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...
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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 [...]
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"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...
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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...
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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
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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.
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