Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Patrick Cleandenim - So Far, So Good









Still not bought Baby Comes Home? OK, let's see if any of these guys can persuade you.

“I honestly can't imagine how Patrick Cleandenim will ever be able to follow this work up, as debuts of this caliber are pretty rare. No use worrying about that now, however, as this album has far from overstayed its welcome in my CD player. Baby Come Home is one of those records that reveals itself a little more with each listen, and I'm still listening” Other Music (NYC)

“He enlisted a cast of old pals and some music students and this timeless, cracking album resulted….The collision of expansive arrangements, smart songwriting and slightly amateurish sound quality makes for something truly original” (The Times)

Music that swings (remember that?), all sleighbells, vibraphone, and sophisticated brass and vocal parts, topped off by Cleandenim's rich delivery and lush strings, testament to his skills as a classic-pop arranger based on an encyclopedic knowledge of everything from Motown to movie soundtracks to gritty mid-60s R&B.”

(The Guardian)

“An unexpected gem of an album” (WORD magazine)

“This newcomer has created a songbook with class, Rat Pack sass and a self assuredness that will make the Scissor Sisters check their shadow” (The Stool Pigeon)

“Cleandenim has crafted a magnificent album” (Alternative Ulster)

Like debuts by The Strokes, Oasis, and even The Beatles, Baby Comes Home is a wall-to-wall clinic in songwriting…It’s an instant classic – a page from pop’s golden era brought to life in the 21st century” (Daytrotter)

.“Patrick Cleandenim will remind you of The Association, David Axelrod, Marvin Gaye, Bobby Darin, Prefab Sprout, early Todd Rundgren, ELO with soul and any number of legendary Brill Building singers and songwriters. The connection between The Delfonics and Rufus Wainwright, Cleandenim's debut is big and sweeping and oh so Sixties. The stunning album is called Baby Comes Home “(Some Velvet Blog)

“it's certainly only a matter of time before Patrick Cleandenim's big tunes are big news.” (Turn The Page)

“'Baby Comes Home' is so utterly accomplished, it comes over like a master-class in songwriting, albeit a very enjoyable one.” (Urban Junkies)

“For the second year in a row, it seems that the small Ba Da Bing! Records has a big time winner on its hands.. Who knows where he'll go from here, but this is one heck of a great start.” (Almost Cool)

“one of the most authentic pop albums in what feels like decades.” (Rant Magazine)

“Like Scott Walker joining arms with Divine Comedy, 'Baby Comes Home' has a depth and eloquence above and beyond.” (Flux)

“Patrick Cleandenim is an orchestral pop prodigy and Baby Comes Home should be your new best friend” (Swell)

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Other Music on Patrick Cleandenim









New York City's premier independent music store Other Music has been heaping praise on Baby Comes Home

"Looks like Ba Da Bing!'s got quite a knack for discovering young up-and-coming crooners, what with the 2006 success story of Zach Condon (a/k/a Beirut) and his gypsy folk-inspired indie pop and now, a year later, Patrick Cleandenim, who's just released this surprisingly ambitious debut. Like Condon, it's impossible not to be impressed with the songwriting chops of this 22-year-old who possesses a voice that sounds to be a natural cross between Rufus Wainwright and Todd Rundgren. But rather than going to the Balkans for musical inspiration this Lawrence, Kansas native sticks a little closer to home, delivering a swinging piano-driven full-length that's much more American-influenced, with strong elements of Tin Pan Alley, Burt Bacharach, and Rat Pack-era orchestration thanks to his lively 12-piece backing band.

In this day and age, it would be easy to imagine all of these pieces of the puzzle coming together as some sort of ironic pastiche better suited for the '90s-era bachelor pad, but Baby Come Home stays faithful to the form and remains perfectly suited for these modern times as well. The self-titled opening track kicks the album off with the same swagger as "(You Give Me) Fever," but Cleandenim and his band quickly turn the song into a jaunty, sexy number involving vampires and werewolves. On the surface, his lyrics are simple and romantic, but his gift is turning easy rhymes into detailed stories with plenty of dark twists. "Cognac and Caviar" sounds like a plot lifted from an old Thin Man movie, where Cleandenim plans the murder of his love interest's boyfriend -- "I'll put poison in his cognac and caviar" -- following up with the promise that "if you can find a hideaway, I'll take you there." The crown jewel of Baby Come Home is surely "Days Without Rain," a dramatically lush psych-pop song with dense harmonies and waltzing strings that head for the cinematic scope of Jean-Claude Vannier. Meanwhile, Cleandenim uses the song title as an effective, heartbreaking metaphor, where he begs his lover to come home in the morning, "before our love begins to dry away."

I honestly can't imagine how Patrick Cleandenim will ever be able to follow this work up, as debuts of this caliber are pretty rare. No use worrying about that now, however, as this album has far from overstayed its welcome in my CD player. Baby Come Home is one of those records that reveals itself a little more with each listen, and I'm still listening. " Gerald Hammill

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

His Name is Really Patrick Cleandenim













The Some Velvet Blog has been raving about Baby Comes Home

"Patrick Cleandenim will remind you of The Association, David Axelrod, Marvin Gaye, Bobby Darin, Prefab Sprout, early Todd Rundgren, ELO with soul and any number of legendary Brill Building singers and songwriters. The connection between The Delfonics and Rufus Wainwright, Cleandenim's debut is big and sweeping and oh so Sixties. The stunning album is called Baby Comes Home and is finally out here in the States on Ba Da Bing!. It's a new styley! Indie-easy listening that has as much in common with Ray Conniff as it does with Belle & Sebastian.

A native of Lawrence, Kansas, Cleandenim got his musical start in the Radiohead influenced Clockwork before going solo in 2002. Moving to New York to study, he recorded the album in 2005 and it's an ambitious, infectious collection of orch-pop. "

original article here

current listening:

The Broken Family Band Balls (Track & Field) CD
The Autumn Defense Circles (Cooking Vinyl) CD
Leonard Cohen Greatest Hits (CBS) LP
Dumb Angels Love & Mercy (Fierce) 7"


Monday, July 02, 2007

Patrick Cleandenim - Rant interview



















Patrick Cleandenim has been interviewed by Rant Magazine


Playlist:














The Broken Family Band - Leaps
The Swimmers - Pocket Full of Gold
Bishop Allen - Rain
Beulah - Emma Blowgun's Last Stand
The Yellow Moon Band - Entangled
OK Jones - Deep Sea Divers
Bright Eyes - Four Winds
Elvis Perkins - While You Were Sleeping
The Autumn Defense - We Would Never Die
Buffalo Tom - You'll Never Catch Her
Candidate - Furlough
The Clientele - The Garden At Night
The Broken Family Band - Julian
David Vandervelde - Dancing Sea Gulls Instrumental

TV:









The Wire (HBO) Series 1, 2 and 3.

Sunday, July 01, 2007

Patrick Cleandenim - Live in NYC
















Patrick Cleandenim plays his first shows this week in New York & Brooklyn.

3rd July 2007, 19:00

131 E. 10th Street at 2nd Ave., New York City, 10003
Cost : $5

Benefit for St. Mark's Church with Lissy Trullie, The Virgins, and more!

4th July 2007, 14:00
345 Grand (Between Havemeyer & Marcy), Brooklyn, 11211
Cost : $5

The Minetta, Patrick Cleandenim, Woodwose, Greg Weeks, Lights, Inoculist, Free BBQ, $2 Beers!