Shannon and The Clams Process Grief on New Album

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The Oakland-based band Shannon and the Clams recently released their seventh album, The Moon Is In The Wrong Place.

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The Oakland-based band Shannon and the Clams recently released their seventh album, The Moon Is In The Wrong Place. The entire album touches on the loss of Shannon Shaw’s fiancée Joe Haener who died in a car accident in August of 2022, about two and a half months before their wedding. Shaw talks about Haener’s life, shares stories behind the tracks on the new record, and reflects on how she’s been processing her grief.

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