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October 11, 2024

flipturn: “Rodeo Clown” (KUTX Pop-Up at ACL Fest)

By: Jack Anderson

Between the big Texas sky, the sprawling space of Zilker Park, all the dust that gets kicked up across the festival grounds and cowboy hats abound, ACL Fest sure can feel a bit like a rodeo right here within the city limits.

And heading back to the fest, Weekend Two of ACL 2024 certainly won’t be flipturn‘s first rodeo, that’s for sure. Following the recent announcement of their sophomore full-length Burnout Days (set to release next January) The Florida five-piece is back at ACL’s American Express stage at 2:45PM this Sunday for an hour-long set. And on top of that, flipturn’s also going to be playing at Scoot Inn tomorrow evening alongside openers Hotel Fiction.

But if those two options to flip your sh*t over flipturn’s formidable live set aren’t appealing to you quite yet, we’ll point to the pop-up duo rendition of Burnout Days‘ lead single “Rodeo Clown” below. And while we’d never advocate illicit drug use to enhance music, this tune sure does remind us of our fun friend Molly and her ability to make any festival performance feel like you’re floating on cloud nine. Not to mention, with lyrics about wanting to escape from the reality of a reluctant performance, it’d be incredibly meta to watch “Rodeo Clown” played to a crowd of thousands.


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