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 [...]
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 [...]
God Save The Clientele (2007) cemented The Clientele as strong facet in the roots of orchestrated indie pop. They’d been heading in that direction with 2005’s Strange Geometry, but hadn’t fully realized their potential. So, listening to “Harvest Time” off their upcoming fifth full-length LP, one might become confused — this sound strays [...]