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...albums and six singles into their career, Clearlake seems poised to rise out of such simple categorization and into a more universal one: terrific rock and roll. Last summer’s Cedars, their shimmering sophomore album, emerged to near-universal acclaim, and since then the band has been engaged in exhaustive touring...
...April 13, Clearlake was playing a much larger venue—the Roxy in the Theater District. In the hours before their show opening for Stereolab, the band quietly sip at bottles of beer in the venue as they haul equipment onto the stage with the help of their roadies. A publicist comes by with an allowance for this time: ten dollars each for use at the bar. A call goes up for some take-out Thai food. There is no lavish backstage playground for these musicians. Members of Stereolab periodically emerge from backstage to check the scene...
...veneer, with sweeping doses of strings and bells. “It’s a lot rockier,” Woodward said about the album in concert. “It would be neat, someday, to do an orchestral type thing, think guys?” The other band members nod in approval...
After sound check, the band lounges about the venue in the hours before they take the stage. A few break for the door to enjoy a cigarette. “This smoking ban,” drummer James Butcher proposes, “is forcing people to be more social. No one likes not being able to smoke a fag indoors, but outside the smokers have their own little community.” He pauses. “In New York it was nice, we got to meet all these nice fans outside the club.” The band...
Clearlake has been sharing a short series of gigs with fellow Brits Stereolab, a band of constant cult fame. Over a decade-plus-long career, Stereolab has consistently released some of the most popular indie pop, and their fame is far greater than Clearlake’s at this stage in the game...