Thursday, May 19 2011
Amor de Días: Street of the Love of Days
Amor de Días feels a lot like a summery hiatus with an open-ended return ticket for Alasdair MacLean from his main gig, the Clientele.
Friday, September 17 2010
The Clientele: Minotaur
Whether it is a last gasp from an unusually consistent band, or merely a palate-clearing exercise pointing the way towards a perhaps more experimental direction to be found on a follow-up LP, Minotaur is buoyed by an excellent front half and a less stellar back end.
Monday, November 10 2008
The Clientele: That Night, A Forest Grew
The Clientele have once again proven they are the kind of great band that can try just about any sound they like, but still sound right at home.
Monday, May 7 2007
The Clientele: God Save the Clientele
Nothing less, but little more than you would expect from this consonant British band
Monday, October 31 2005
The Clientele: Strange Geometry
The new Clientele disc is awfully good, besting everything in Belle & Sebastian’s catalog on an album-by-album basis save for The Boy With the Arab Strap and Dear Catastrophe Waitress.
Tuesday, August 19 2003
The Clientele: The Violet Hour
The Violet Hour is something of a quest, where the manner of going becomes more consuming, and ultimately more important, than the impetus for pursuit.
