Name: Music for the Age of Miracles
Brand: The Clientele

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2017-09-22

Signed copies

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Supplier GB

Shellshock

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Standard:20

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4015698011876

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

The Clientele

Genre GB

Indie Pop / Shoegaze

Label GB

Tapete

Welcome to Tapete, an independent record label based in Hamburg, Germany. Founded in 2002 by Gunther Buskies and Dirk Darmstaedter, Tapete has become a prominent force in the music industry. With a diverse roster of talented artists and performers, we strive to bring you the best in music across various genres.

At Tapete, we are passionate about supporting emerging talent and providing a platform for them to showcase their artistry. Our dedication to quality and innovation has earned us a reputation as a trusted source for exceptional music.

With our *labelcode* LC 12227, we offer an extensive catalog of releases that span multiple formats. From vinyl records to CDs and digital downloads, we ensure that you can enjoy your favorite music in the format that suits you best.

The Clientele are a three-piece band that formed in Hampshire in 1997. Their music is influenced by artists such as Felt, Galaxie 500, Television, Love, and The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band. They also draw inspiration from 70s AM radio songwriters like Jimmy Webb and Willie Nelson. With minimalist arrangements and jazz chords and rhythms, their sound has been described as reminiscent of late lonely nights on a long-wave radio.

The Clientele return with Music for the Age of Miracles, their first release of new music since 2010's Minotaur EP and their first album on Tapete Records. After The Clientele released Minotaur, Alasdair MacLean, singer and principal songwriter for the band, made two wonderful albums with Lupe Núñez-Fernández as Amor de Días, issued a Clientele best-of called Alone and Unreal, oversaw reissues of Suburban Light and Strange Geometry, and played shows solo or as part of Amor de Días or The Clientele. He and Lupe have also been raising a family, so the prospect of a new Clientele record seemed to be diminishing. It seems fitting, then, that a chance meeting with a ghost from the past / future is what led to Music for the Age of Miracles, the first album of new Clientele songs in seven years. There's something rapturous about the ways in which tracks on side one such as Falling Asleep (featuring the Santoor) and the exquisite Everything You See Tonight Is Different From Itself stretch out in choral harmony and rhythmic syncopation. Leon Beckenham's trumpet solo on the latter is a highlight of the record, as is the way the words "ballerina, breathe" reappear at the three-minute mark. Similarly, Keen's beautifully evocative interludes Lyra in April, Lyra in October, and North Circular Days, the last of these featuring a recording of the wind captured outside the late filmmaker Derek Jarman's house in Dungeness on the Kent coast, mean this album sounds subtly but significantly different from previous ones. Birth, rebirth, the ghost in the trees, something on the edge of sight, the faces we love, childhood, parenthood, the dance of our days; music for the age of miracles, indeed.

LP+ - Deluxe LP is Indies Only and is a limited edition of 500 worldwide. the Black vinyl LP comes in a Gatefold sleeve with a CD and a bonus 7” containing two exclusive tracks.

Music for the Age of Miracles

Music GB