{"title":"Clementine March","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"my-empty-town-ep","title":"My Empty Town EP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Empty Town\u003c\/i\u003e follows the release in 2020 of Clémentine March’s debut album \u003ci\u003eLe Continent\u003c\/i\u003e on Lost Map, and its stripped-back follow-up, 2021’s \u003ci\u003eSongs of Resilience.\u003c\/i\u003e Clémentine’s music has won her admirers throughout the music world, including BBC 6 Music’s Stuart Maconie who has featured her several times on his show the Freak Zone, and selected the song ‘Into The Distance’ as part of his Best New Music of 2021playlist. She has toured extensively around the UK and Europe, including as solo tour support for feted American indie-rock band Big Thief. In parallel with her burgeoning solo career, Clémentine has become a much in-demand multi-instrumentalist, particularly on bass, for artists including Snapped Ankles, Rozi Plain, Alabaster dePlume, Dana Gavanski, Bamboo, Yama Warashi, Naima Bock, Blue House, Bas Jan, Floating World Pictures and Haha Sounds Collective.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Silence’ is the third track from the \u003ci\u003eMy Empty Town\u003c\/i\u003e EP to be released. ‘Elixir’ – a psychedelic reworking of a song from Clémentine’s 2020 debut album \u003ci\u003eLe Continent,\u003c\/i\u003e given new life by producer Toby Burroughs (POZI), and featuring Phil MFU (Vanishing Twin) on Moog and electronics, Ursula Russell (Snapped Ankles) on drums, James Howard (Blue House, Dana Gavanski) on bass and Dimitrios Ntontis on organ and synths – came out in 2020. Featuring the same line-up of players, the scuzzy ‘Isolated’was released in 2021. The \u003ci\u003eMy Empty Town EP\u003c\/i\u003e is completed by the title track, a woozy bossa nova written during the pandemic, with themes of dislocation and malaise that refer to that period. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lost Map Records","offers":[{"title":"Tape","offer_id":50466218279243,"sku":"2008797","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/image0_91c7c9b6_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727308903"},{"product_id":"powder-keg","title":"Powder Keg","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLondon-based French chanteuse, multi instrumentalist and composer releases her new album \u003cem\u003ePowder Keg\u003c\/em\u003e. Lead \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esingle is entrancing avant-pop ‘After The Solstice’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnriched by influences from jazz, folk and Brazilian music, ‘After The Solstice’ was initially inspired by a time spent touring the UK with acclaimed folk singer Naima Bock. For Clémentine, the song explores “the theme of memory and reminiscence” and employs an absorbing sense of cyclical repetition; a musical device used “to evoke the deja vu sensations we all experience in life”. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOut of life on the road, everyday recurrence and contemplative retrospection, Clémentine creates a profoundly hypnotic anthem on ‘After The Solstice’, both mellow and fervent. Evoking the likes of Stereolab, The Raincoats and Cate Le Bon, it’s a mesmeric singalong of graceful vocal lilts and poised musicianship, with every element moving in beautiful unison.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecorded and arranged with Ollie Chapman (bass) and Sophie Lowe (drums), and featuring vocal contributions from Naima Bock, Sophie Jamieson, Katy J Pearson, MF Tomlinson, Marika Tyler-Clark, Robyn's Rocket and Alabaster DePlume, ‘After The Solstice’ is the first glimpse of Clémentine’s third album \u003cem\u003ePowder Keg\u003c\/em\u003e, following the rich international eclecticism of her debut album \u003cem\u003eLe Continent\u003c\/em\u003e, and the beguiling intimacies of her second LP \u003cem\u003eSongs of Resilience.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prah Recordings","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":52690598265163,"sku":"R2929-0374","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/PRAH089LP_ClementineMarch-PowderKeg-1LP.webp?v=1751914099"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/clementine-march.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}