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| Pitchfork |
 When Clogs released the Veil Waltz EP in late January-- one new song, with some incidental music and a few unreleased odds and ends-- you'd be forgiven for thinking the post-rock band's forthcoming LP would again be a mostly instrumental mix of modern classical, rock, and jazz. But like their new approach to cover art-- once muted and minimal; here a spectrum of vivid color-- the National's Bryce Dessner and co. have crafted a new version of Clogs that revels in pushing boundaries and redefining their sound.Veil Waltz does offer one clue: New song "On the Edge", which stands out thanks to a vocal turn by My Brightest Diamond's Shara Worden. Effortlessly soaring and trilling above mandola, oboe, and vibraphone, here she's nearly unrecognizable, and the track serves as a striking departure from what both Worden and Clogs are best known for. The rest of that EP finds leader Padma Newsome, Dessner, percussionist Thomast Kozumplik, and bassoonist Rachael Elliot collecting songs they contributed to two film soundtracks-- Turn the River, a low-budget drama directed by Whit Stillman regular Chris Eigeman, and Colony, a documentary about bees. The music on this EP-- from the xylophone lullaby "Turn 13" to the mumbled rustic gypsy-folk on "Parallel Man"-- is lovely, even if some songs cover well-worn orchestral post-rock ground....full text |
| Straight |
| Even if Clogs hadn’t released The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton, its fifth lusciously orchestrated album, 2010 would be shaping up to be a good year for the band; it was only a month ago that the quartet dropped its deeply enchanting Veil Waltz EP. Offering a series of cinematic sketches that serenely blend Americana, neoclassical compositions and medieval European folk balladry, that nine-song set is a nearly infallible, mesmerizing listen. Releasing another album’s worth of material so soon could have both overshadowed the EP and oversaturated the outfit, but within the first minute of The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton it’s apparent that too much Clogs is never a bad thing. Though the discs share an ethereal vibe, there is one key component that sets the album apart: the dominating presence of vocals. While Veil Waltz—and, ultimately, the band’s back catalogue—is a mostly instrumental affair, The Creatures weaves singing into the mix of pastoral violas and bassoons....full text |
| Mvremix |
| Featuring My Brightest Diamond’s Shara Worden, Matt Berninger and Aaron Dessner of The National, Sufjan Stevens and the Osso String Quartet Clogs (Bryce Dessner of The National, guitar; Rachael Elliott, bassoon; Thomas Kozumplik, percussion; and Padma Newsome, viola) announce the release of their 5th album, The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton, out March 2nd on Brassland. The Veil Waltz EP, a prologue to this new album, will be released digitally on January 26th on Brassland. The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton, is a song-cycle composed by Padma Newsome with extensive vocal work from Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond. Other guests include Sufjan Stevens, Aaron Dessner and Matt Berninger of The National, and the Osso String Quartet. Clogs, led by The National’s Bryce Dessner and Australian composer Padma Newsome, is an ensemble whose work traverses time and place and through which seemingly disparate influences are seamlessly drawn in. They compose and improvise using sounds and textures from across the musical spectrum – the immediacy of folk and rock music, twisted Americana, the complexity of modern composition....full text |
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