The Clientele

The Clientele, kids who were into Galaxie 500, and the psyche rock of Love and The Zonbie, formed and played together while they were in school. According to singer, Alasdair MacLean, they decided collectively that it was "OK to be influenced by Surrealist poetry but not OK to have any shouting or blues guitar solos."

The band released some 7" singles at the end of the ninetees, and their debut Suburban Light, was released in time for the millenium. THe bands next album, The Violet Hour, was released in '03. Strange Geometry followed in '05, and the Mark Never and Brian O'Shaughnessy (My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream), produced God Save the Clientele came two years after that.

The Clientele's new album, Bonfires On The Heath, to be released October 6, is described as a return to their roots mixed with English folk, and Bossa Nova elements. (How that is a return to their roots - I'm not sure).

The band will be performing July 19 @ Brooklyn's Music Hall Of Williamsburg and later this summer in Chapel Hill @ Merge XX. For more information visit:http://www.myspace.com/theclienteleofficial

Bonfires On The Heath Track List
1. I Wonder Who We Are
2. Bonfires On The Heath
3. Harvest Time
4. Never Anyone But You
5. Jennifer & Julia
6. Sketch
7. Tonight
8. Share The Night
9. I Know I'll See Your Face
10. Never Saw Them Before
11. Graven Wood
12. Walking In The Park

"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”