In the final episode of The Clientele Podcast, host Robin Allender talks to singer and guitarist Alasdair MacLean again, this time focussing on songwriting. It's a chance for Alasdair to look back at the early days of the band and talk about learning to play the guitar and write music. It's a very Beatles-heavy episode, but Robin and Alasdair also talk about Madness, Boards of Canada, Burial and Subway Sect, and many other musicians who helped Alasdair to develop and expand his songwriting. There is also some chat about music theory, particularly relating to chord progressions, and the idea of songwriting being a combination of technical understanding and instinct.Also, what connects The Clientele and The Great British Bake Off? Have a listen to find out!For more Beatles chat, here's Alasdair on Your Own Personal Beatles:https://play.acast.com/s/personalbeatles/alasdsair-macleanSome other songs and albums that are mentioned in this episode...Red Deer by Tom James Scott:https://tomjamesscott.bandcamp.com/album/red-deerThe Cloud of Unknowing by James Blackshaw:https://youtu.be/aWhLctzLD9g?si=BIuWs1dA8daGI8ZZPhantom Brickworks by Bibio:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WbHLIm8kDsRobin here (I don't know why I write these in the third person): Just wanted to say thank you so much for listening to this podcast series, and thanks to The Clientele for asking me to make it! Thanks also to Johnny White, Dave Collingwood, Max Tundra and Ruth Tebby for their help and support. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 9 Part 2: Mel Draisey
In Part 2 of Episode 9 of The Clientele Podcast, Robin Allender talks to multi-instrumentalist Mel Draisey. Following a hopeful MySpace message back in 2006, Mel was asked to join The Clientele and immediately embarked on a US tour which culminated in the recording of the God Save The Clientele album in Nashville. She also appears on, and wrote arrangements for, Bonfire on the Heath – adding vocals, piano, violin, drones and much more. Her contributions, particularly her beautiful voice, are really key elements of the band's sound during that period. Mel also appears on the (brilliant) EP That Night, A Forest Grew and the mini-album Minotaur.You can follow Mel on Twitter, to keep up to date with her ongoing musical projects:https://twitter.com/Mel_Draisey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 9 Part 1: Dan Evans and Innes Phillips
This week it's a bumper edition of The Clientele Podcast, as Robin Allender speaks to three former members of The Clientele: original drummer Dan Evans, guitarist and songwriter Innes Phillips, and multi-instrumentalist Mel Draisey. As such, this episode has been divided into two parts. In this part you can hear Robin's chats with Dan and Innes, and in Part 2 (which should be next up in your podcast feed), you can the interview with Mel.It's definitely worth checking out Tomorrow is Again by The Relict, a beautiful collection of Innes's songs, and a key part of The Clientele's discography:https://therelict.bandcamp.com/album/tomorrow-is-againHeld in Glass, the song Innes mentions, is sung by Abigail Marvell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 8: Kate Connolly
This week on The Clientele Podcast, Robin Allender talks to his good friend Kate Connolly, who introduced him to the band! Kate is hugely passionate about music and has followed the band from the start, so it's an illuminating conversation about what the music of The Clientele means to their fans. Robin and Kate also talk about Gravenhurst and the similarities between Nick Talbot's songwriting and Alasdair's.Alasdair MacLean performing The Age of Miracles at Union Chapel for Daylight Music (a gig put on by Kate):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFp0SB1foW0Animals by Gravenhurst:https://youtu.be/j-bQBlZgU8g?si=H8ymkFF60w9cAskUInterview with Alasdair in Our Culture:https://ourculturemag.com/2023/07/28/the-clientele-i-am-not-there-anymore-interview/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 7: Anwen Crawford
This week on The Clientele Podcast, Robin Allender is joined by the Australian author and critic Anwen Crawford. Alongside the music of The Clientele, they discuss Sinéad O'Connor, Broadcast, Burial, the 00s blogosphere – and cricket. Anwen has recently published No Document, an extraordinary book, fragmentary, part memoir and part elegy; and Robin and Anwen talk about its similarities to The Clientele's new album, I Am Not There Anymore.Anwen's website:https://demandspopular.net/Anwen's recent blogpost, which mentions The Violet Hour (and the podcast!):https://www.fridayjukebox.com/selections/phantom-folkAnwen's review of Music for the Age of Miracles:https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2017/october/1506780000/anwen-crawford/another-summer-s-night#mtr200Backlisted episode which discusses No Document in the introduction:https://www.backlisted.fm/episodes/170-elizabeth-gaskell-north-and-south24 Hour Theory People: Mark Fisher and the blogosphere:https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essay/mark-fisher-blogosphere/Ian Penman on The Beatles:https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/n12/ian-penman/four-moptop-yobbosThe extract from T. H. White's The Sword in the Stone, which I (Robin) was struggling to remember!One Thursday afternoon the boys were doing their archery as usual. There were two straw targets fifty yards apart, and when they had shot their arrows at one, they had only to go to it, collect them, and shoot back at the other, after facing about. It was still the loveliest summer weather, and there had been chicken for dinner, so that Merlyn had gone off to the edge of their shooting-ground and sat down under a tree. What with the warmth and the chicken and the cream he had poured over his pudding and the continual repassing of the boys and the tock of the arrows in the targets—which was as sleepy to listen to as the noise of a lawn-mower or of a village cricket match – and what with the dance of the egg-shaped sunspots between the leaves of his tree, the aged man was soon fast asleep. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Clientele Podcast is a brand new series devoted to the beloved British indie band The Clientele, launched to coincide with the release of the band's superb new album I Am Not There Anymore. Over the course of the series, host Robin Allender (Your Own Personal Beatles, The Moon Under Water) will interview the band about their history and influences, and will also speak to fans of the band about what makes the music of The Clientele so uniquely evocative and beautiful. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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