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"HiGH ▀ iNTELLiGeNCE tRoLLS"
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a r t i s t : The Clientele
t i t l e : Ariadne
d a t e : 2004
l a b e l : Acuarela [nois039]
g e n r e : Indie
r l s. d a t e : May/2004
t r a c k s : 05
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 34,2 MB
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The Clientele, that London trio who show such class and emotion
through mixing psychedelic, pop and folk music are publishing
their new Ep in Acuarela (titled "Ariadne"). Since their
beginning in 1997 up until now, each of the group's releases
(compiled in the "Suburban Light" collection) has kept to a
basic set of guidelines: fragility, stories of twilight and a
tendency to bittersweet choruses. For this, they were
eventually aligned û perhaps rather hurriedly û with Belle and
Sebastian's pop sensibility. In 2002 they published an
exclusive EP in Acuarela, "Lost Weekend", just about 20 minutes
of pastoral beauty, including one of the best songs of their
career, the catchy "Emptily Through Holloway". They also
visited Spain as support band for Migala, to play in the Tanned
Tin festival and to embark on a tour around various cities.
Their last album, "The Violet Hour" (Pointy/Green Ufos, 2003)
is the culmination of a long creative period and the real debut
of a group that is well aware of its capacity for impressionist
poetry. The title, homage to TS Elliot, lucidly evokes the
album's contents: twilight, lazy afternoons, and restless
uncertainty about what the evening will bring. Its 13 songs
provide a sentimental showcase for memories and moments, some
good and some bad, filtered through a mesh of light and
nostalgia. Alastair's delicate lyrics about love, loss and
defeat act as captions of a slide show about the past,
accompanied by a reverberating soundtrack and a voice that is
more like a narcotic whisper. Languid melodies and crepuscular
choruses that remind us of the Byrds, Nick Drake, Arthur Lee or
the best from Incredible String Band, but also of Philip
Larkin, Raymond Carver and above all...of themselves. "The
Violet Hour" is a masterpiece of chamber pop music. "Ariadne"
is music 'inspired by the Ariadne series of paintings by
Giorgio De Chirico', many of which were exhibited at the
Estorick Gallery in London in 2003. De Chirico's "Metaphysical"
works began around 1912, with a series of 8 Ariadne paintings
in which the artist depicted a reclining statue of the Princess
of Greek mythology in an empty, sun-drenched piazza. According
to the legend, she was abandoned by her lover, Theseus, on the
desert island of Naxos, after he had killed the Minotaur with
the aid of her thread, which had helped him to navigate the
labyrinth. Focussing on the same symbols of exile and loss, The
Clientele have echoed the unique mood of disquietude and
austerity in De Chirico's Ariadne paintings, with haunting,
Satie-influenced piano instrumentals giving way to long organ
drones, whining static and John Barry-through-the-looking-glass
guitar themes as well as two classic pop songs. Retaining the
warmth of their previous recordings, the band have reached
beyond their roots, into minimalist and classical territory,
creating enigmatic abstracts of endless shores, transient
crowds and fruitless searches.
http://www.theclientele.co.uk
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01-Enigma [00:41]
02-Summer Crowds In Europe [03:13]
03-The Sea Inside A Shell [08:32]
04-Ariadne Sleeping [02:54]
05-Impossible [04:26]
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19:46 min
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