The Clientele - Best Band Since The Smiths

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

They're fantastic live

Yeah they're really great live. Always wish I could find a recording of when they were playing a sort of slowed-down version of Impossible that was absolutely amazing

I blew about $200 once to postpone my return flight by a day or two so I could see them play in London.

Moth Club set list for last night

Joseph Cornell
As Night Is Falling
Since K Got Over Me
Reflections After Jane
The Violet Hour
Impossible
Emptily Through Holloway
Porcelain
Saturday
On A Summer Trail
Falling Asleep
Orpheus Avenue
Lamplight

Like Goats
Jamaican Rum Rhumba

(I didn't go, but several friends did and posted the above on Facebook)

Yeah they were good. Rare treat to hear "Emptily Through Holloway".

I know exactly whose facebook you got that from, Koogs, because "Like Goats" is code for "The House Always Wins" (it's a standing joke of sorts, that the lyric goes "and the fields are drifting in to fill his space, like goats, like goats").

I thought maybe it was that Wiggles song.

New lp!

https://youtu.be/qP_gLrFPWXA

FUCK YES. Haven't heard anything on it but obviously album of the year :)

Interested to see what direction they go in. I thought there were subtle differences in all of their albums - all fantastic.

"the neighbour" might be their best album opener

new record is really really really good.

has it leaked then?

got a promo DL from merge

I gotta go out on release day and see if I can track down that version with the bonus 7", I was traveling when Merge put it up for sale

Norman are selling it if thats any use: https://www.normanrecords.com/artist/10780-the-clientele

43 pounds though....

very excited about this record, both the tracks released so far are gorgeous

Cool, thanks for the link! I visited their site and then decided to check out Tapete Records since they're handling the deluxe edition... and they have it for 30 pounds!

really looking forward to the new disc. even splurged for the band t-shirt. they had sold out by the time the tour got to SF a few years back.

where did you get the tshirt?

can't wait to hear the album

T-shirt comes with the deluxe:

https://www.mergerecords.com/music-for-the-age-of-miracles?utm_source=The+Clientele%3A+Music+for+the+Age+of+Miracles&utm_campaign=57a0fd34ef-Clientele_MFTAOM_targeted_shirt_AB&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a3d2363c04-57a0fd34ef-45777933&mc_cid=57a0fd34ef&mc_eid=697076e147

oh, I see

The Clientele - Best Band. Since The Smiths

My favorite band for sure

Missing is such a classic track

was just enjoying this wfmu session today -- http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Clientele/Live_on_WFMU_with_Irwin_Chusid_-_July_23_2014

good stuff!

the house always wins...

how about an album poll after the new one has come out?

What's everyone's favorite version of this band?

1. Moody lo-fi dreamlike (Suburban Light/Violet Hour era)
2. Mid-fi reverb plucking, more upbeat numbers (Strange Geometry)
3. Guitar stabs and psychedelic solos. If the song has guitar stabs, then there will always be a psychedelic solo at some point. (That Night, A Forest Grew ‎EP and other select songs from the later LPs)
4. Lush hi-fi (God Save, Bonfires)

Loosely how I subjectively segment their sound. Plenty of overlap obviously.

hmm I think my favorites are Strange Geometry and Bonfires but really it's impossible to choose

we could do a regular poll?

It really is weialala leia impossible to choose!

Curious though, as I feel like most people here might find their earliest sound to be the most "sophisticated"?

I have tried to get into The Violet Hour so many times but I have always found it weirdly impenetrable

strange geometry is my favorite but also love violet hour and god save the clientele. i don't really see them as stylistically different though, just the same thing with different production.

God Save the Clientele is the most sophisticated, it has a violin on it. The Violet Hour is probably my favorite record by any artist, ever.

'the queen of seville' is probably my favorite clientele song

Strange Geometry is my favorite. It just has this incredible cohesion that I think elevates it above just a collection of beautiful songs, like it needs to experienced as a whole many times over to be appreciated. Maybe the best sequenced album i've heard.

Suburban Light is kinda the reverse. It's filled with jawdroppingly good tracks that standing alone i would be super excited to share with someone else or to hear come up on a playlist, but I never get the urge to listen to it through all the way.

Violet Hour is closer to Strange Geometry but doesn't get stuck in my head as often. Still damn good though.

And weirdly those 3 albums encapsulate them so much for me that I haven't really ever bothered to get into any of their other stuff. I just kinda think oh yeah it probly sounds like the Clientele who I love and its probly good but I've already got enough.

I heard the new album at work today. Absolutely stunning. It really is everything I wanted from a new album by them.

My favourite album is The Violet Hour which feels strange as it was the least instant out of all their releases for me. My favourite song is Bookshop Casanova which is hovering round my top 10 songs of all time list. The harmonies and string combination in the second verse is one of those perfect moments.

So looking forward to the new album. Jealous of you folks in the biz that get advanced listens.

For albums I'd list Suburban Light at the top. But a top ten songs would pull in stuff from most albums and some of the EPs. Shout out to the That Night, A Forest Grew EP which has two of their best tracks, Retiro Park and Share The Night.

I'll do a poll once the new one is released.

"the neighbour" might be their best album opener

― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, August 23, 2017 8:47 AM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Since K Got Over Me is tough hurdle. Hope The Neighbour is that good.

the violet hour is my favourite. liked the following ones, but i love the off-tuned misty feel of that one