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Two Makes One: Best Of Clov (1991​-​1993)

by Clov

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Herald 00:33
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Remote 01:42
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Cat 02:44
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Orion 02:54
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Hold Me 00:39
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Orange Peel 02:10
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Chain 02:39
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Faucet 04:34
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Banana Bread 01:57
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Wooden Horse 02:03
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Tonight 00:31
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Texaco 03:15
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Natal Rain 03:26
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Catch-22 03:01
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Oh Maxine 03:30
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It's Raining 03:38
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Everyday 02:14
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Memories 05:35
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Cymbal 06:40
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Teddyboy 02:53
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Pretty 04:59
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about

In high school, in Durham, New Hampshire, my friend Ben Stamper and I had a 4-track band called Clov. When we began making albums, in the spring of 1991, I was a 15-year-old freshman and Ben was a sophomore turning 16. We made 12 albums over the next 2+ years, our last in the summer after Ben graduated. Then Ben left for college, to paint, and the spell seemed to break. (Clov had a second life, 2000-2005, but that's a story for another time.)

I am so overwhelmed by nostalgia and gratitude for this time that there's little I can say. I did lots of art in high school - musical theater, poetry, improv comedy, etc., much of it in groups including Ben - but in Clov I found myself. So though what's printed to these tapes is surely immature juvenilia (my singing back then is particularly hard for me to hear), the best of it transports the 45-year-old me back to the magic of those rooms, the depth of trust between us, the giddy pleasure of complete surmise.

With Ben's permission, I finally did something I've long wanted to and gone through all the albums and picked out my favorite songs, leaving them sequenced chronologically. Some wouldn't have made the cut a decade ago, but the more extremely young these kids become with time, the more easily I love them. Ultimately, anyway, there's no separating the flashes of insight from the idiotic behavior; they are deeply interlaced, one thing really. I mean that as an apology, but also as a compliment, to, I guess, myself. To us.

No phase of Clov ever saw even a small official release. These high school albums especially were dubbed in runs of, like, 4, 10, maybe 20 at most at the very end. All these years later, here I am without label, producer, engineer, manager, booking agent, publicist. Like I was with Ben in the early 90s, I am wholly free. Working with Ben Stamper taught me that love and faith and art were enough, and I still believe that. I haven't forgotten what we were shown.

Sincerely, Chris Weisman

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released May 7, 2021

All songs written, performed, recorded, and mixed
by Ben Stamper & Chris Weisman

Photo: Craig Allen

Mastering & Computer:
Nick Bisceglia
nicholasabisceglia@gmail.com

Write me:
chrisweisman@gmail.com

the chestnut man is by the phone

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