Dream gig: Eric Matthews vox + orchestral arrangement + Clientele guitars, drums, bass, production, lyrics
― caspar (caspar), Friday, 5 November 2004 03:01 (nineteen years ago) link
eric matthews dresses nicely.
― keith m (keithmcl), Friday, 5 November 2004 03:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― danh (danh), Friday, 5 November 2004 03:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― dlp9001, Friday, 5 November 2004 03:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― aaron_spellings, Friday, 5 November 2004 10:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jez (Jez), Friday, 5 November 2004 11:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 5 November 2004 12:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― peter smith (plsmith), Friday, 5 November 2004 14:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― danh (danh), Friday, 5 November 2004 15:27 (nineteen years ago) link
They're not very similar at all really.
― Magic City (ano ano), Saturday, 6 November 2004 00:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― stever hise, Saturday, 6 November 2004 00:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Saturday, 6 November 2004 01:04 (nineteen years ago) link
both their full length albums are so fucking beyond classic. im not sure which is better, i'd say a tie. everything is perfect on them. the overall capturing of mood, the lyrics, melody, chord progressions, harmony, bass lines, drums. it is all perfectly composed.
They were much better live than I would have expected. You don't notice on the albums how good a guitar player he is, and likewise the vocal production slightly obscures how good his voice his. -- dlp9001
i DO notice. he's amazing. I wish they'd come to boston so i could see them.
that said, i was a bit let down by the relict album...
― AaronK (AaronK), Saturday, 6 November 2004 02:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― AaronK (AaronK), Saturday, 6 November 2004 02:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― grapeshine (grapeshine), Saturday, 6 November 2004 11:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― grapeshine (grapeshine), Saturday, 6 November 2004 11:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 6 November 2004 17:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Keith Watson (kmw), Saturday, 6 November 2004 18:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― *@*.* (gareth), Saturday, 6 November 2004 18:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mooro (Mooro), Saturday, 6 November 2004 19:34 (nineteen years ago) link
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 (nineteen years ago) link
― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Saturday, 6 November 2004 21:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― AaronK (AaronK), Saturday, 6 November 2004 22:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― AaronK (AaronK), Saturday, 6 November 2004 23:13 (nineteen years ago) link
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 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!st, Sunday, 7 November 2004 00:07 (nineteen years ago) link
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 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!st, Sunday, 7 November 2004 02:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― youn, Monday, 8 November 2004 19:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― the pinefox, Monday, 19 September 2005 13:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― regular roundups (Dave M), Monday, 19 September 2005 18:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― AaronK (AaronK), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 01:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 01:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― AaronK (AaronK), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 02:05 (seventeen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
i don't, but that's because i like the upbeat stuff better
― electricsound, Friday, 25 January 2008 03:50 (sixteen years ago) link
I love virtually everything I've heard from them. CLASSIC.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 25 January 2008 03:58 (sixteen years ago) link
what is the thing that is coming out on acuarela?
― keythkeyth, Friday, 25 January 2008 05:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Suburban Light is one of my favorite albums of this decade.
― Cunga, Friday, 25 January 2008 05:48 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, ^^^^^^ this.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 6 March 2010 18:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Amor de Dias have samples up here: http://www.amordedias.com/
― Stevie T, Saturday, 6 March 2010 19:16 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
Alasdair solo in London tomorrow night, I'm looking forward to it: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/360295
― Tim, Tuesday, 13 September 2016 08:15 (seven years ago) link
Thx for reminder, now I just have to remember it's tomorrow...
(Is John promoting this?)
― koogs, Tuesday, 13 September 2016 20:24 (seven years ago) link
I'm not sure; I bought tickets.
― Tim, Tuesday, 13 September 2016 21:41 (seven years ago) link
Same here. We're 14 left, now only 11.
― koogs, Tuesday, 13 September 2016 22:33 (seven years ago) link
Good! See you there.
― Tim, Tuesday, 13 September 2016 22:41 (seven years ago) link
I would like to go but considering the time difference I think the show is over already.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 23:37 (seven years ago) link
You've about 13 hours before it starts, that's still time.
― koogs, Wednesday, 14 September 2016 05:42 (seven years ago) link
(Although ilm is showing me a GMT time for my post and not a BST time so be careful you're not an hour late.)
― koogs, Wednesday, 14 September 2016 05:44 (seven years ago) link
Yeah you'll need to get a swerve on though, it's the getting from Heathrow to Kings Cross that'll take the real time.
― Tim, Wednesday, 14 September 2016 08:23 (seven years ago) link
I'll parachute in to avoid ground transportation issues. Just want to be sure I don't upstage him with the landing.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 14 September 2016 15:53 (seven years ago) link
I'll just try to imagine how great it'll be from way over here in the US
― Evan, Wednesday, 14 September 2016 16:10 (seven years ago) link
will leave the actual comments on the gig to tim but facebook said 7, we got tickets said 7:30. doors were actually 7:45 and that was followed by 50 minutes of sitting and waiting which is dull if you're there on your own and it's too dark to read...
anyway, he's playing again for Daylight Music at the Union Chapel on Nov 5th. remember, remember...
https://www.facebook.com/events/1200135206704929/
― koogs, Thursday, 15 September 2016 12:25 (seven years ago) link
It was delightful, Alasdair playing mostly CLientele songs we're used to hearing at full-band shows, from the slower end of things (Reflections After Jane, Saturday etc, the most upbeat was Since K Got Over Me), one or two we're less used to hearing these days (Bicycles, Bonfires on the Heath, Devil Got My Woman) plus an untitled new one: he didn't announce the title but it sounded like vintage Clientele to me.
Maclean fully reverbed up in an echoey church is a very reverby thing indeed.
― Tim, Thursday, 15 September 2016 12:54 (seven years ago) link
We're a couple of covers too. Sid James and durruti column
(Not Sid James.)
― koogs, Thursday, 15 September 2016 17:09 (seven years ago) link
Were. Bloody autocorrect.
― koogs, Thursday, 15 September 2016 17:10 (seven years ago) link
Are there any other bands that exist that sound anything like the Clientele?
― Evan, Thursday, 15 September 2016 17:28 (seven years ago) link
Legit question
― Evan, Thursday, 15 September 2016 17:55 (seven years ago) link
I think maybe there's a thread for that? Or it's discussed upthread.
Recently I've gotten a similar vibe from deerhunter's fading frontier
But the short answer is no nothing
― niels, Thursday, 15 September 2016 18:24 (seven years ago) link
There's just nothing quite as sophisticated and tuneful. Melodic indie rock, even the more sonically consistent bands in that category like Real Estate don't seem to have the effortless complexity and even-handedness Clientele has. Everyone else is "trying" in different ways and Clientele never had to in the first place. Their music goes well with similar things in other categories, like charming old houses and pretty gardens, things that are undeniable.
― Evan, Thursday, 15 September 2016 18:50 (seven years ago) link
Which Durutti Column song, koogs?
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Thursday, 15 September 2016 20:33 (seven years ago) link
i was going to say Real Estate but their thing is a little different.
― nomar, Thursday, 15 September 2016 20:50 (seven years ago) link
> Which Durutti Column song, koogs?
Is there more than one? The guitary one.
― koogs, Thursday, 15 September 2016 21:11 (seven years ago) link
(I did recognise it but am terrible with names)
― koogs, Thursday, 15 September 2016 21:12 (seven years ago) link
well, it was either the missing boy or the guitary one.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Thursday, 15 September 2016 21:13 (seven years ago) link
(Devil Got My Woman by Skip James was the other cover btw)
― Tim, Thursday, 15 September 2016 21:13 (seven years ago) link
wow, i'd love to hear Alasdair's interpretation of that one! my band has a song I wrote as a kinda clientele inspired thing, but i'm not sure if it actually comes across that way.
― tylerw, Thursday, 15 September 2016 21:19 (seven years ago) link
DGMW was on the flip of one of the strange Geometry singles iirc.
The Swedish band Cocoanut Groove had a bit of a Clientele thing going on for a while.
― Tim, Thursday, 15 September 2016 21:26 (seven years ago) link
wow, i'd love to hear Alasdair's interpretation of that one!
There's a link to mp3s of a couple versions here that still work.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Thursday, 15 September 2016 22:51 (seven years ago) link
oh nice, thanks!
― tylerw, Thursday, 15 September 2016 22:55 (seven years ago) link
kinda jansch-y
― tylerw, Thursday, 15 September 2016 22:56 (seven years ago) link
I like the dreamy b-side version, but the KEXP one has its appeal too
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Thursday, 15 September 2016 23:05 (seven years ago) link
reminder: alasdair's playing as part of daylight music at the union chapel tomorrow. starts at 12.
http://store.unionchapel.org.uk/about/events/5-nov-16-daylight-music-237-union-chapel/
― koogs, Friday, 4 November 2016 16:32 (seven years ago) link
New album and new song out, which sounds autumnally awesome to me!
http://pitchfork.com/news/the-clientele-announce-first-new-album-in-7-years-share-new-song-listen/?mbid=homepage-more-latest-and-video
― BrianEmo, Thursday, 15 June 2017 16:48 (six years ago) link
aaaaawesome!
― niels, Thursday, 15 June 2017 19:46 (six years ago) link
That is very exciting news. Love the title and the artwork.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 15 June 2017 19:51 (six years ago) link
fantastic... hope there is a North American tour with the new album
― that's not my post, Thursday, 15 June 2017 20:04 (six years ago) link
edit, guess I should have clicked through to the Merge website. Very excited to see that they're coming to the west coast in the fall.
― that's not my post, Thursday, 15 June 2017 20:15 (six years ago) link
niiiiiice, TO show on Halloween!
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 15 June 2017 20:18 (six years ago) link
album's very good, i <3 "everyone you meet"
― sean gramophone, Friday, 16 June 2017 13:32 (six years ago) link
Has there been any discussion of the new album since it came out? I like it overall, though even after many listens I'm still having distinguishing songs from each other.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 29 September 2017 11:56 (six years ago) link
Discussion here:
The Clientele - Best Band Since The Smiths
― early rejecter, Friday, 29 September 2017 11:59 (six years ago) link