BLACK VINYL

New Clang is the sophomore album from UK band The Clang Group, helmed by legendary hitmaker Clive Langer.

Clive Langer credits include David Bowie (global smash “Absolute Beginners”), Dexy’s Midnight Runners (international No.1 hit “Come On Eileen”), Madness (including UK No.1 hit “House of Fun”), Morrissey, Elvis Costello and more. 

Langer is accompanied by Deaf School drummer Gregg Braden, and on keys fellow Deaf School veteran John Wood (aka Max Ripple). Joining the trio for their latest album New Clang is Jamie Reynolds (Klaxons) on bass.
Additional prowess is provided by Eugene McGuinness on backing vocals

 The second single to be taken from the album New Clang, which follows belatedly on from the 2016 debut album Practice

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Speaking of the single, Clive said:
““14th Floor a memory of teenage love, an adventure from North London to a tower block in Stepney. A new world!!”

Also available – 3 band signed test pressing in black vinyl

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 A deeply personal but incredibly vibrant album New Clang catches Clive in reflective mode following his 70th birthday and addresses the process of ageing and the state of the world as well as confronting his own addiction

 The first single to be taken from the album New Clang, which follows belatedly on from the 2016 debut album Practice

To stream via Spotify etc click:

More on the album by Clive…

“After the pandemic, the dust settled, it felt like it was time, a new time, to play again,” he explains. “Not to revisit but to write and rehearse with my Clang Group mates. We were missing a bass player and fortuitously I met Jamie Reynolds and he filled the vacancy. The songs started to flow, we were back in the groove!”

“The new album is the first sober songwriting I think I’ve done in almost 50 years,” Clive adds. “I’ve known and accepted that I was an addict for decades… I just didn’t do anything about it. I thought I could live with it, I still enjoyed it. Someone once asked me ‘What do you do?’ I replied ‘I drink’. Anyway, making an album sober was like making an album drunk except I was sober!!”

Packaged in spare black-on-white, suggesting a tabula rasa of sorts, New Clang’s distinctive illustration is the work of British artist Edwin Burdis, whom Clive met during his time with Domino Records. “Clive asked me to a studio in London to listen to his new album, still a work in progress,” recalls Edwin. “I was struck by the contrast between the upbeat music and its underlying melancholy, evoking clowns and cartoon characters and a nostalgia for London’s recent past. At the time, I had been drawing simple cartoon motifs that aligned perfectly with Clive’s songs. I wanted the campaign to be cohesive—black-and-white graphics that blend humour with a sense of tragedy and sadness.”