Photo by David Greenwald2007’s God Save The Clientele was a great record, but it didn’t shake things up much from the career peak of 2005’s Strange Geometry. “Harvest Time,” the second single from the band’s forthcoming Bonfires on the Heath, isn’t a new direction — just an expanded one. Surreal harmonies pan wide, guitar accents [...]
More >
"I Wonder Who We Are" - the Clientele With an echo of the cheerful old Aztec Camera song, "Oblivious," in the air here, what do you know, we've got yet another summery delight on our hands. At least, seemingly. "I Wonder Who We Are" is an upbeat song with an ostensibly carefree, kicking-around kind of vibe, and yet between the open chords, pensive vocals, and central role of acoustic in...
More >
The first time I bore witness to The Clientele was several years ago when they opened up for Spoon at the old Gypsy Tea Room. It's one of the times when it pays off to see the opening band instead of drinking your way through their set hoping to make it.They are returning with a new album Bonfires on the Health, which isn't due out until October 6, but, they are dropping their new single waaay...
More >
I imagine The Clientele as some sort of mystery band — the sort of music you hear drifting toward you on a lazy summer breeze in that just slightly magical time as the sun sets, before the moon rises. Dusk, many would say — although, clearly The Clientele would call it “the gloaming.” It's hard for me to imagine a few normal-looking dudes and one lady sitting around hashing out what kind o
More >
There are likely around thirty-two pithy ways of phrasing this news, but that doesn't change the fact that The Clientele's new album will be called Bonfires on the Heath. Nor will it shift the album's release date of October 6 via Merge Records.
More >
This bittersweet, dreamy album takes all the band's strengths -- both haunting and sublime -- and amplifies them, making for their finest collection to date. And that's saying something.On record, the Clientele can create whole worlds with their music. From the grainy places of their early singles to the ghostly whisper of The Violet Hour, or from the parting clouds of Strange Geometry to the s...
More >
One of the most distinctive things about The Clientele's standout 2005 album, Strange Geometry, is the pristine production and the incredibly arranged melting together of instrumental variety, vocal precision, and maturity. This album can largely stand alone and hold its weight with just about anything released from 2005 to the present, and even if The [...]
More >
September 5th marked the physical release of The Clientele's new EP, "That Night, A Forest Grew". The title is lifted from Maurice Sendak's classic children's book, Where the Wild Things Are ("That very night in Max's room a forest grew"). Judging from a reference like that, one might expect this record to fall in line with their more dreamy, hazy signature sound. Yet, the Clientele seem det...
More >
Two greenbottle flies hit my eyes today. Umm, I'm on the way to countdown for my new life in Cambodia which is only 9 days. Is that ill-starred?
More >
Photo by David GreenwaldI suppose I like the Clientele songs where Alasdair sings songs about fucking better than the ones about faces in the trees and going to bed, but one has to wonder if the band could pull off an album of 'em. That Night, A Forest Grew is a halfway attempt, an EP of slinky grooves and guitar solos that's about as sexy as the Clientele ever get. It turns out something's los...
More >
Photo by N. Emily © all rights reservedSummer in my mind, I want to walk on the grass with my naked feet. To leave the city behind, I only need the sensation of the fresh leaves of grass between my toes. Then comes the memory of an immemorial happiness.I too long to feel the grass growing over me.
More >
Now I understand everything, I should never have doubted...
More >
I imagine The Clientele as some sort of mystery band — the sort of music you hear drifting toward you on a lazy summer breeze in that just slightly magical time as the sun sets, before the moon rises. Dusk, many would say — although, clearly The Clientele would call it “the gloaming.” It's hard for me to imagine a few normal-looking dudes and one lady sitting around hashing out what kind o
More >
This is somewhat out of character for me, but I've been totally enjoying The Clientele's new album, God Save the Clientele. It's quite soft and poppy, with strings and Beach Boy harmonies and just about everything I hate. But I keep going back to it, because it's just so damned pretty...especially super-slow, suitably nocturnal "No Dreams Last Night" and shuffling "Queen of Seville" which has...
More >
Enter your email address to get email notifications any time someone posts about The Clientele.
Subscribe to all posts about The Clientele.
| Title | Lyrics | Buy |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Bookshop Casanova |
|
|
| 2 Here Comes the Phantom |
|
|
| 3 I Hope I Know You |
|
|
| 4 My Own Face Inside the Trees |
|
|
| 5 From Brighton Beach to Santa Monica |
|
|
© 2006-2009 Mog Inc. All Rights Reserved
