View basket “Breakfast In Bedlam” has been added to your basket. The Garden David C Clements SKU: TB42 Barcode: 5060853703584 23.00 £23.00 Genre: Folk Label: Third Bar Records Released Date: 15th November 2024 Buying Format: 1LP Forthcoming Pre Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info David C Clements calls time a blessing and a curse. In the eight years since the release of his debut album, he has toiled through creativity’s long winters and now offers up ‘The Garden’, an 11-track alternative folk record featuring songs written with Iain Archer and Jacknife Lee. In spending the best part of a decade writing and recording ‘The Garden’, Clements has “accidentally journaled” the key moments in his life. He began close to home with long-time producer Michael Keeney (Foy Vance, SOAK) in Bangor, County Down, meeting one evening a week to experiment with new songs. Under the guidance of Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol), Clements was encouraged to take his time, and to explore co-writing. In 2018, he flew to California to the studio of Jacknife Lee (Snow Patrol, U2, The Killers) where deep outside his comfort zone, surrounded by vintage synths and fairy lights, ‘Life In A Bad Dream’ took shape. “Jacknife pushed me to be honest in my writing, to just say what I wanted to say instead of expressing myself through metaphor. It was only sitting in the airport on my way home that the penny really dropped, and I fell in love with this new take on a song I’d been sitting with for a while,” says Clements. Collaboration with Iain Archer (James Bay, Snow Patrol, Noah Kahan) was auspiciously timed, first meeting in late 2019 to write ‘Contrast’. “I’ve been a fan of his for years and was really excited to work with him,” says Clements, “Iain has a real knack for connecting with people and drawing songs out of you.” When Clements met with Archer in March 2020 to work on ‘Little Outsider’, neither knew that it would be their last studio session for a while. Lockdown was “not compatible with the creative mind,” but the partnership continued from afar; Clements sending Archer melody ideas from under a duvet in his bedroom. Eventually, he set up a makeshift vocal booth in his garage, forced to pause every time a car drove by. While life’s demands can get in the way of dedicating time to music, it is that same life that creates the stories that are shared within these songs. Clements and his wife welcomed a son. Beloved family members were lost; he met them again in dreams. He moved house, moved jobs, made friends, and lost touch with others. Songs were scrapped and new ones took root. His daughter was in pre-school when recording began; now she is about to finish primary school. Clements writes about empathy and escape, the mundane and the unmeasurable. “Been wandering round for years looking for the garden,” he sings on the title track. Drawing from influences across indie folk and alternative rock, Clements cites Bon Iver, The National and James Vincent McMorrow as inspirations for The Garden. The album moves deftly through a musical backdrop that seamlessly melds electronic elements with the essence of folk instrumentation, with Clements’ unflinching vocals guiding listeners through themes of love, loss and belief. Following the release of his debut album, ‘The Longest Day in History’ in 2016, Clements established himself as one of Northern Ireland’s most distinctive voices. In 2022, he stood in as lead singer of Two Door Cinema Club on their South American festival run. He was invited to Washington D.C. in 2023 to perform at the capital’s St Patrick’s Day Gala Concert, alongside James Vincent McMorrow, SOAK and Tolü Makay. David C Clements performs in places as epic and ethereal as his musical offerings. Within the circular walls of Mussenden Temple, perched on the edge of a sheer cliff with the Atlantic Ocean below. In Belfast’s Central Church, his sold-out Christmas show has become an annual tradition; pews filled with listeners who hold Clements’ voice in reverence. If he sings it, they will come. “There were times it felt like there was no finish in sight, just a constant climb to a theoretical summit,” says Clements of the time taken to complete the record. “‘The Garden’ is me trying to make sense of the guts of a decade. It was discovering in my own perfectly imperfect life that the ‘Garden’ isn’t something to be found, but something to be grown. It’s creating a life that will see me through the winters and allow me to bask in the summers.” Artist David C Clements Genre Folk Label Third Bar Records Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Already Here Reckless To Be Low Little Outsider Summer Sedative Life In A Bad Dream Contrast Dreamcatcher The Garden Orlock Ghost of a Loved One Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Folk View Product Quick View Christy Moore The Iron Vest Behind The Velvet Folk | Tara | 1LP Released 14th August 2020 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Christy Moore The Iron Vest Behind The Velvet £18.00 Genre: Folk Label: Tara SKU: 725993 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 14th August 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Weather Station, The What Am I Going To Do With Everything I Know Folk | Fat Possum | 12", EP/Mini Album Released 15th April 2022 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Weather Station, The What Am I Going To Do With Everything I Know £15.00 Genre: Folk Label: Fat Possum SKU: FP17691 Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 15th April 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various It Happened On A Day Folk | Disc-O-File | 10", 1LP Released 7th May 2010 £4.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various It Happened On A Day £4.00 Genre: Folk Label: Disc-O-File SKU: GPS2310 Formats: 10", 1LP Released Date: 7th May 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Matt Deighton Doubtless Dauntless Folk | Monks Road | 1LP Released 30th November 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Matt Deighton Doubtless Dauntless £19.00 Genre: Folk Label: Monks Road SKU: MONKSROAD131 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 30th November 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Hot Vultures Up The Line Folk | Plant Life | 1LP Released 13th June 2014 £15.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Hot Vultures Up The Line £15.00 Genre: Folk Label: Plant Life SKU: NN70052 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 13th June 2014 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Hush Arbors / Arbouretum Aureola Folk | Thrill Jockey | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 5th April 2012 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hush Arbors / Arbouretum Aureola £14.00 Genre: Folk Label: Thrill Jockey SKU: THRILL299LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 5th April 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Fred Neil Sessions Folk | Capitol | 1LP Released 9th November 2022 £12.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Fred Neil Sessions £12.00 Genre: Folk Label: Capitol SKU: nn253137 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th November 2022 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Tunng This Is Tunng…Magpie Bites and Other Cuts Folk | Full Time Hobby | 2LP Released 28th June 2019 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tunng This Is Tunng…Magpie Bites and Other Cuts £21.00 Genre: Folk Label: Full Time Hobby SKU: FTH346LP Formats: 2LP Released Date: 28th June 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View John Feeley John Feeley Folk | Gael Linn | 1LP Released 13th June 2014 £5.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations John Feeley John Feeley £5.00 Genre: Folk Label: Gael Linn SKU: NN70104 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 13th June 2014 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Dafydd Iwan Ac Ar Log Yma O Hyd Folk | Sain Recordiau ( Cyf ) | 180g, 1LP Released 23rd August 2024 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dafydd Iwan Ac Ar Log Yma O Hyd £26.00 Genre: Folk Label: Sain Recordiau ( Cyf ) SKU: Sain1275 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 23rd August 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Folk Start again
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