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The Violet Hour
Rock · 2003 · 13 tracks

The Violet Hour

The Clientele

Shimmering, reverb-soaked guitars and breathy vocals that feel like a walk through a foggy London suburb. Wistful indie pop for long autumn afternoons.

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It's like a 1960s pop record that's been left out in the rain and fog until it started glowing.

A shimmering, suburban melancholy that feels both deeply intimate and ghost-like.

The Violet Hour · vs · The Clientele
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Dusk saturates this record a touch more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks
01
The Violet Hour
4:55
02
Voices in the Mall
2:09
03
When You and I Were Young
3:50
04
Missing
4:52
05
Jamaican Rum Rhumba
1:21
06
House on Fire
4:24
07
Everybody's Gone
3:02
08
Porcelain
3:34
09
Haunted Melody
2:14
10
Prelude
2:21
11
Lamplight
6:44
12
The House Always Wins
8:02
13
Policeman Getting Lost
2:20
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the guitar on 'Missing' seems to hang in the air like a physical mist before the rhythm section anchors it.
The transition into the sprawling eight-minute 'The House Always Wins' where the band's typical brevity gives way to a hypnotic, elongated dream state.
The sudden, sharp clarity of the guitar melody in 'House on Fire' cutting through the usual layers of heavy reverb.
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