I bought Clem Snide’s Ghost of Fashion when it was released in 2001. I think I gave it a couple of cursory listens, and then ignored it for about 15 years. When I listened to it again, several of the songs really resonated, and it made me a lot more receptive to the truly sublime Forever Just Beyond, maybe my favorite album from 2020. But it was only in 2025 that I truly went down the rabbit hole. In particular, the lead singer and main songwriter of Clem Snide, Eef Barzelay, has an enormous repertoire of covers available on Bandcamp. So even though there are thirty songs here, there’s a lot more Clem/Eef to enjoy. In addition to Forever Just Beyond, I particularly recommend Fan Chosen Covers 5, We Leave Only Ashes, and You Were a Diamond. And if Clem/Eef grows on you like they grew on me, Eef does play house concerts.
Volume 1
I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire
All Green
The Ballad Of Ice Cube Boy And Snowflake Girl
Denise
Song For Bob Crane
Me No
Love The Unknown
Let's Explode
The King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. One
Those Spanish Ladies of the Night
Now The Moment's Gone
Escape Artist Blues
Avalanche
Flake
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Volume 2
From The Morning
Sea Legs
Sam Spirals
Jews for Jesus Blues
Teenage Existentialist
The Open Road
Free
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Lost On The River
Don't Bring No Ladder
Free
Grace
My Drug Buddy
Saturday Sun
Find Love
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