Today, Caveman share a brand new single and video "Work This Hard" alongside the release of their new album Smash. On the track, singer Matthew Iwanusa says, "Work This Hard is really about finally saying alright I have a choice to continue to sit in my depression and sadness or go out and find ways to be happy. not necessarily letting go from the memories and the feelings but letting go from the constant weight of sadness." He describes the inspiration for the accompanying video: “I thought it would be fun to connect all the videos for this record together, but in a fun way. So a few friends and I went up to New Haven with our iPhones and said, let’s film Superbad meets Ferris Bueller meets Billy Madison.”
Smash is the first new Caveman record since 2016’s “Otero War.” Much of it was composed just after the death of Iwanusa’s cousin - her nickname Smash becoming the album title and much of the music inspired by her. Their previous album was released on hip-hop label Cinematic Recordings (best known for Joey Badass) after a run with Mississippi label Fat Possum. On a whim early last year, they connected with old friend Peter Matthew Bauer of the Walkmen and his label Fortune Tellers to quickly release “New Sides” a series of recordings they had freed up the rights too while waiting for what would become “Smash” to return to their control. Basically dropping the EP five days after it was mastered, it was an early step to just get out into the world again a little with the song “You Got A Feeling” getting picked up on several major playlists and radio stations. “It was just great for people to hear something from us,” says Iwanusa. “It feels like it’s been forever and now we’re sitting on so much new music that’s finally able to get out into the world.” | 
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