C/D: the clientele

this Hacia Dos Veranos is quite nice, thanks for the tip.

I went to Denmark last weekend and I saw the Clientele play for the first time in..how long? Not sure.

They were really brilliant. Back to a three-piece, and they played a real fanboy-bait show full of stuff they hadn't been playing as a four-piece. Some genuinely unexpected choices, going as far as "Dear Jennifer"! Personal highlights were "Driving South" and "The House Always Wins". Amazing. They seemed to enjoy themselves so maybe they'll play some more.

Meantime, my lot are putting on this Amor De Dias show in London a week on Sunday. The news is that it will be the full band show I've been on about for a while, and the band - as I understand it - will be Alasdair and Lupe, supplemented by James out of the Clientele and Howard, formerly of the Clientele.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Z_5ihPluXH0/US6MUepX5CI/AAAAAAAAAo0/WQj5UpxeJtQ/s320/the+hangover+lounge+2013+05+26+copy.jpg

(Also featuring Hacia Dos Veranos as mentioned up there, and a rare show by the amazing Birdie. Come and say hello. Deets: http://hangoverlounge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/5th-birthday-party-starring-birdie-amor.html)

nice! i really like hacia dos veranos btw, i think i learned of them via this thread (or some clientele-y thread anyway).

oh haha, just scrolled up yes it was this thread.

http://chickfactor.com/2014/02/chickfactor-22-festival-of-pop/

Clientele original lineup!

Think "classic line-up" might be more accurate but more Clientele shows = great news; not going to be able ot make this but if they're half as good as they were in Denmark last year they'll be utterly brilliant.

I can't wait. Haven't been really excited to go to a concert in awhile.

I did see them in 2010 and they were fantastic!

yes! just bought a two-day pass. now to purchase airfare. the airlines should pay me for leaving austin during SXSW.

Ha! "See" you there both nights

Versus and Barbara Manning too! Super excited.

this is a one-off reunion, right (that is, the band's broken-up, except for this one gig)?

don't tease.

Only they know that for sure, but they have been inactive since 2010 except for that Denmark show tylerw described just above.

I hope there will be more shows, but I am not enough of an optimist to expect frequent shows.

they're releasing a 7" in that Merge anniversary 7" series... so they should probably have a couple new songs!

I already have warpaint tickets for the night the clientele is playing...torn

choosing clientele

Good choice. No offense Warpaint.

Who wants a free ticket to their show in Brooklyn tonight? Email me.

I chose warpaint. No offense Clientele.

You sure? Warpaint is still active at least. Not sure how many of these The Clientele will do.

so that was a pretty great show. heavily weighted towards Suburban Light/Violet Hour era Clientele, and the sound was solid too. Nice to hear The House Always Wins instead of Lamplight... hope it points toward new material but was very much worth the trip for me!

Oh man that performance was so magical!

Now I can say I've seen both versions of the band (latest/earliest) as I saw them a few years ago at Maxwells.

Makes me want to write songs all day. I'm going to buy a little notebook that I can take with me so I can write lyrics on the fly. I've already got guitar-lines worked out over the years that owe a lot to these guys so maybe someday I'll get this little mini dream of mine realized.

As a bonus I got to buy directly from them:

Since K Got Over Me 7"
Lost Weekend EP 10"
Violet Hour LP 12"

Evan, it's not a big deal but that wasn't the earliest line up of the band: they went through two drummers before Mark joined (between "Suburban Light" and "The Violet Hour" iirc) and there was the early four-piece version with Innes of The Relict.

they actually played "Southern Way" during the Amor de Días set on Thursday w/Pam Berry singing!

!! Blimey.

Oh, yes that's right. Didn't know about the four-piece version under that name though! xp to Tim

Amor de Dias was very nice too! Lilys set fell apart though... oh well.

hahaha, I thought the Lilys were pretty great! Never seen 'em before, and it kind of lived up to my kooky expectations. Withered Hand really blew me away though. I had no idea they were part of the Fence Collective, so the appearance of King Creosote on stage was pretty surreal. And great!

Yeah they issued a bunch of recordings from that four-piece line-up as a tour CD called "It's Art Dad" some years ago. (Having quickly looked at the CD it says '91-'96, personnel Hornsey Maclean Evans Phillips.)

And I too really love Withered Hand!

Oh yeah, the second Clientele song on Friday was "Dear Jennifer" from It's Art Dad!

Have you heard any Lilys records prior to the show?

oh yeah, their first two or three albums I listened to a lot, but a long time ago... In the Presence of Nothing, Brief History of Amazing Letdowns, Eccsame the Photon Band

Those are my three favorites!

I mean, it's always a treat to see a rare performance of cuts from your top 10 favorite records by the original artist, but the full band set from last year was much more faithful. When I chatted with him afterwards he referenced some equipment issues and other hiccups during rehearsal (on his own- I didn't ask!). But even as a beat machine backed guitar medley it did not gel. To the point my girlfriend and I were wondering if the sounds-guy (Jesse, I think) even knew the songs! He was part of the line-up last year though. All sounded great then!

hahaha, until I caught the chorus from Ginger I didn't know they were even playing songs... I just figured they had gotten really lateral since I stopped listening

As a bonus I got to buy directly from them:

Since K Got Over Me 7"
Lost Weekend EP 10"
Violet Hour LP 12"

― Evan

Did they have a lot of their stuff for sale? Have been after a vinyl copy of Strange Geometry since I got into them.

Yeah I was able to make out Claire Hates Me, Ginger, and Returns Every Morning. Other than that I can't remember or I couldn't identify it even at the time.

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KP- those were the only older records they had. I was also hoping they'd have Strange Geometry!

That's still a good selection. I got Violet Hour late last year without having to pay a crazy amount for it. It's one of those albums that was just made to be played on vinyl.

Oh for sure

http://www.jazzhouse.dk/jazzklub/clientele-uk-1

Copenhagen in August sounds nice.

Copenhagen in August was nice.

ended up giving my tickets to a friend since I had to attend a wedding - but I hear it was nice :')

Consensus among the small collection of regular Clientele show-goers was that it went very well - sorry you missed it Niels. The band seemed to enjoy it also. I had a great time too, always a pleasure to visit Copenhagen.

(Progress towards a new LP also, I hear - apparently the songs are really very good indeed, though they didn't play any new ones this time, largely due to lack of opportunity to rehearse them properly.)

(Fantastic news!)

A new album would be absolutely incredible news.

Alasdair solo in London tomorrow night, I'm looking forward to it: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/360295

Thx for reminder, now I just have to remember it's tomorrow...

(Is John promoting this?)

I'm not sure; I bought tickets.