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About The Clientele
Hometown
London, England
Formed
1997
Genre
Alternative
As masters of wry, melancholy indie pop, The Clientele are as important as Belle and Sebastian for establishing a wider following for a kind of music that had previously struggled to make it across the Atlantic in the days of jangly ‘80s inspirations like The Smiths, The Go-Betweens, and Felt. Indeed, the English band—originally founded in London in 1991 by the group’s core of singer/guitarist Alasdair MacLean and bassist James Hornsey—found a warmer reception in the U.S. than they did at home for releases like the 2000 early-singles compilation Suburban Light and 2007’s God Save the Clientele, which they recorded in Nashville with Wilco’s Pat Sansone and Lambchop producer Mark Nevers. After MacLean put the band on hiatus in 2011 to make time for two albums by his side band, Amor de Días—a collaboration with Lupe Núñez-Fernández of the Spanish group Pipas—The Clientele returned with all their charm and sophistication intact with 2017’s Music for the Age of Miracles.
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