THE BEAST

Odyssey, Track #2 off of 'The Well-Rounded Clarke and the Himselfs' available now at scavengercult.bandcamp.com ////////////////////// --------------------------------------------- Clarke and the Himselfs is the sonically extended portion of Clarke Aleksandr Howell. What originally began with multi-track records, transmographied into the full band it is today, with Howell using the drums, guitar, his voice, and no loops, creating catchy, dark, powerful sounds that are supported ultimately by the gravity of the songs themselves. The Himselfs are regularly on the road and have extensively toured the South, Midwest, and East Coast. Clarke and the Himselfs opened for Built to Spill on two different, month long, North American tours. He has played with the likes of Colleen Green, No Bunny, Paleo, Sad Horse, La Luz, Naomi Punk and Many More. Their latest release, The Well-Rounded Clarke and the Himselfs is the cumulative LP debut from Clarke and the Himselfs. Recorded in Portland, Oregon on half inch tape at Fluff and Gravy in early spring of 2014. Engineered and mixed by David Strackany (Paleo). Mastered by Mell Dettmer (Sunn O))), Boris, Earth). It is being released under Brett Netson's Scavenger Cult (Caustic Resin, Built to Spill) Featuring brand new cuts as well as re-done classics, all recorded, mixed, and mastered to audiophile quality. Songs like "Asteroid" and "Toxic World" are infectious, fuzzed-out earworms that are sure to get trapped in your head for days. - Chipp Terwilliger/Portland Mercury "..Clarke Howell’s not simply working a stripped aesthetic, he’s a single player going for a full sound. Unlike most one-man bands who play drums with just their feet, one of his hands handles both guitar and stick on a practically full drum kit. Drape all that with the kind of gorgeously groaning guitar effects that Pink Mountaintops used to specialize in and a weird trilling vocal effect and you’ve got an impressively lush solo act. Perhaps most importantly though, the actual quality of his songs proves he’s more than just some novelty act." Bao Le-Huu/Orlando Weekly There's a line that we brought to you There's a line that you took, and told it to There's a line that you took that we brought to you In the time that you wanted to and I'm inclined to talk to you in the hope and the thought that I wanted to a certain kind that you hope that you wanna see in the time that you wanted to and I'm inclined to speak my mind because you find that you won't have any time a certain kind that you hope that you wanna see in the time that you wanted to there's a line that we brought to you there's a line that you took and told it you there's a line that you took that we brought to you in the time that you wanted to and I'm reclined on an Odyssey in the space and the time that I wanna be a certain kind that you hope that you wanna see in the time that you wanted to and I'm inclined to speak my mind because you find that you won't have any time a certain kind that you hope that you wanna see in the time that you wanted to