that's a great response
― niels, Saturday, 30 September 2017 22:07 (six years ago) link
It's so rare you hear an actually interesting answer from someone in a band
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 30 September 2017 23:48 (six years ago) link
i was listening to the sassoon lyric and i finally looked to refresh how and who and why i knew this... ohhh, yeah. that was really moving actually.
― zeitgeist: hotttest anonytakes wish for or promise hyper violence (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 01:53 (six years ago) link
OK the reason I'm not on board with the assessments upthread that this is their best album is that the compositions feel a bit bloated. Just a bit overthought imo. Cynical read is that they're compensating for otherwise slightly less inspired melodies...
Still, I love it. The Clientele is my favorite band. Just looking at it in comparison the the rest of their catalog.
― Evan, Tuesday, 17 October 2017 16:27 (six years ago) link
New album is very good but it's not their best.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 00:40 (six years ago) link
are we ready for an album poll?
― that's not my post, Friday, 20 October 2017 06:11 (six years ago) link
Ready! It's the perfect time of year to back through their albums again.
― kitchen person, Friday, 20 October 2017 06:22 (six years ago) link
we can poll the greatest comp too!
― niels, Friday, 20 October 2017 06:58 (six years ago) link
ok then. i'll put up the album poll this weekend. great idea to poll the greatest hit comp as well.
Strange POLLometry ...
― that's not my post, Friday, 20 October 2017 15:24 (six years ago) link
I Had to POLL This
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Friday, 20 October 2017 15:51 (six years ago) link
God POLL The Clientele
― winnebago taco, Friday, 20 October 2017 21:27 (six years ago) link
We can POLL together
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Friday, 20 October 2017 21:52 (six years ago) link
POLLiceman getting lost
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 20 October 2017 21:54 (six years ago) link
POLLcelain
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 20 October 2017 22:24 (six years ago) link
POLLing time and money doesn't mean a thing
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 20 October 2017 22:40 (six years ago) link
Poll is up. Very excited to see how many voters and what is the consensus view. Have to say that I forgot about The Minotaur... don't think that was their best effort. I only included full length albums.
― that's not my post, Saturday, 21 October 2017 05:22 (six years ago) link
Minotaur starts well but has a drop in quality a few tracks in iirc, weird EP but ofc nice that they were trying something new
― niels, Saturday, 21 October 2017 08:42 (six years ago) link
it's that time of year
― niels, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 14:33 (five years ago) link
They were very good the other week. No new songs on the night but I believe there are some goodies in the works.
― Tim, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 14:35 (five years ago) link
God Save The Clientele is the fourth studio album by British indiepop band The Clientele. Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, it broadens the band's palette through the use of pedal steel and slide guitar.
wow, never knew this
anyway:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxaPeBJ0oa8
― niels, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 14:35 (five years ago) link
I'd love to see them again
Yeah GSTC was recorded, barring a few overdubs, at Mark Nevers's studio (where a lot of Lambchop's work to that point was recorded); the final mix was done at Bark in London. I've heard conflicting things about whether the Nevers mixes exist in any meaningful form.
― Tim, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 14:41 (five years ago) link
hell yeah time to break out my Suburban Light and Strange Geometry LPs
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 14:43 (five years ago) link
i always thought strange geometry was obviously the best one but now i think I've listened to GSTC way more in the past few years
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 14:45 (five years ago) link
the highs of GSTC are very high but I do find some of it a little treacly/pastiche-y, moreso than usual
after many years of trying I finally cracked The Violet Hour...no idea why I always found it so impenetrable
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 14:49 (five years ago) link
the house always wins
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 14:52 (five years ago) link
I revisit It's Art Dad very often
― Evan, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 16:38 (five years ago) link
I mean I constantly listen to them overall but I wanted to mention that one in particular
― Evan, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 16:39 (five years ago) link
In an August sky-y-y-y-y
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 16:45 (five years ago) link
I'm thinking these days that Music for the Age of Miracles is up there with the Violet Hour in my Clientele album rankings, it's so so good
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 16:46 (five years ago) link
I want to like it that much but I'm still really turned off by the bloated compositions and distracting backing vocals.
― Evan, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
Don't mean to be a downer about it though... I know it's loved here. I want to love it. Though I've said before that I think I would love a "Naked" version of the record!
― Evan, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 20:52 (five years ago) link
GSTC is my least favorite exactly because it sounds like it was recorded in Nashville, which basically means overproduced imo
― Dan I., Wednesday, 7 November 2018 22:28 (five years ago) link
(ha, sorry, I guess "nashville == overproduced sound" is about the most cliched thing a person can say)
― Dan I., Wednesday, 7 November 2018 22:31 (five years ago) link
the Nudie suits were also ill-advised
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 22:55 (five years ago) link
So I’ve really be into As Night Is Falling. The one with all the moody organ (or synth) and Alasdair singing about Ms Jones. Whatever that first chord is from the organ - so nice.
― that's not my post, Friday, 7 December 2018 04:00 (five years ago) link
it's very good
bit of an outlier for Alasdair vocal-wise, somewhat strained, soulful in its pathos
― niels, Friday, 7 December 2018 09:12 (five years ago) link
Those ghostly dreamlike songs they do are my favorite.
I love 6am Morningside the most! It really captures the quiet peaceful mood of early morning.
― Evan, Friday, 7 December 2018 15:33 (five years ago) link
ooh that's good too
― niels, Friday, 7 December 2018 16:42 (five years ago) link
Driving South and As Night is Falling always seemed of a pair to me, both amazing
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 7 December 2018 17:06 (five years ago) link
My favorite part of the song is
It's a suburb in the rainIt don't matter anyway
I always want that sequence to repeat, at least musically. Wouldn't mind if it happened twice in a row. It's the prettiest part!
― Evan, Friday, 7 December 2018 17:14 (five years ago) link
Speaking of the songs in this category... has anyone heard the original version of Six Foot Drop by Clock Strikes Thirteen? I've never heard it and can't find it.
― Evan, Friday, 7 December 2018 17:21 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmz3XtwWdnA
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 7 December 2018 17:32 (five years ago) link
Not sure how I missed that!
― Evan, Friday, 7 December 2018 17:32 (five years ago) link
maybe wasn't uploaded last time you looked? I have that 7", Drive-In Records was quality indie pop.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 7 December 2018 17:34 (five years ago) link
a bit of Dear Prudence in Driving South
― niels, Friday, 7 December 2018 18:08 (five years ago) link
The title track from Age of Miracles is such a wonder: the lyrics, the arrangement, the asides, the way the Hindi section calls to the final lines, the 'Wake up in the night time with the silence so close' which might be my favourite of his, the repetition, the languor. Damn.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Saturday, 12 January 2019 13:30 (five years ago) link
That closing minute or so could be straight off Bryter Layter.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Saturday, 12 January 2019 13:33 (five years ago) link
Yeah! That song is unbelievably good.
― tylerw, Saturday, 12 January 2019 16:06 (five years ago) link
Now, the year is turningAnd the eeriness comes...
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Saturday, 5 October 2019 20:27 (four years ago) link