The Clientele - Best Band Since The Smiths

Bummer.

Well I picked up a picture disc at the show! Chatted with Alasdair too. Had a great time.

Mine came in the mail last week! It's very pretty. The record and the songs! Couldn't get over to DC last week to see them, but that's OK... I hope they tour (and record) again soon!

Glad you got it! I'm very proud of the whole thing, even though I had nothing to do with the parts I'm proud of (ie how lovely it looks, the quality of the music).

yeah the single is lovely, i almost can't believe my luck having a stone classic clientele summer anthem on 7". I thought those days were gone.

(we've lobbed a few more copies up on the Hangover Lounge band camp site, in case anyone's gagging to get hold of the vinyl; there aren't too many left.)

Great show at The Chapel in SF on Sunday. Alasdair seemed bemused by the full house and the warm reception from the crowd. Having never seen them live before I was very glad to get this chance. Maybe Merge will put out a remaster of The Violet Hour and they will tour again...

These guys are better than the smiths. There, I said it.

Yup

thirded

listened to bonfires on the heath last night, and it's really a great record - somehow I'd forgotten

It's fantastic for sure!

Hey, I don't think this would be an inappropriate request given its rarity...

Does anyone have a digital copy of It's Art Dad that they could share?

Never mind! Got it.

happy: http://pointyrecords.co.uk/news.php?id=86

is that a syd barrett lyric reference?

(tbh i'm more familiar with the this mortal coil version)

The track listing of that could be a lot better in my opinion. Only one song from The Violet Hour doesn't seem right. Porcelain or When You and I Were Young should be on there too.

Seems a little skimpy to me, but then any single-LP Clientele comp would anyway

At least someone is paying attention to their catalog. Better would be nice big box set. Maybe if this comp sells (and the reissues, too) they'll have backing to put together something more juicy. Will be interested to hear what's on the early unreleased session.

that is a weird track listing.

ha, yeah it is a weird selection, they'd be better served by a more idiosyncratic collection creaming bits off the odder eps , stuff that perhaps fewer people have heard alongside lp highlights & so forth, yeah, more violet hour too. a double album certainly. oh well, beggars can't be choosers & it has that untouchably great single from last year. and it's not like theres a bad note on it. very excited about the show.

I'm just excited they're reissuing the discography. Wondering if there'll be a US release? I guess that's up to Merge?

Of all the reissues, that is.

I'm surprised Suburban Light is being reissued again after the Merge 25 reissue last year.

Yeah! That one is weird.

Haven't seen mention of this here: couple of pre-Suburban Light versions of familiar songs posted up by Pointy in anticipation of the best-of (one familiar as a Relict number). They're beauties. Sound of Young Basingstoke indeed.

https://soundcloud.com/pointyrecords

thanks for the link, always happy to see this thread (title) bumped

i've heard rumours of maybe a live show in fall

not just a rumour --
Islington Town Hall on Friday 23rd October 2015.
Tickets http://www.wegottickets.com/event/322623

cool!
have actually heard more rumours, but probably best not to write abt it on a msg board

ready for them to come back to the Bay Area... they put on an amazing show about 1 year ago.

Live radio session tonight:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0686wbw

The Clientele will be performing on our programme, as part of the day of live music to mark the announcement through this week of the line up of bands and artists performing at this year's 6Music Live at MV sessions on October.

Those probably weren't the best live renditions the band ever did, but nice all the same.

Btw I always say pronounce it like "cl-eye-entel" and I guess it really is "clee-entel" uhm but, how wrong am I? feel like it would be weird to change my pronunciation after all these years...

I thought that Bonfires on the Heath was really great! Better than the album version even. And your pronunciation is not wrong. They're the Clientele, and that's a word Americans don't pronounce like British folks.

Strange Geometry reissue with a 6 track digital EP of outtakes, by the looks: https://www.mergerecords.com/strange-geometry-repress

Can only be good news.

Finally!

Just recently got the deluxe best of that came out. This whole time I didn't realize it was packaged with early demoes. Once I found that out I snatched it up immediately.

playing Copenhagen in August!

Heh, I revived the *other* Clientele thread earlier today for the same reason. Looking forward to it.

heh, I see... Copenhagen i August should be great, and Jazzhouse is a cool place.

bought 2 tickets, hope to go with my brother

see you there!

hey what's this Strange Geometry outtakes ep?

https://www.discogs.com/The-Clientele-A-Sense-Of-Falling-Strange-Geometry-Outtakes/release/8532412

anyone heard it?

aah see it's mentioned upthread...

Argh, that makes me realize I totally forgot to access those demos! I'll report back.

The album cover really is all-time...

http://cdn2.pitchfork.com/albums/1495/5d1cb216.jpg

Yeah, that is one of those album covers that is made for vinyl.

http://www.seetickets.com/event/the-clientele/moth-club-london/1039934

London show in mid-December, can only be good news.

I love this bad, esp. Suburban Light, Strange Geometry, and Bonfires. I saw them on the Bonfires tour and they were way better than I expected. Bassist has Macca moves.

*band

Indeed. They are the best band, regardless of the Smiths or whoever else.

might try and come to London for this one

they are indeed the best, was thinking about who's my favorite artist of all time and my go-to answer would be Dylan, but in a way he's too larger-than-life-iconic to be entirely personal, and so The Clientele is probably a better and more personal answer

I have hard time picturing playing them live and I love the records. Are they good on a stage?

it is magic