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
The Relict LP getting a vinyl reissue by the looks of it.
― Tim, Monday, 14 October 2019 15:22 (four years ago) link
YAY!
― Evan, Monday, 14 October 2019 15:27 (four years ago) link
ooh, I see the Bandcamp version of Tomorrow is Again has four more tracks than the CD version!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 14 October 2019 15:50 (four years ago) link
Wow, so I didn't even know this existed. Unsurprisingly amazing on first listen. Thanks ILM.
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 03:20 (four years ago) link
Stoked for this...
― Hunt3r, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 04:46 (four years ago) link
So what’s the story with The Relict? Lots of overlap in personnel and vibe with The Clientele but a different band led by the guy that dropped out of The Clientele after the first album.
― that's not my post, Friday, 18 October 2019 05:43 (four years ago) link
you already know
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 18 October 2019 06:58 (four years ago) link
https://theclientele.bandcamp.com/album/closer
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 5 June 2020 09:10 (three years ago) link
the Relict album seems sure to please any Clientele fan
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 5 June 2020 09:11 (three years ago) link
what's the story w "Closer", standalone or teaser? it's lovely of course
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, 5 June 2020 12:57 (three years ago) link
Today our first new music in a while is released. It's a cover of a beautiful song by Mick Head. Everything it makes will be donated to #BlackLivesMatter. Get it here: https://t.co/NcorJ3Ipuu pic.twitter.com/7hwphQPVuH— The Clientele (@theclientele) June 5, 2020
― groovypanda, Friday, 5 June 2020 13:06 (three years ago) link
ahhhh. their sound is so distinct I'd never have guessed it was a cover. very cool
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, 5 June 2020 13:07 (three years ago) link
Mick Head seems an obvious candidate for a Clientele cover version
― Neil S, Friday, 5 June 2020 13:09 (three years ago) link
Awesome! I know Alasdair MacLean has spoken of his love for Mick Head in the past, because it's why I bought that Strands album.
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Friday, 5 June 2020 14:38 (three years ago) link
Not heard any Mick Head before - will check him out
― groovypanda, Friday, 5 June 2020 14:57 (three years ago) link
Have a listen to the Magical World of the Strands
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Friday, 5 June 2020 15:06 (three years ago) link
Ah thanks. Had been searching Mick Head on Spotify and drawing a blank
― groovypanda, Friday, 5 June 2020 18:09 (three years ago) link
His 80s work was the Pale Fountains, and in the 90s Shack and the aforementioned Strands album, and then recently he's Michael Head and the Red Elastic Band.
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Friday, 5 June 2020 18:16 (three years ago) link
It's probably an obvious one but Comedy by Shack is just glorious.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 5 June 2020 18:20 (three years ago) link
xpost, many thanks for the Magical World of the Strands recommendation. Lovely indeed.
― that's not my post, Saturday, 6 June 2020 05:38 (three years ago) link
not to mention that a new Clientele tune can brighten the worst day
Never heard of Michael Head & The Strands before but it’s hitting the spot this morning.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 6 June 2020 16:30 (three years ago) link
hopefully this tweet will embed properly
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">On Friday July 3, the crimes we committed in our teens (between 1991-1996) will be available for you to condemn and/or purchase on bandcamp <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/soundofyoungbasingstoke?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#soundofyoungbasingstoke</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/clienteleism?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#clienteleism</a> <a href="https://t.co/McLO25ze4Q">pic.twitter.com/McLO25ze4Q</a></p>— The Clientele (@theclientele) <a href="
On Friday July 3, the crimes we committed in our teens (between 1991-1996) will be available for you to condemn and/or purchase on bandcamp #soundofyoungbasingstoke #clienteleism pic.twitter.com/McLO25ze4Q— The Clientele (@theclientele) June 30, 2020
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 30 June 2020 19:00 (three years ago) link
...well maybe not. It's Art Dad will be available on bandcamp.
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 30 June 2020 19:01 (three years ago) link
nice, wonder if it will be It's Art Dad alone, or they'll tack on the additional Sounds of Young Basingstoke tracks that came with the (I think?) the Alone and Unreal best-of?
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 19:05 (three years ago) link
it will be released on july 3. the announcement tags sounds of young basingstoke so i would guess those tracks are included.
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 30 June 2020 19:09 (three years ago) link
I wish I had sophisticated taste like that when I was a teen.
― Evan, Tuesday, 30 June 2020 19:35 (three years ago) link
looks like those Young Basingstoke tracks are still available from Merge, so probably just the It's Art Dad ones... which is good, because those are awesome!
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 19:39 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUHB-bVUD4s&list=RDHUHB-bVUD4s&index=1
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 25 September 2020 23:51 (three years ago) link
FFS. Anyway, it's a beautiful version of the Age of Miracles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUHB-bVUD4s&list=RDHUHB-bVUD4s&index=1
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 25 September 2020 23:53 (three years ago) link
Here you go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUHB-bVUD4s
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Saturday, 26 September 2020 01:20 (three years ago) link
Thank you! Sausage fingers + drunken posting = not a good mix.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 26 September 2020 09:27 (three years ago) link
YT seems to have changed the way URLs of videos are displayed with that "channel" bit added in - think you need to delete everything from the first ampersand onwards in the URL to get them to embed here.
Great version anyway and thanks for sharing
― groovypanda, Sunday, 27 September 2020 10:56 (three years ago) link
With some years now since Music for the Age of Miracles... does anyone still rank it as their best? I maintain more decisively that for me it is their worst (which doesn't mean it is bad at all!). To me overall it is full of very busy arrangements garnishing and overcompensating for their least inspired collection of melodies, relatively. As harsh as that sounds I don't mean it to be; I think the album is wonderful, it is just far away from being better than the effortless and dreamy Strange Geometry or Suburban Light era material. Asking because I do believe that all the showy orchestrations and extra dressings are the exact kind of thing that can seduce and excite initially but lose impact with time. Like chips doused with truffle oil.
― Evan, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 17:21 (three years ago) link
Having felt various degrees of obsessiveness with their output over the last ~20 years, it certainly was a timely arrival 4 years ago ("this is the year that the monster will come") and was an essential companion through that time.
Since the fog has lifted? I have not spent enough time on Holloway or Vincent St to say for sure.
But I think it still rates for me.
― fajita seas, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 03:09 (three years ago) link
Rates for me but omg how have 20 years passed.
I can't remember, but I may have discovered The Clientele on ILX.
― Ira Einhorn (dandydonweiner), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 04:18 (three years ago) link
I think it's stronger than God Save the Clientele... Falling Asleep, Lunar Days, Everyone You Meet, and the Age of Miracles are some of their best songs
― fbclid=fhAZ3l (f. hazel), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 04:27 (three years ago) link
My trajectory with Age of Miracles is intense anticipation (new music!), a bit of disappointment in the actual album over first few spins (no way to live up to the anticipation), and now I'd put in the middle of the list. Minotaur would be at the low point for me. But, f. hazel otm, Age of Miracles does have some songs that rank among their best - Lunar Days, Everyone You Meet and Constellations Echo Lanes in particular.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 05:34 (three years ago) link
Some of the arrangements are a little over upholstered and i could live without the yodelling man, but it is wonderful and has the edge on bonfires on the heath for me, so somewhere in the middle? Suburban Daylight gets the Tims listening party treatment on April the 1st, for fans of that kind of thing.
― cw, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:09 (three years ago) link
i listened to Age of Miracles last night and I think it's a damn masterpiece! totally beautiful from start to finish.
― tylerw, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:24 (three years ago) link