The Clientele Podcast

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.

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.

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.

This week on The Clientele Podcast, Robin Allender talks to the band's bass player James Hornsey. James talks about the history of the band and gives a guided tour to The Clientele discography. As well as discussing the band's seven studio albums, Robin and James mention It's Art, Dad (demo recordings from the band's early years), the 2010 mini-album Minotaur, and the 2003 album Tomorrow is Again by The Relict, a beautiful collection of songs by founding member Innes Phillips. We also hear about James's alter ego Barry Lasagne and a close encounter with Dolly Parton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on The Clientele Podcast, Robin Allender talks to the band's drummer Mark Keen. Mark talks about joining The Clientele, playing live, and how his drumming complements the band's delicate sound. He also talks about his beautiful piano compositions, including the Lyra pieces on Music for the Age of Miracles and the Radial pieces on I Am Not There Anymore.Mark has an extraordinary story about the song 'Conjuring Summer In' and this episode ends with his original demo of the song.'Another summer's night', Anwen Crawford's review of Music for the Age of Miracles:https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2017/october/1506780000/anwen-crawford/another-summer-s-night#mtr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the first episode of The Clientele Podcast, host Robin Allender talks to Alasdair MacLean and James Hornsey from The Clientele about the band's background and about the making of the fantastic new album I Am Not There Anymore. There are insights into songwriting, production and some of the surprising influences on the album. There is also a discussion about how growing up in the 'in-between' town of Fleet affected Alasdair's songs, and how the new album is an 'emotional autobiography set to music', as Alasdair said in a recent interview with Chickfactor.Find out more about the new album and the upcoming tour:https://theclientele.co.uk/Chickfactor interview:https://www.chickfactor.com/the-clientele-is-back-yay/Your Own Personal Beatles podcast with Alasdair MacLean:https://shows.acast.com/personalbeatles/episodes/alasdsair-macleanAsh Dem (feat. Lowkey) by OFB:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OulAiN-4ZrEEngineered by Jack Allen at Audio AlwaysProduced and edited by Robin AllenderMixed and mastered by Johnny Whitehttps://www.robinallender.com/https://johnnywhitereallyreally.bandcamp.com/PS When I say breves in this episode I think I meant minims. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.