The Clientele - The Violet Hour country and relationships with unflinching honesty

and relationships with unflinching honesty and introspection

it is a stunning about-face which brings to mind audacious career-shift albums like Kate Bush’s ‘The Dreaming’ or Scott Walker’s ‘Tilt

Solange Knowles

CD - Remastered edition with enhanced art converting the original plastic jewel case into a gatefold softpak with the original six-panel folder design included

Ghostly International (2024) US

The Clientele - The Violet Hour country and relationships with unflinching honestyLP, Reissue Merge (2025) US On October 24, 2025, Merge Records reissues The Clienteles debut album The Violet Hour on Merge vinyl for the very first time. Long out of print and highly sought after since its initial 2003 UK issue on Pointy, this LP pressing marks the first time The Violet Hour has been widely available on the format in North America. Following the breakthrough success of Suburban Light, the 2001 collection of The Clienteles initial