The Clientele

The world is porcelain Some thoughts on Joanne Robertson’s album Blurr, and the Clientele

For Halloween I wrote about the new Joanne Robertson album and the Clientele. Not spooky, but certainly eerie! 🎃

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In typical style for us the first one sold out in less than an hour but there are still a few tickets left for this one 20 days later

Tickets for second Violet Hour show now up for sale, unusually for the Clientele they seem to be selling fast

link.dice.fm/I94a007793e0.

wegottickets.com/event/677968/

Same shit, different church! we have added a second violet hour show as the first one sold out immediately.

Thur 27 November - St Matthias Church, Stoke Newington

tickets go on sale on Friday at midday UK time

link.dice.fm/I94a007793e0.

wegottickets.com/event/677968/

Londoners! Tickets now available for Violet Hour reissue launch party on 26th November. Small venue / limited numbers so advice is don't muck abaaht wegottickets.com/event/677217/

The Clientele - The Violet Hour. Merge Records – UK Store. Buy The Violet Hour by The Clientele on Merge Records – UK Store.

UK/EU people ordering the Violet Hour reissue - go to Merge's UK store to avoid US postage rates mergerecords.co.uk/release/5355...

What a terrible poker face

'The Violet Hour' — the debut full-length by @theclienteleband — is being reissued on Merge vinyl, out on 11/7 + available to pre-order now! 🎉

Lnk.to/VioletHour or mergerecords.com!

Was just kidding, it’s the same, just available on vinyl again

It’s remixed by Jeff Lynne and Dave Stewart plays some extra fretless bass on it.m :) The abbey road mastering is the same though.

Rehearsal time for us. Tickets on sale Friday wegottickets.com/event/677217/

The Clientele - The Violet Hour
new Dinked Archive Edition!

very lush tbh:
Dinked: Opaque "Lily Pad" green swirl
Signed photo postcard
Obi+Sticker
LTD 500

Read more here: monorailmusic.com/product/the-...

The Clientele - The Violet Hour. Merge Records – UK Store. Buy The Violet Hour by The Clientele on Merge Records – UK Store.

the last of our albums not to get a reissue on vinyl... is getting a reissue. The weirdest and most hypnotic record we made, and a unanimous band fave the last time I checked.

Order:
UK: mergerecords.co.uk/release/5355...
US: mergerecords.com/product/the_...

Watch:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwmu...

#nowspinning The Clientele “Bonfires on the heath” #vinyl
@theclientele.bsky.social #theclientele #dreampop

22 years ago today, the Boston Globe (5 September 2003) did this profile on The Clientele.
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Happy birthday Caetano Veloso. Nothing by flowers. Read Amor de Días (Alasdair Maclean of @theclientele.bsky.social and Lupe Núñez-Fernández of Pipas) in MAGNET on Veloso: magnetmagazine.com/2011/06/20/f...

'Serious musicians who are writing timeless music': Cult band The Clientele sign to Wise Music Wise Music Group will represent The Clientele’s catalogue worldwide, including their most recent album I Am Not There Anymore (2023), as well as future works…

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(as you can see from the photo) we're delighted to be joining a publishing roster which includes Phillip Glass, Anoushka Shankar, Dion, Jeff Mills, John Taverner, The Zombies and many other inspirations

I liked them when they were good too. Unfortunately they were never good though

YouTube video by The Beach Boys - Topic Won't You Tell Me (2019 Mix)

What can you say, except the man was able to do everything he did and still leave stuff like this on the cutting room floor. RIP Brian m.youtube.com/watch?v=EgNN...

‘We want to stop in our prime’: Saint Etienne on their final album, turning down Cher’s Believe, and why pop is a dying art The Britpop-defying indie trio are calling it a day after 35 years. From having their minds blown by techno to fireworks night with Aphex Twin, they recall the highs – and explain their eternal ‘psych...

Sad to hear this but glad it’s under their control. They were lovely when we opened for them and always a fascinating band www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...

There is (or was this afternoon) a signed Dud jazz record at Strutton Ground Oxfam for £19

24 years ago today, the Philadelphia Inquirer (13 May 2001) reviewed The Clientele's "Suburban Light".
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The Road To The Sea, by Louis Philippe 14 track album

Today's the day when our album officially sees the light of day on @tapeterecords.bsky.social. Thank you again, @andylewis.bsky.social, @danny-manners.bsky.social, @ianbutton.bsky.social and @robertrotifer.bsky.social for your talent and your friendship.

louisphilippe1.bandcamp.com/album/the-ro...

Happy International Workers’ Day! Don’t let the bastards grind you down!

I Hear It in the Rain, by Michael Jon Fink 10 track album

Hello! michaeljonfink.bandcamp.com/album/i-hear...

am not sure of the rights issues, but might be worth lobbying Tapete to put together a box set!

So sorry Andy. Thinking of you.

The Blossom Filled Streets Movietone · Album · 1999 · 9 songs

Give this album a listen: The Blossom Filled Streets
open.spotify.com/album/5hC5zv...

Discovered this band thanks to @theclientele.bsky.social and I absolutely love them...🙌💙💙💙

Movietone: The Blossom Filled Streets Read Mark Richardson’s review of the album.

So great to see Movietone get a retrospective write up! One of our favourite bands then and now pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

LOUIS PHILIPPE & THE NIGHT MAIL Louis Philippe Based in London for over three decades, French singer-songwriter Louis Philippe came to prominence in the late 1980s as protagonist and house arranger of the famed él records label, mi...

Rare London show in an intimate venue with Clientele string arranger, mentor, and (much more importantly) brilliant solo artist Louis Philippe! @philippeauclair.bsky.social wegottickets.com/event/650550/