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May 11 2021 // Alex Viger-Collins // Magazine // Features
Photo Credit: Tessa Roby
Surprisingly,
Alicia Clara has a “very short attention span” when it comes to books. I say surprisingly because the Montreal-via-Switzerland singer-songwriter creates the sort of works where you need the lyrics sheet to pour over the words and turns of phrases.
“It’s really hard for me to go through a book,” Clara explains. “I have to really be hooked by this story. And if I am, then this is the only thing I will do, but I kind of put it off. I have the same thing with movies as well, where I put off long activities, because I m not sure I m going to be able to go through the whole thing.”
Credit Zoé Landron/Samuel Fournier A fresh set of feel-good and mellow indie sounds to bring us into the warm spring weather. Featuring newly released music from Real Estate, Big Thief, Xiu Xiu, Alicia Clara (pictured), L impératrice, and more.
Also, a quick reminder that HPR s spring pledge drive is in full swing. If you enjoy late-night shows, like Bridging the Gap, please consider giving at any level that works for you at hawaiipublicradio.org or by calling (888) 536-4700. Thank you for your support!
Alicia Clara Makes Her Mark as a Dream Pop Artist to Watch on Outsider/Unusual EP
Published Mar 03, 2021
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Swiss-born/Montreal based songwriter Alicia Clara makes gauzy, heavy-lidded dream pop but, based on the sound of her six-song debut EP,
Outsider/Unusual, she could be almost anything she wants. Hazemaze bops along like a classic 60s pop tune, Stones Like Eyes pops and slaps with an undercurrent of swaggering funk, and Five is a sighing gossamer ballad with forlorn lyrics.
Those distinctive moments are the highlights of the Michael Kalman-produced
Outsider/Unusual, which is unfailingly lovely so lovely, in fact, that not every moment makes a big impression. The shimmering guitar tones and reverb washes of mid-tempo numbers like the opening title track and Flowers Were Better are gorgeous; once the EP s 25-minute runtime is up, however, you d be pressed to remember exactly what they sound like.
XHM #544 - The lives of our days (2021 February 15)
6:59pm - 9:01pm
It s Family Day here in BC so this hodge-podge of an episode is mostly in honour of director Michael Apted (1941-2021) and music from his films Coal Miner s Daughter, Gorky Park & The World is Not Enough.
1. Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams: Without Us [Theme from Family Ties] (Television s Greatest Hits - Volume 6: Remote Control, 1996) TVT
2. The Animals: It s My Life (It s My Life 7 , 1965) Columbia
3. Anthéne: Winter (Warmth, 2017) self-released
4. SOPHIE: Immaterial (Oil of Every Pearl s Un-Insides, 2018) Transgressive
5. SOPHIE & Shygirl [aka Clockwork Venus]: Slime (Cyberpunk 2077: Radio - Volume 1 OST, 2020) Lakeshore
6. Marcin Przybylowicz: Close Probing (Cyberpunk 2077: Original Score, 2020) CD Projekt Red