― Keith Watson (kmw), Saturday, 6 November 2004 18:09 (8 years ago) Permalink
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― Mooro (Mooro), Saturday, 6 November 2004 19:34 (8 years ago) Permalink
I note that even a thread about Tim H's favourite band hasn't succeeded in making him post here again, sadly.
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 6 November 2004 20:26 (8 years ago) Permalink
― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Saturday, 6 November 2004 21:41 (8 years ago) Permalink
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― AaronK (AaronK), Saturday, 6 November 2004 23:13 (8 years ago) Permalink
they sort of skirt the edge of self-parody with all the "mrs jones"/"rain" references. jess and i had a joke going about this once upon a time. jess likes them too.
― amateur!!st, Sunday, 7 November 2004 00:01 (8 years ago) Permalink
― amateur!!st, Sunday, 7 November 2004 00:07 (8 years ago) Permalink
Not quite - Innes (Relict main man) used to be in The Clientele some years back but not since I've known them ('99). It's true that the rest of The Clientele appear on Relict recordings.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Sunday, 7 November 2004 02:19 (8 years ago) Permalink
― amateur!!st, Sunday, 7 November 2004 02:29 (8 years ago) Permalink
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― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 01:41 (6 years ago) Permalink
― AaronK (AaronK), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 02:05 (6 years ago) Permalink
Is it me, or does anyone else think that if someone took out all the upbeat pop songs off their all albums, took the remaining slower, sadder, melodic stuff off (e.g. As Night Is Falling, The Violet Hour, policeman getting lost etc.) and put it all one one album, it would be the best thing ever made? As opposed to just really good, of course.
― mehlt, Friday, 25 January 2008 03:38 (5 years ago) Permalink
i don't, but that's because i like the upbeat stuff better
― electricsound, Friday, 25 January 2008 03:50 (5 years ago) Permalink
I love virtually everything I've heard from them. CLASSIC.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 25 January 2008 03:58 (5 years ago) Permalink
what is the thing that is coming out on acuarela?
― keythkeyth, Friday, 25 January 2008 05:47 (5 years ago) Permalink
Suburban Light is one of my favorite albums of this decade.
― Cunga, Friday, 25 January 2008 05:48 (5 years ago) Permalink
Alright, my above comment was unfair. They have as much good upbeat stuff as slow stuff, and I really really hate to say it but they could have done with taking some of their songs off their albums. That is to say, they could have released some impeccable EP's, rather than really good albums.
Still love them nonetheless. I also thought they were a hip-hop group the first time I heard of them.
― mehlt, Friday, 25 January 2008 05:52 (5 years ago) Permalink
The Violet Hour is utterly flawless from start to finish. The only song I could possibly see being taken from it might be House on Fire but even if it seems like it could be removed I suspect the truth is something terrible might happen to that perfect, perfect record if you did.
― f. hazel, Friday, 25 January 2008 09:35 (5 years ago) Permalink
always meant to check these guys out. this has piqued my interest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE2YCGxh31Q&feature=related
― Michael B, Sunday, 24 February 2008 17:20 (5 years ago) Permalink
Nice article in the LA Times today:
http://www.latimes.com/theguide/music/la-et-clientele5-2010mar05,0,2867627.story
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 5 March 2010 15:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
thanks for this article. it points out that i've been mis-pronouncing the band's name for years. i've said "cl I entele," but in fact it's "cl EE entele."
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 5 March 2010 21:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
Well, if you're American, you would in fact correctly pronounce it "cl I entele," because that's how that word is pronounced in an American English dialect.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 5 March 2010 21:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
excited about Alasdair MacLean's side-project. his fluttery style of guitar playing seems a perfect match for this type of music. thus far, there's no samples of the group's output, unfortunately.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 6 March 2010 16:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
huh, does the English press really think they sound American? They're like the most British band in the world!
― tylerw, Saturday, 6 March 2010 17:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah, ^^^^^^ this.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 6 March 2010 18:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
Amor de Dias have samples up here: http://www.amordedias.com/
― Stevie T, Saturday, 6 March 2010 19:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
I got the impression that the British press didn't give a shit about them. I can't wait to hear that Amor de Dias album!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 6 March 2010 19:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah i think they sound ultra brit. when i think of the american version of that folk informed chamber shit i think pernice bros.
― malicious humor victim (Hunt3r), Saturday, 6 March 2010 19:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
totally dig those samples. thank you. any word on what label will release the album?
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 6 March 2010 20:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
how is the new ep ?
― oscar, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 22:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
It's not strictly the Clientele, and it's not quite six years since anyone asked me to post on this thread, but I'm proud to say I've been involved in releasing the first available Amor De Dias song, one of six songs on an EP. It's wonderful.
Details here: http://hangoverlounge.blogspot.com/2010/08/hangover-lounge-10-ep-now-available.html
(If you don't want to take my word for it - and frankly why should you? - we'll be streaming some bits and pieces from the EP on that blog over the next week or so.)
― Tim, Thursday, 12 August 2010 12:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
i'm incredibly excited to hear this. i'm also encouraged to read that the clientele are releasing a new EP in october, which suggests to me that, contrary to earlier reports, the last album may not be their last work together.
if i may ask, what's your connection to the clientele?
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 12 August 2010 14:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'm just a long-term fan (and I hope friend) of the band!
My connection to the release is as one of the people who runs The Hangover Lounge every Sunday, but I won't bore you with that.
I note that mp3 copies of the new EP are to be given away free with tickets to the show in early September - coo!
― Tim, Thursday, 12 August 2010 14:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
Ordered it yesterday, looking forward to it arriving.
― svend, Thursday, 12 August 2010 14:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
first(?) Amor De Dias release available to listen to here (for a while):
http://www.mergerecords.com/store/store_detail.php?catalog_id=792
― koogs, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 19:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
liked the mp3 that surfaced a little while ago. kind of like charlotte gainsbourg fronting the clientele.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 19:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
amor de dias are playing tonight in london for free, 18:30 at the national portrait gallery(!)
http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/late-shift-1/music-series-amor-de-dias1.php
― koogs, Friday, 2 September 2011 16:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
for the quietest band on earth, i found this too loud (had only ever heard them unamplified before). the string sound was a bit harsh.
that said, they played in front of this and this
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitLarge/mw00166/The-Somerset-House-Conference-1604http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitLarge/mw02079/Queen-Elizabeth-I-The-Ditchley-portrait
400 years old...
they play again tonight at the bull and gate - http://www.clubfandango.co.uk/gig.php?id=2062
bit of a comedown... 8)
― koogs, Saturday, 3 September 2011 10:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
that show tonight was supposed to be on a thames riverboat with laetia sadier on the bill, which wouldn't have been such a comedown. i like the amor de dias record a lot but i wonder what it's failure to set the world alight augurs for the clientele.
― cw, Saturday, 3 September 2011 10:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
why should it mean anything? it's a side-project, that got little fanfare.
clientele were thinking of breaking-up anyway, IIRC. that would be sad. every record has been beautiful and moving.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 3 September 2011 13:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
Just got through 4 Clientele albums in a row on Spotify. They have a pleasant sound, but it seemed to me like every song was virtually identical in tone and tempo. Confused a bit by the strong love for this band.
― Poliopolice, Friday, 27 April 2012 03:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
they take a while to sink in. give the violet hour a few more spins.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 27 April 2012 04:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
Strange Geometry was the peak, imo
― Simon H., Friday, 27 April 2012 05:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'll give it another try today
― Poliopolice, Friday, 27 April 2012 13:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Share the Night" from 'That Night, A Forest Grew' is so great.
― calstars, Monday, 23 July 2012 22:38 (9 months ago) Permalink
All the EPs are on Spotify...a goldmine
― calstars, Monday, 23 July 2012 22:44 (9 months ago) Permalink
Share the Night is fantastic. The tempo is really up for the Clientele and it works really well. Retiro Park from the same EP is also superb.
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 02:37 (9 months ago) Permalink
new amor de dias record out in january. listening to a promo now, sounds lovely (but that's to be expected, right?).
― tylerw, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 18:16 (6 months ago) Permalink
describe it please.
― cw, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 18:45 (6 months ago) Permalink
it sounds exactly like the clientele
― tylerw, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 18:47 (6 months ago) Permalink
well, not exactly, still trading off lead vocals, still a bit more acoustic than the clientele, more of the bossa nova-played-on-a-cold-english-night vibe, but really, it could be released as a clientele album and no one would blink.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 18:48 (6 months ago) Permalink
oh man, i can't wait...
― cw, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 19:46 (6 months ago) Permalink
still wishing someone would put together one of those lavish box sets for the Clientele
in the meanwhile, excited to hear about the new amor de dias.
― that's not my post, Thursday, 8 November 2012 06:50 (6 months ago) Permalink
if you can't wait:
http://blog.kexp.org/2013/01/22/album-preview-amor-de-dias-the-house-at-sea/
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 25 January 2013 19:47 (3 months ago) Permalink
kind of love this album tbh
― tylerw, Friday, 25 January 2013 20:06 (3 months ago) Permalink
really digging this on first listen
― that's not my post, Saturday, 26 January 2013 06:18 (3 months ago) Permalink
Saw it in the store today, should have grabbed it. I figure there is no rush.
― Evan, Saturday, 26 January 2013 06:22 (3 months ago) Permalink
So much good news! Not only is the AdD LP really good, it seems the Clientele are going to be playing a show this year! http://www.poprevo.dk/
I understand that it's a one-off (for now), but hopefully they will enjoy it and fancy playing some more, eh?
― Tim, Saturday, 26 January 2013 08:31 (3 months ago) Permalink
it does sound sublime on first listen. is there any way of getting hold of a copy without lashing out 10 pounds on postage from merge?
― cw, Saturday, 26 January 2013 20:29 (3 months ago) Permalink
rough trade shops'll be getting some in stock, no doubt.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 26 January 2013 20:35 (3 months ago) Permalink
Yeah there'll be opportunities to buy it in the UK by and by (I'm hanging on for the time being rather than mail ordering) . Some talk of a full band AdD show, I hear. Not for a few months though.
― Tim, Saturday, 26 January 2013 22:20 (3 months ago) Permalink
When's it out over here? it's wintery perfection.
― cw, Saturday, 9 February 2013 17:04 (3 months ago) Permalink
Not the full band show mentioned above (though news of that soon I hope) but Amor de Dias are planning a brief appearance in London on Sunday afternoon with their friends in the wonderful Hacia Dos Veranos (on whose last LP Alasdair could be heard singing "Draft Morning"). It's part of a weekend of stuff we're putting on, featuring a range of awesome talent! Details here: http://hangoverlounge.blogspot.co.uk/
If you're interested in Hacia Dos Veranos, and if you like the Clientele you might well be, we're delighted to be putting out their new LP any minute, details here: http://haciadosveranos-limay.blogspot.co.uk/ including Alasdair's review of the forthcoming record: http://haciadosveranos-limay.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/alasdair-maclean-reviews-limay.html
― Tim, Thursday, 14 February 2013 09:38 (3 months ago) Permalink
I'll be seeing them at Maxwell's in Hoboken!
― Evan, Friday, 15 February 2013 05:43 (3 months ago) Permalink
this Hacia Dos Veranos is quite nice, thanks for the tip.
― tylerw, Friday, 15 February 2013 16:36 (3 months ago) Permalink
I went to Denmark last weekend and I saw the Clientele play for the first time in..how long? Not sure.
They were really brilliant. Back to a three-piece, and they played a real fanboy-bait show full of stuff they hadn't been playing as a four-piece. Some genuinely unexpected choices, going as far as "Dear Jennifer"! Personal highlights were "Driving South" and "The House Always Wins". Amazing. They seemed to enjoy themselves so maybe they'll play some more.
Meantime, my lot are putting on this Amor De Dias show in London a week on Sunday. The news is that it will be the full band show I've been on about for a while, and the band - as I understand it - will be Alasdair and Lupe, supplemented by James out of the Clientele and Howard, formerly of the Clientele.
(Also featuring Hacia Dos Veranos as mentioned up there, and a rare show by the amazing Birdie. Come and say hello. Deets: http://hangoverlounge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/5th-birthday-party-starring-birdie-amor.html)
― Tim, Friday, 17 May 2013 20:49 (2 days ago) Permalink
nice! i really like hacia dos veranos btw, i think i learned of them via this thread (or some clientele-y thread anyway).
― tylerw, Friday, 17 May 2013 21:34 (2 days ago) Permalink
oh haha, just scrolled up yes it was this thread.