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God Save The Clientele
Released: 2007 14 tracks
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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.
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My MOG rating: 7 out of 10 StarsThe third album from the UK's The Clientele takes the listener on a sunny trip down the Thames, stopping at a few tiny record shops on the way to pick up some obscure Beach Boys 7"s and a few string-heavy Serge Gainsbourg albums. The previous Clientele records were like looking through a dusty window at a louche party of artists and beatniks. With "God Save the Clientele", the dust has been wiped away, and the party has brightened consider... MORE
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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 sort of a muted bossa nova feel. "Bookshop Casanova," though, is maybe the bes... MORE
