Clogs Announce Release of The Creatures In The Garden Of Lady Walton, out March 2nd on Brassland

CLOGS ANNOUNCE RELEASE OF THE CREATURES IN THE GARDEN OF LADY WALTON, OUT MARCH 2nd ON BRASSLAND

Featuring My Brightest Diamond’s Shara Worden, Matt Berninger and Aaron Dessner of The National,
Sufjan Stevens and the Osso String Quartet

Clogs (Bryce Dessner of The National, guitar; Rachael Elliott, bassoon; Thomas Kozumplik, percussion; and Padma Newsome, viola) announce the release of their 5th album, The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton, out March 2nd on Brassland. The Veil Waltz EP, a prologue to this new album, will be released digitally on January 26th on Brassland.

The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton, is a song-cycle composed by Padma Newsome with extensive vocal work from Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond. Other guests include Sufjan Stevens, Aaron Dessner and Matt Berninger of The National, and the Osso String Quartet. Clogs, led by The National’s Bryce Dessner and Australian composer Padma Newsome, is an ensemble whose work traverses time and place and through which seemingly disparate influences are seamlessly drawn in. They compose and improvise using sounds and textures from across the musical spectrum – the immediacy of folk and rock music, twisted Americana, the complexity of modern composition.

Following Clogs’ critically acclaimed, Lantern (2006), The Creatures In The Garden of Lady Walton is their first album of songs after four primarily instrumental releases. The work was composed by Newsome during a 2005 residency at Giardini La Mortella sponsored by the Fromm Foundation. The Garden is a rich botanical paradise created by Lady Walton (the widow of the late British composer Sir William Walton) on the island of Ischia, in the Bay of Naples in Italy. The album was recorded in stages, in Brooklyn and Sydney during 2007-08 with another year and a half for mixing and finishing. It embodies some of the fortunate vagaries of creating music with 4 people in 3 cities on 2 continents, not to mention the cadre of additional musicians who brought their own presence of character to the project.

Listen to/download “On The Edge” off of Clogs’ The Creatures In The Garden of Lady Walton” here

Listen to/download “Three-Two” off of Clogs’ Veil Waltz EP here

Clogs’ Tour Dates (more to be announced soon):

February 19 – 20 – Minneapolis, MN @ Southern Theater

March 26 – 28 – Knoxville, TN @ Big Ears Festival

The Creatures In The Garden of Lady Walton Tracklisting

01. Cocodrillo (feat. Shara Worden)

02. I Used to Do

03. On the Edge (feat. Shara Worden)

04. Red Seas

05. The Owl of Love (feat. Shara Worden)

06. Adages of Cleansing (feat. Shara Worden)

07. Last Song (feat. Matt Berninger)

08. To Hugo

09. Raise the Flag (feat. Shara Worden)

10. We Were Here (feat. Sujan Stevens and Shara Worden)

“When trying to describe Clogs’ music to other folks, it might be better to forgo any genre distinctions and head straight for the thesaurus so you can find fresh and exciting ways to say ‘sublime.’” — Pitchfork

“[There is] no question that the classical and indie realms can share a border where music turns pensive, knotty and otherwordly.” –The New York Times

“Simplistic reference points for their mesmerising use of repetition and polyphony would be Moondog or The Penguin Cafe Orchestra. But the ‘contemporary classical’ tag doesn’t do justice to their cinematic, intense instrumental narratives. . . ” — Uncut

“Chops abound here, but with remarkably little showboating: Clogs play it cool but not cautious, and the members’ considerable technique never distracts from the mood-altering qualities of the compositions.” — Time Out New York