Clare and the Reasons
Josh Mease
Clare and the Reasons
Musée Mécanique
Clare and the Reasons
Best of What’s Next: Clare and the Reasons
Clare and the Reasons featured in PASTE Magazine
Clare Manchon embraces idiosyncrasies. With her band, Clare and the Reasons—essentially her and husband Olivier Manchon—she lends her feather-light voice, which somehow emerged from an upbringing heavy on blues and jazz, to space-age chamber pop melodies. On Arrow, the band’s second album (out now), new brass notes add welcome weight to the Manchon’s cinematic arrangements and a refined flair for storytelling—and despite its foundation on unexpected elements, the record feels like a natural progression from 2007 debut The Movie. Paste recently chatted with the singer/songwriter/bandleader about making records, rebelling with Phil Collins and the odd allure of Sweden…