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!
― niels, Wednesday, 25 May 2016 16:00 (seven years ago) link
hey what's this Strange Geometry outtakes ep?
― niels, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 12:31 (seven years ago) link
https://www.discogs.com/The-Clientele-A-Sense-Of-Falling-Strange-Geometry-Outtakes/release/8532412
anyone heard it?
― niels, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 12:32 (seven years ago) link
aah see it's mentioned upthread...
― niels, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 12:34 (seven years ago) link
Argh, that makes me realize I totally forgot to access those demos! I'll report back.
― Evan, Tuesday, 31 May 2016 13:53 (seven years ago) link
The album cover really is all-time...
http://cdn2.pitchfork.com/albums/1495/5d1cb216.jpg
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Saturday, 4 June 2016 23:34 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, that is one of those album covers that is made for vinyl.
― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 5 June 2016 02:36 (seven years ago) link
http://www.seetickets.com/event/the-clientele/moth-club-london/1039934
London show in mid-December, can only be good news.
― Tim, Friday, 28 October 2016 08:24 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Blood On The Knobs, Friday, 28 October 2016 15:10 (seven years ago) link
*band
― Blood On The Knobs, Friday, 28 October 2016 15:11 (seven years ago) link
Indeed. They are the best band, regardless of the Smiths or whoever else.
― Evan, Friday, 28 October 2016 15:49 (seven years ago) link
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
― niels, Friday, 28 October 2016 17:49 (seven years ago) link
I have hard time picturing playing them live and I love the records. Are they good on a stage?
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 28 October 2016 17:51 (seven years ago) link
it is magic
― niels, Friday, 28 October 2016 17:56 (seven years ago) link
They're fantastic live
― Evan, Friday, 28 October 2016 18:00 (seven years ago) link
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
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Friday, 28 October 2016 19:03 (seven years ago) link
I blew about $200 once to postpone my return flight by a day or two so I could see them play in London.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Friday, 28 October 2016 19:06 (seven years ago) link
Moth Club set list for last night
Joseph CornellAs Night Is FallingSince K Got Over MeReflections After JaneThe Violet HourImpossibleEmptily Through HollowayPorcelainSaturdayOn A Summer TrailFalling AsleepOrpheus AvenueLamplight
Like GoatsJamaican Rum Rhumba
(I didn't go, but several friends did and posted the above on Facebook)
― koogs, Monday, 19 December 2016 06:24 (seven years ago) link
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").
― Tim, Monday, 19 December 2016 11:20 (seven years ago) link
I thought maybe it was that Wiggles song.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Monday, 19 December 2016 18:06 (seven years ago) link
New lp!
https://youtu.be/qP_gLrFPWXA
― cw, Friday, 16 June 2017 19:28 (six years ago) link
FUCK YES. Haven't heard anything on it but obviously album of the year :)
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Friday, 16 June 2017 22:01 (six years ago) link
Interested to see what direction they go in. I thought there were subtle differences in all of their albums - all fantastic.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Friday, 16 June 2017 22:02 (six years ago) link
"the neighbour" might be their best album opener
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 23 August 2017 15:47 (six years ago) link
new record is really really really good.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 15:48 (six years ago) link
has it leaked then?
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 23 August 2017 16:27 (six years ago) link
got a promo DL from merge
― tylerw, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 16:27 (six years ago) link
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
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 23 August 2017 16:33 (six years ago) link
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
― cw, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 18:46 (six years ago) link
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!
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 23 August 2017 19:05 (six years ago) link
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.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 21:02 (six years ago) link
where did you get the tshirt? can't wait to hear the album
― niels, Thursday, 24 August 2017 06:20 (six years ago) link
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
― Evan, Thursday, 24 August 2017 12:00 (six years ago) link
oh, I see
― niels, Thursday, 24 August 2017 13:22 (six years ago) link
The Clientele - Best Band. Since The Smiths
― Dan I., Thursday, 24 August 2017 16:07 (six years ago) link
My favorite band for sure
― Evan, Thursday, 24 August 2017 16:24 (six years ago) link
Missing is such a classic track
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Thursday, 24 August 2017 20:42 (six years ago) link
was just enjoying this wfmu session today -- http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Clientele/Live_on_WFMU_with_Irwin_Chusid_-_July_23_2014
― tylerw, Thursday, 24 August 2017 20:43 (six years ago) link
good stuff!
― niels, Thursday, 24 August 2017 20:57 (six years ago) link
the house always wins...
― ciderpress, Friday, 25 August 2017 14:26 (six years ago) link
how about an album poll after the new one has come out?
― that's not my post, Friday, 25 August 2017 14:59 (six years ago) link
What's everyone's favorite version of this band?
1. Moody lo-fi dreamlike (Suburban Light/Violet Hour era)2. Mid-fi reverb plucking, more upbeat numbers (Strange Geometry)3. Guitar stabs and psychedelic solos. If the song has guitar stabs, then there will always be a psychedelic solo at some point. (That Night, A Forest Grew EP and other select songs from the later LPs)4. Lush hi-fi (God Save, Bonfires)
Loosely how I subjectively segment their sound. Plenty of overlap obviously.
― Evan, Friday, 25 August 2017 16:11 (six years ago) link
hmm I think my favorites are Strange Geometry and Bonfires but really it's impossible to choose
we could do a regular poll?
― niels, Friday, 25 August 2017 16:23 (six years ago) link
It really is weialala leia impossible to choose!
― Evan, Friday, 25 August 2017 16:50 (six years ago) link
Curious though, as I feel like most people here might find their earliest sound to be the most "sophisticated"?
― Evan, Friday, 25 August 2017 21:11 (six years ago) link
I have tried to get into The Violet Hour so many times but I have always found it weirdly impenetrable
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 25 August 2017 21:16 (six years ago) link
strange geometry is my favorite but also love violet hour and god save the clientele. i don't really see them as stylistically different though, just the same thing with different production.
― ciderpress, Friday, 25 August 2017 21:53 (six years ago) link
God Save the Clientele is the most sophisticated, it has a violin on it. The Violet Hour is probably my favorite record by any artist, ever.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Friday, 25 August 2017 21:57 (six years ago) link
'the queen of seville' is probably my favorite clientele song
― ciderpress, Friday, 25 August 2017 22:04 (six years ago) link
Strange Geometry is my favorite. It just has this incredible cohesion that I think elevates it above just a collection of beautiful songs, like it needs to experienced as a whole many times over to be appreciated. Maybe the best sequenced album i've heard.
Suburban Light is kinda the reverse. It's filled with jawdroppingly good tracks that standing alone i would be super excited to share with someone else or to hear come up on a playlist, but I never get the urge to listen to it through all the way.
Violet Hour is closer to Strange Geometry but doesn't get stuck in my head as often. Still damn good though.
And weirdly those 3 albums encapsulate them so much for me that I haven't really ever bothered to get into any of their other stuff. I just kinda think oh yeah it probly sounds like the Clientele who I love and its probly good but I've already got enough.
― crunchytunes, Friday, 25 August 2017 22:13 (six years ago) link