Can Cladders Explained

Can Cladders
Type:	studio
Artist:	The High Llamas
Cover:	Can Cladders.jpg
Released:	19 February 2007 (U.S.)
Genre:	Pop
Length:	39:42
Label:	Drag City^[1]
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Can Cladders is a studio album by London-based musical project The High Llamas.^[2] It was released in 2007 on Drag City.^[3]

Production

The High Llamas spent three years working on the album.^[4]

Critical reception

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." Exclaim! wrote that "the vibe throughout Can Cladders is too dreamily lethargic to sustain prolonged interest."^[5] 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."^[6]

Track listing

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: The High Llamas - Can Cladders | Drag City. www.dragcity.com.
2. Web site: The High Llamas | Biography & History. AllMusic.
3. Web site: The High Llamas: Can Cladders. February 28, 2007. PopMatters.
4. Web site: Can Cladders - Record Collector Magazine. recordcollectormag.com.
5. Web site: High Llamas Can Cladders. exclaim.ca.
6. Web site: The High Llamas. Chris. Parker. Cleveland Scene.