the listener to dive deeper.
 Michael’s band, 5 Seconds of Summer, met in high school in 2011, launched a YouTube channel, and quickly became labelled the ‘Biggest New Rock Act In The World’ by Rolling Stone, with five critically acclaimed studio albums, including their most recent album which Michael produced, ‘5SOS5’. To date, 5 Seconds of Summer are the only Australian band in history to have their first three full-length studio albums enter the Billboard 200 at No. 1. They’ve also sold over 18 million albums and they boast six million concert tickets.
 LP pressed onto Red Galaxy coloured vinyl.

Tracklisting
kill me for always (feat. porter robinson)
cool
give me a break! (feat. waterparks)
remember when
enough
fashion
thirsty
nosebleed
if i had a choice (feat. ryan hall)
eclipse