Tail Of Lions

2017 release from the London-born singer, songwriter and producer. Alex Clare is one of those lucky people who will never be short of something startling to tell when the lights dim and true conversation really begins. quot;Where do you even start with a story like mine?quot; he laughs, down the line from his home in Jerusalem - and he makes a good point. Alex signed a major label deal with Island in 2010, released a single and an album then got unceremoniously dropped. When, in 2012, a song called 'Too Close' was pulled from the album and placed on an Internet Explorer 9 advert it prompted millions of sales and, lo and behold, he got re-signed. Eighteen months later he made an album that the label failed to get behind and, as you might expect, it sold, in his own words, quot;nothing.quot; He got married, toured the US, Russia and Europe and started a family. In the summer of 2015 he removed himself to a narrow boat on the River Lea (his debut was also recorded afloat, quot;I love boats,quot; he says. quot;The one thing that I miss about the UK, is that Jerusalem, is on top of a mountain. No boats!quot;) with his friend, bass-player and founder member of Submotion Orchestra, Chris Hargreaves and the pair began to record again. What they came up with is a remarkable work called Tail of Lions. Written and recorded in a few short weeks, Alex would spend months with Chris working on exactly the right mix for this new collection, a place where soul, rock and funk meet steel-sharp electronica and iced-out drum and bass.