Music for the Age of Miracles
Though directly descended from \'60s psych-folk luminaries like Nick Drake, The Zombies, and The Left Banke, The Clientele have always been more than revivalists—not pining for the past so much as playing with the disconnect between presence and absence, then and now. Their first album in seven years sounds as though it\'s beamed in from some half-remembered place, clouded by reverb, laced with harp (“Everything You See Tonight Is Different from Itself”) and gorgeous, overlapping vocal harmonies (“The Neighbour”). It’s as delicate as it is elusive.
On the first full album in seven years from the softly psychedelic British band, they’ve left something behind in the quest to recapture the essence of the Clientele.
Although they haven't made a record together for many years, from the first notes of the Clientele's 2017 album, Music for the Age of Miracles, it's like they never went away.
There are artists who experiment relentlessly and continuously release a totally different sounding album from the one before it, breaking new ground and challenging their audience in the process. And then there are artists like The Clientele.
The Clientele 'Alone and Unreal': In our review of 'Music For the Age of Miracles' The Clientele make storybook music with a magical touch.