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  • Genre: Indie / Pop / Psychedelic

    Location London, UK

    Profile Views: 699839

    Last Login: 7/17/2011

    Member Since 6/19/2005

    Website www.theclientele.co.uk

    Record Label Merge (US) Pointy (UK) Acuarela (Spn) P-Vine (Jpn)

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    .......... .......... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ..The Clientele - Reflections After Jane...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..You can also email us at info@theclientele.co.uk .... It's the Sunday marked by nightingales .. singing in the tender green woods .. the boredom of little girls staring at a cage .. a canary flutters around in .. while in the empty street .. the sun slowly moves its thin line .. along the hot sidewalk .. We'll cross other lines .. Never never anyone but you .. And I alone alone alone .. like withered ivy in suburban gardens .. alone like glass .. And you, never anyone but you..... ..Robert Desnos.. – Never Anyone But You.. ..The Clientele formed a long time ago in the backwoods of suburban Hampshire, playing together as kids at school, rehearsing in a thatched cottage remote from any kind of music scene, but hypnotised by the magical strangeness of Galaxie 500 and Felt, and the psych pop of Love and the Zombies. During a pub conversation the band collectively voted that it was OK to be influenced by Surrealist poetry but not OK to have any shouting or blues guitar solos. From that moment on they put their stamp on a kind of eerie, distanced pure pop, stripped to its essentials and recorded quickly to 4 track analogue tape. .. ..These recordings were released as lovingly packaged 7” singles at the tail-end of the 90s, and compiled as the millennium ended into the debut album, ‘Suburban Light’, now hailed as one of the finest records of the decade. From the faded pop art of ‘Suburban Light’ came a move into the fog with the 2nd LP, ‘The Violet Hour’, released in 2003. An attempt to create a deeper, more mysterious sound, it was an archetypal Clientele record: hypnotic, self-enclosed, meticulously creating its own world. .. ..The Clientele re-invented their music with Strange Geometry (2005) and God Save the Clientele (2007); Brian O’Shaughnessy (My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream) and Mark Nevers produced, and El Records legend Louis Philippe provided typically gorgeous string arrangements. The sound was bigger, brighter, and clearer, MacLean’s ringing, classically-influenced guitar style and James Hornsey’s melodic bass combining to create a different kind of depth and atmosphere for the newly sparkling songs, which now came complete with crossover appeal; incongruously, one of them even featured in the Keanu Reeves / Sandra Bullock weepie, "The Lake House". .. ..‘Bonfires on the Heath’ is in a sense a return to the Clientele’s roots; the dreamlike suburban landscapes first encountered in the early singles, their trippy sense of menace stronger now. Back in London, they’ve drawn on older traditions of English folk, which exist here side-by-side with the band’s more familiar bossa and pop elements, creating a timeless eeriness. It’s often said the best bands create their own sound; the Clientele have gone one further and created an entire world. .. ..Orson Absence.. Carshalton Beeches.. 2nd June 2009.... .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
  • Members

    Alasdair Maclean James Hornsey Mark Keen Mel Draisey .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
  • Influences

    Felt, Galaxie 500, Television, Love, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
  • Sounds Like

    The Clientele ............Create your own visitor map!....

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Minotaur front cover art

Bonfires on the Heath Album Art


The Clientele - Reflections After Jane

You can also email us at info@theclientele.co.uk

It's the Sunday marked by nightingales
singing in the tender green woods
the boredom of little girls staring at a cage
a canary flutters around in
while in the empty street
the sun slowly moves its thin line
along the hot sidewalk
We'll cross other lines
Never never anyone but you
And I alone alone alone
like withered ivy in suburban gardens
alone like glass
And you, never anyone but you.

Robert Desnos – Never Anyone But You

The Clientele formed a long time ago in the backwoods of suburban Hampshire, playing together as kids at school, rehearsing in a thatched cottage remote from any kind of music scene, but hypnotised by the magical strangeness of Galaxie 500 and Felt, and the psych pop of Love and the Zombies. During a pub conversation the band collectively voted that it was OK to be influenced by Surrealist poetry but not OK to have any shouting or blues guitar solos. From that moment on they put their stamp on a kind of eerie, distanced pure pop, stripped to its essentials and recorded quickly to 4 track analogue tape.

These recordings were released as lovingly packaged 7” singles at the tail-end of the 90s, and compiled as the millennium ended into the debut album, ‘Suburban Light’, now hailed as one of the finest records of the decade. From the faded pop art of ‘Suburban Light’ came a move into the fog with the 2nd LP, ‘The Violet Hour’, released in 2003. An attempt to create a deeper, more mysterious sound, it was an archetypal Clientele record: hypnotic, self-enclosed, meticulously creating its own world.

The Clientele re-invented their music with Strange Geometry (2005) and God Save the Clientele (2007); Brian O’Shaughnessy (My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream) and Mark Nevers produced, and El Records legend Louis Philippe provided typically gorgeous string arrangements. The sound was bigger, brighter, and clearer, MacLean’s ringing, classically-influenced guitar style and James Hornsey’s melodic bass combining to create a different kind of depth and atmosphere for the newly sparkling songs, which now came complete with crossover appeal; incongruously, one of them even featured in the Keanu Reeves / Sandra Bullock weepie, "The Lake House".

‘Bonfires on the Heath’ is in a sense a return to the Clientele’s roots; the dreamlike suburban landscapes first encountered in the early singles, their trippy sense of menace stronger now. Back in London, they’ve drawn on older traditions of English folk, which exist here side-by-side with the band’s more familiar bossa and pop elements, creating a timeless eeriness. It’s often said the best bands create their own sound; the Clientele have gone one further and created an entire world.

Orson Absence
Carshalton Beeches
2nd June 2009

Member Since:

June 19, 2005

Members:

Alasdair Maclean James Hornsey Mark Keen Mel Draisey

Influences:

Felt, Galaxie 500, Television, Love, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band

Sounds Like:

The Clientele
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