If you think you don’t know who Claud is, you might be mistaken. Fans of of Phoebe Bridgers have a head start in recognizing Claud as the first artist to sign to her label, Saddest Factory Records, in 2020. Maybe you saw the 22-year-old singer-songwriter accompanying the Jack Antonoff-led band Bleachers on “SNL” in January, or on their tour last year. If you’re a Clairo listener, perhaps you caught that singer’s lyrical shout-out to Claud in her song “Bambi,” where she sings about sitting “in front of my Claud’s tapestry.”
Claud released their debut album “Super Monster,” a free-spirited pop-rock exploration of youth, love and queerness, in February 2021. But, regardless of how you may have been introduced to the Chicago-born musician, it was clear on Wednesday night at the Troubadour in West Hollywood — where Bridgers herself was in attendance —…