The Clientele - Best Band Since The Smiths

Yeah! That one is weird.

Haven't seen mention of this here: couple of pre-Suburban Light versions of familiar songs posted up by Pointy in anticipation of the best-of (one familiar as a Relict number). They're beauties. Sound of Young Basingstoke indeed.

https://soundcloud.com/pointyrecords

thanks for the link, always happy to see this thread (title) bumped

i've heard rumours of maybe a live show in fall

not just a rumour --
Islington Town Hall on Friday 23rd October 2015.
Tickets http://www.wegottickets.com/event/322623

cool!
have actually heard more rumours, but probably best not to write abt it on a msg board

ready for them to come back to the Bay Area... they put on an amazing show about 1 year ago.

Live radio session tonight:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0686wbw

The Clientele will be performing on our programme, as part of the day of live music to mark the announcement through this week of the line up of bands and artists performing at this year's 6Music Live at MV sessions on October.

Those probably weren't the best live renditions the band ever did, but nice all the same.

Btw I always say pronounce it like "cl-eye-entel" and I guess it really is "clee-entel" uhm but, how wrong am I? feel like it would be weird to change my pronunciation after all these years...

I thought that Bonfires on the Heath was really great! Better than the album version even. And your pronunciation is not wrong. They're the Clientele, and that's a word Americans don't pronounce like British folks.

Strange Geometry reissue with a 6 track digital EP of outtakes, by the looks: https://www.mergerecords.com/strange-geometry-repress

Can only be good news.

Finally!

Just recently got the deluxe best of that came out. This whole time I didn't realize it was packaged with early demoes. Once I found that out I snatched it up immediately.

playing Copenhagen in August!

Heh, I revived the *other* Clientele thread earlier today for the same reason. Looking forward to it.

heh, I see... Copenhagen i August should be great, and Jazzhouse is a cool place.

bought 2 tickets, hope to go with my brother

see you there!

hey what's this Strange Geometry outtakes ep?

https://www.discogs.com/The-Clientele-A-Sense-Of-Falling-Strange-Geometry-Outtakes/release/8532412

anyone heard it?

aah see it's mentioned upthread...

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