Can Cladders

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Can Cladders
Studio album by
Released19 February 2007 (U.S.)
GenrePop
Length39:42
LabelDrag City[1]
The High Llamas chronology
Beet, Maize & Corn
(2003)
Can Cladders
(2007)
Talahomi Way
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The A.V. ClubA−[3]
The Guardian[4]
Pitchfork Media7.3/10[5]
Stylus MagazineC+[6]
Tiny Mix Tapes[7]

Can Cladders is a studio album by London-based musical project The High Llamas.[8] It was released in 2007 on Drag City.[9]

Production[edit]

The High Llamas spent three years working on the album.[10]

Critical reception[edit]

The Guardian wrote that "packed with vividly coloured melodies, these songs have a luminous quality, but they also confuse the hypnotic with the repetitive, and richness of texture with gluttonous excess."[4] Exclaim! wrote that "the vibe throughout Can Cladders is too dreamily lethargic to sustain prolonged interest."[11] The Cleveland Scene wrote that the album "bubbles with a bossa-nova pulse, where cascading strings sidle up to a late-night beachside piano bar."[12]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "The Old Spring Town" – 3:29
  2. "Winter's Day" – 4:48
  3. "Sailing Bells" – 3:03
  4. "Boing Backwards" – 0:44
  5. "Honeytrop" – 3:40
  6. "Bacaroo" – 3:23
  7. "Can Cladders" – 3:26
  8. "Something About Paper" – 0:38
  9. "Clarion Union Hall" – 4:32
  10. "Cove Cutter" – 4:13
  11. "Dorothy Ashby" – 3:03
  12. "Rollin'" – 3:52
  13. "Summer Seen" – 0:51

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The High Llamas - Can Cladders | Drag City". www.dragcity.com.
  2. ^ Can Cladders at AllMusic
  3. ^ "The High Llamas: Can Cladders". Music. 27 February 2007.
  4. ^ a b Costa, Maddy (16 February 2007). "CDs: The High Llamas, Can Cladders". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
  5. ^ Harvey, Eric (21 February 2007). "Can Cladders". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  6. ^ "The High Llamas - Can Cladders - Review - Stylus Magazine". 4 December 2007. Archived from the original on 4 December 2007.
  7. ^ "Music Review: High Llamas - Can Cladders". Tiny Mix Tapes.
  8. ^ "The High Llamas | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  9. ^ "The High Llamas: Can Cladders". PopMatters. 28 February 2007.
  10. ^ "Can Cladders - Record Collector Magazine". recordcollectormag.com.
  11. ^ "High Llamas Can Cladders". exclaim.ca.
  12. ^ Parker, Chris. "The High Llamas". Cleveland Scene.