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Alasdair Maclean

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The Clientele frontman and chief songwriter for the London-based purveyors of dreamy psych-pop, who waft into Lee’s Palace Sunday (October 23)

Neil Diamond – Play Me: The Complete Uni Studio Recordings

“I think he’s every bit as haunted a young man as Joy Division’s Ian Curtis was. He was tormented by the past he just had a different way of expressing it from everyone else. Just brilliant.”

The Mamas & the Papas – The Singles

“They have a blend of voices unique in pop music. I think they’re just as great and interesting as Lennon and McCartney, and their songwriting is unparalleled.”

Jackie McLean – ‘Bout Soul

“This is just at the point where he starts to experiment with free jazz, but he’s still holding back and playing a bit boxed-in at the same time. A very tense mixture of sounds. “

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