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Band Index:
ALONE IN 1982
BLITZEN TRAPPER
THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE
CALL ME LORETTA
COBSON
DE NEUVE
DIRECTOR'S CUT
THE EVERY THING
EYELASH PULSE
FUCK BUDDIES
HENRI JOEL
INVISIBLE
THE JUNKYARD BIRDS
KAMIDO:TU
LET'S GO SAILING
MOORE:MUSIC
NOT-I BIRD
THE NOVA EXPRESS
RECIFE
SLEEP TALKER
SOUNDS IN THE OLIVE GROVE
THE TEMPORARY THING
Friends / Mailorder bands:
THE ARROGANTS
ASTEROID NO. 4
THE BLACK ANGELS
BOSOM DIVINE
RICK BAIN
THE CLERKS
DEAD MEADOW
THE DECEMBER SOUND
JULL
JUMBO JET
THE KEYS
KID FRANCESCOLI
LISPECTOR
THE LOVETONES
MAISON NEUVE
MUSCLHARD
NICHOLSON
NUIT NOIRE
THE QUARTER AFTER
RIEN
SILENCE KIT
SOLTERO
THE URCHINS
THE CLERKS
Discography:
2006 - "The Dissidents " (7 inch - Art Goes Pop - upcoming as dbmo 42)
2005 - "Dead Bees sampler #3" (cd-r compilation
- db -02)
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Biography:
THE CLERKS
The Clerks’ first single, The Dissidents, with its taut bass line and insistent lead vocal, evokes thoughts of a lost score from a dystopian Jeunet film. This is no accident as the quartet met at film school in Paris where the love of music overtook their love of film. However, the “Super8-style” short produced by the band that is the promo for The Dissidents shows that they possess talent in both mediums. Originally the love child of dual vocalists and main songwriters Alex and Max’s burgeoning romance, The Clerks core formed in a Parisian basement flat and when joined by the rhythmic stylings of Gasp and Cam they were both whole and unique.
The Clerks’ influences range from ragged art-punks like Wire, to the guitar-driven disco of New Order along with Sonic Youth’s more pop-oriented moments. Their love of Manchester and its musical history shows why The Clerks decamped from one rainy northern European city to another, simply inspiration and influence. Their aspiring nature has lead The Dissidents to be released by Leeds label Art/Goes/Pop, as the third 7” from the new company, in order to keep the DIY aesthetic and pay homage to their 80’s Manchester heroes. B-side Still is a building and bruised foray in to cold wave, with its stop-start rhythm and soaring boy/girl vox this duet complements The Dissidents and showcases the diversity the band lay emphasis on.
Live, The Clerks are both a grabbing and violently dynamic band and prove to have a timeless feel to their set when at the same time it is as immediate and fresh as you could wish for. The Clerks play a wide-ranging span of pure pop music with dramatic lyrics that does not conform to genre or stereotype, akin to their personally named contemporaries Radiohead and The Arcade Fire. The Clerks will create a film in your head as well as a party on the dance floor.
