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THE CLIENTELE - Strange Geometry
| SoundsXP | | The Clientele have been making small but beautifully formed ripples in the English indie ocean for quite a few years now and Strange Geometry, their second album proper, and strongest album to date, is likely to enlarge those ripples, like the kind that have seen them sign a lucrative publishing deal over the pond in America....full text |
| | StylusMagazine | | The Clientele have been associated, whether correctly or not, with most of 20th century poetry. Their lyrics, intimate and a touch ominous, and their presentation, wistful, wry, lend themselves to an audience of, as lead singer Alasdair MacLean once put it, “graduate students with their poetry books.” He may have been comparing himself to label mates Spoon, (whose fans he conversely described as “girls just looking to dance”) but still, it’s a big cavern to get placed into....full text |
| | CokeMachineGlow | | For the first four tracks of the Clientele’s Strange Geometry, affairs proceed more or less along expected lines. Long-time fans and Violet Hour-converts should find themselves fully satisfied that the group has maintained their ethereal atmospherics at no expense to the fragile intricacy of their reverb-heavy songwriting. In fact, the group’s coalesced new musical details into their throwback dream-pop – strings, for one, and a soft synthetic thread or two....full text |
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