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 Out of stock Back 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 Chieftains Chronicles: 60 Years of The Chieftains Folk | Universal Classics & Jazz | 2LP Released 12th November 2021 £30.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Chieftains Chronicles: 60 Years of The Chieftains £30.00 Genre: Folk Label: Universal Classics & Jazz SKU: 3856360 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 12th November 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Woodpigeon Thumbtacks And Glue Americana / Country | Fierce Panda | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 20th February 2013 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Woodpigeon Thumbtacks And Glue £14.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Fierce Panda SKU: NONG81LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 20th February 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Cian Nugent She Brings Me Back To The Land Of The Living Folk | No Quarter | 1LP Released 5th May 2023 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Cian Nugent She Brings Me Back To The Land Of The Living £24.00 Genre: Folk Label: No Quarter SKU: NOQ086LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 5th May 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Greg Brown The Iowa Waltz 30th Anniversary Edition Folk | Red House | 1LP Released 24th February 2014 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Greg Brown The Iowa Waltz 30th Anniversary Edition £19.00 Genre: Folk Label: Red House SKU: RHRLP01 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 24th February 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Builders And The Butchers, The The Spark Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Badman | 1LP Released 9th June 2017 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Builders And The Butchers, The The Spark £18.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Badman SKU: BRC911 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th June 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jim Croce The Definitive Croce Folk | BMG | 180g, 3LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 13th October 2023 £32.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jim Croce The Definitive Croce £32.00 Genre: Folk Label: BMG SKU: 4050538896183 Formats: 180g, 3LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 13th October 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lisa O Piu Behind The Bend Folk | Subliminal Sounds | 1LP Released 29th April 2010 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lisa O Piu Behind The Bend £17.00 Genre: Folk Label: Subliminal Sounds SKU: SUBLP71 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 29th April 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders On Sale View Product Quick View Ghost Music I Was Hoping You’d Pass By Here Folk | Arlen | 1LP Released 19th January 2018 £6.99 £15.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Ghost Music I Was Hoping You’d Pass By Here £6.99 £15.00 Genre: Folk Label: Arlen SKU: ARLEN009LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 19th January 2018 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Alessandro "Asso" Stefana Alessandro “Asso” Stefana Folk | Ipecac | 1LP Released 12th July 2024 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Alessandro "Asso" Stefana Alessandro “Asso” Stefana £26.00 Genre: Folk Label: Ipecac SKU: AAS002LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 12th July 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Folk Start again
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