The Clientele / News http://www.theclientele.co.uk/news/ News from The Clientele 120 en-us http://www.theclientele.co.uk/images/clientele-logo-rss.png The Clientele http://www.theclientele.co.uk/ 144 26 News from The Clientele New EP and Spanish Tour http://www.theclientele.co.uk/news/2008/05/new-ep-and-spanish-tour There is an all-new Clientele E.P. coming up, the first recordings we've made since God Save the Clientele. It will be released by Acuarela Records of Madrid (the third E.P. we've done with them and the last part of a trilogy). We've always used our Acuarela E.P.s to stretch out a little bit between albums and create a kind of a through-the-looking glass version of the Clientele, and this will be no exception, but this time with the catchiest songs we've ever recorded. The title of the E.P. is "That night a Forest Grew". See shows section for a supporting Spanish tour, including a visit to Primavera Sound.

Bookshop Casanova, our US summer single for 2007, looks set to get a summer 2008 release for the UK and Europe. It will be digital only I'm afraid but you can download exclusive track Girl From Somewhere and our cover of Television's "The Fire" as part of the package. There is also a nice graphic of an Owl sculpture from New Mexico as the cover, which is currently behind glass in the spooky Victorian-style Pitt-Rivers Museum in Oxford. Download details when we get them. 

]]> Fri, 16 May 2008 04:50:00 -0400 New E.P. / Bookshop Casanova European release http://www.theclientele.co.uk/news/2008/04/new-ep-bookshop-casanova-european-release Bookshop Casanova, our US summer single for 2007, looks set to get a summer 2008 release for the UK and Europe. It will be digital only I'm afraid but you can download exclusive track Girl From Somewhere and our cover of Television's "The Fire" as part of the package. There is also a nice graphic of an Owl sculpture from New Mexico as the cover, which is currently behind glass in the spooky Victorian-style Pitt-Rivers Museum in Oxford. Download details when we get them.

Oh yeah, almost forgot, there is an all-new Clientele E.P. coming up too, the first recordings we've made since God Save the Clientele. It will be released byAcuarela Records of Madrid (the third E.P. we've done with them and the last part of a trilogy). We've always used our Acuarela E.P.s to stretch out a little bit between albums and create a kind of a through-the-looking glass version of the Clientele, and this will be no exception, but this time with the poppiest songs we've ever recorded. More details when we finish and send off the tapes! 

]]> Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:38:00 -0400 Hamburg! http://www.theclientele.co.uk/news/2008/03/hamburg We recently heard that beat bands often play extended R&B sets in the notorious Prinzenbar district, so will be polishing off some R. Kelly covers next weekend.  Please come along, Mel will speak German. mein grossvater ist ein schildkrote

05 Apr 2008 Prinzenbar Hamburg, Germany

8pm 8 Euros / 10 Euros
Tickets available here

with The Most Wanted Men + Adventure Playground DJs

]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:38:00 -0400 Clientele forum opens http://www.theclientele.co.uk/news/2008/03/clientele-forum-opens The first ever Clientele forum is now open; it’s run by people independent of the band, but band members will probably be flitting in and out to answer any questions about guitars, chords, songs, drums, the good old days, the future, tour stories, florentine renaissance medallions, slap bass techniques, mel’s pesto recipes, or anything else that you may want to know. You can also talk among yourselves, as long as you do so standing to attention, with a look of groveling servitude on your faces. In any case, it’s here. www.theclienteleforum.co.uk

More news soon!

]]> Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:43:00 -0500 Nothing will come of nothing http://www.theclientele.co.uk/news/2008/02/nothing-will-come-of-nothing Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:03:00 -0500 Happy New Year http://www.theclientele.co.uk/news/2008/01/happy-new-year Thanks to everyone who came out to the Luminaire show on the 8th January. It was enormously fun, not least because the Luminaire is so relaxing and cool to play in and the sound is so good. It's surprising to find a London venue which genuinely seems to put care and consideration into the experience of playing and watching live music.

Don't worry I'm sure we'll be back playing in a concrete-walled tinnitus-hole with simian-browed soundmen, sticky floors and unspeakable toilets soon. Oh yeah, and aside from that we are playing the Buffalo Bar in Highbury on the 25th January.

Love (and kisses)

xx

The Clientele

]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:36:00 -0500 Happy Christmas http://www.theclientele.co.uk/news/2007/12/happy-christmas Apparently I'm not allowed to say "Xmas" cos it doesn't mean anything, although I thought the X could signify a tilting upside-down cross such as was used to martyr several of the early saints, anyway there goes my big mouth again. So Happy Christmas and thanks to everyone who bought our records, came to see us play and got in touch this year, the biggest and best we ever had (with 71 shows!). Look out for news of some European releases and shows early next year. Lots of love, the Clientele.

]]> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 07:53:00 -0500 From Bognor Regis to Dumfries and Galloway http://www.theclientele.co.uk/news/2007/10/from-bognor-regis-to-dumfries-and-galloway That was fun! The Broken Family Band are top fellows and King Tut's treated us like princes. It was also good to conclude, over several visits to the Carling Academies that disfigure the British landscape, once and for all, beyond question: Carling beer makes you a. tired b. fat and c. not drunk. Not sober exactly, but definitely not drunk, it seems to take you somewhere new and rather dark. 

Alright, ignore my rantings

proper news and the last shows of the year coming soon!

]]> Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:52:00 -0400 From Brighton Beach to Great Yarmouth http://www.theclientele.co.uk/news/2007/10/from-brighton-beach-to-great-yarmouth This week, 'God Save the Clientele' was released in the UK, the country we are from, and also the last place in the world not to have already had the chance to buy it and write us love letters. So anyone British come out and see us as we tour, we gotta dispell this feeling that we're living in a schizophrenic parallel dimension where NO MATTER HOW LOUD WE SHOUT no one HEARS US.

The rest of you foreign devils, carry on as you are. Oh and don't forget to check out our 6music session with Gideon Coe. Lots of love, the Clientele. xx

]]> Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:01:00 -0400 PB & J http://www.theclientele.co.uk/news/2007/08/pb-j New US tour dates now added. Other than the festivals, and the Austin TX show, these are all in support of Peter Bjorn and John, so come early-ish! 

]]> Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:37:00 -0400 Interesting developments http://www.theclientele.co.uk/news/2007/07/interesting-developments Hello! NZ and Australian shows are now detailed in the live section, plus a tour of Sweden / Norway and a couple of festivals. There will be lots more shows coming up, including a possible return to the US of A in the not-too-distant future. After all, there's no point staying away now England has become smoke-free.

Meanwhile you can watch us play stuff on the radio here at the 893 the Current, which was a lot of fun to do; and get interviewed, spliced and cut up, but still show huge insomniac under-eye bags here at the Yahoo Music studios in Santa Monica.

The UK release of God Save the Clientele in September, will be accompanied by a 7" single version of "Bookshop Casanova", with two unreleased tracks, one of them a cover of "The Fire" by Television. We even made a video, so don't mess around folks, buy it when it comes out, or we'll be in nighmarish levels of debt. Just kidding. More news soon, take care.

]]> Sun, 01 Jul 2007 10:14:00 -0400 Que Vida! http://www.theclientele.co.uk/news/2007/05/que-vida Welcome to the new Clientele website! there's lots going on at the moment for us, including a US tour, a new album, a London show with Dean and Britta and an appearance at the Benicassim festival in Valencia. Watch this space for details of our first trip to Australia and New Zealand too. That just about made me run out of breath so I'll go away now.

]]> Fri, 04 May 2007 06:09:00 -0400 The Clientele Join Myspace http://www.theclientele.co.uk/news/2006/03/the-clientele-join-myspace Wed, 01 Mar 2006 09:00:00 -0500 Clientele - US Tour 2007 http://www.theclientele.co.uk/news/2007/03/clientele-us-tour-2007 New US tour dates now posted! New songs available to listen to on our Myspace page. Watch this space for a newer, bigger and better Clientele website!

]]> Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:01:00 -0400 Strange Geometry is out worldwide now! http://www.theclientele.co.uk/news/2006/09/strange-geometry-is-out-worldwide-now Strange Geometry is out now everywhere - including Australia, on Popfrenzy Records. Our Pointy Records releases are available for download from UK based Karma Download. You can also get our Merge releases at the USA iTunes store.

]]> Fri, 01 Sep 2006 03:00:00 -0400 Clientele Demoing Songs For New Album http://www.theclientele.co.uk/news/2006/10/clientele-demoing-songs-for-new-album The band are demoing new songs for the forthcoming album, "God Save The Clientele". A few shows scattered around Europe and the UK are now announced on the shows page. Watch out for other tour announcements soon. Yes, we are down to the last copies of the tour CD, 'It's Art Dad', a collection of Clientele recordings from 1991 - 1996. If you couldn't get out to the shows but want to get your hands on a copy email us at info@theclientele.co.uk

]]> Sun, 01 Oct 2006 03:00:00 -0400 The American Tour - Thanks! http://www.theclientele.co.uk/news/2006/10/the-american-tour-thanks Thanks to all who came out to see us, made friends with us, surfed / swam / drank with us and played with us on our US tour this summer. It was the greatest fun. Since then we've been busy in Nashville and London making our next record, which is currently being mixed ready for a March 2007 release.

Check the shows pages for details of a mini German tour, UK shows with the Brian Jonestown Massacre and our very own London show on November 9th.

Yes, we are down to the last copies of the tour CD, 'It's Art Dad', a collection of Clientele recordings from 1991 - 1996. If you couldn't get out to the shows but want to get your hands on a copy email us at info@theclientele.co.uk

And don't forget, there are t-shirts in many colours at the Pointy Records website.

See you in Germany! The Clientele

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