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Artist: The Clientele
Website: www.theclientele.co.uk/ or
www.myspace.com/theclienteleofficial
Track Name: Bookshop Casanova
Playback: mp3/flash
Download?: Yes

You need to click on the myspace link and press Bookshop Casanova on the player,before continuing today.

The Clientele make pop music as I remember it from when I was growing (memo to self… grow up), lots of bright jangly guitars, vocals that you can hear the words, lush arrangements like the songs of the early to mid-’60s: something between Herman Hermits and just about any band that starts with “The” from that period: The Beatles, The Byrds, The Turtles, The Monkees, The Kinks, and you get the idea.

The Clientele are a four piece who formed in Hampshire in 1997, with a sound combining the melody of 60s pop-psych heroes The Monkees, Love and The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band and the later, magical strangeness of Felt, Television and Galaxie 500. They immediately set about releasing 7-inch singles through different labels in the UK, Spain, Japan and USA, compiling these to produce the cinematic, soft-focus beauty of their debut album “Suburban Light”, released in 2000. The NME was quick to say that “those who like their art-pop espresso laced with gentle Surrealism will swoon to the sounds of the Clientele”. But who cares what the NME thinks? This release saw them sign a deal with Merge Records in the USA, where they quickly gained a cult following.

Now for the really good news, they are playing at the East Brunswick Club on the 27th of July. Anybody up for an evening of really really good pop?

thatch is fascinated by guitars, music, guitars, production, silly noises, guitars and used to be a musician. Did I mention the thing about the guitars?
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