Imogen Clark releases 'The Art of Getting Through'
IMOGEN CLARK RELEASES THE ART OF GETTING THROUGH
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Today, AIR award-nominated singer-songwriter Imogen Clark releases her new album The Art Of Getting Through. Recorded across the iconic studios of Abbey Road in London, Peter Frampton’s Studio Phenix in Nashville and East West in Los Angeles, the album not only took Imogen on a musical pilgrimage, but also took her to the depths of her songwriting, the album unfolding like a chapter in a deeply personal diary.
“These songs are about the messiness of life, the layers of injury and hurt that build resilience and how you never really get a clean slate or a fresh start. There is no starting over, there is only getting through”.
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The production of the album began in May 2023, kicking off a marathon year crescendoing today with the LP’s release. October 2023 saw the release of ‘If I Want In’, a fiery mission statement about breaking away from society’s expectations. Recorded in Abbey Road backed by members of Gang of Youths and featuring Camp Cope’s Georgia Maq on backing vocals, the track debut to rave reviews, with Beats Per Minute calling it “textbook-perfect” and containing their “favorite line of 2023: “Everyone I know is either married or in rehab, I couldn’t say which one is worse.”
2024 has seen a cascade of touring accompanied by tantalizing tastes of the album, kicking off with the cathartic ode to pettiness ‘All Hard Feelings’ (powered by Elvis Costello’s rhythm section), love anthem ‘Big One’ and the defiant ‘The Noise’ (both featuring Dawes drummer Griffin Goldsmith), the latter accompanied by a gender-flipped homage to the iconic video for her idol Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Dancing in the Dark’.
Elsewhere on the album, Imogen gives the counsel to her teenage self as she battles an eating disorder (‘Silhouette’), sings with bitter irony over screaming guitars over the justified paranoia informing women’s interactions with men (‘Natural Predator’), aches to be understood by a lover like she is by her friends (‘Like A Man’), lusts after a taken man (‘Sebastian’), rocks out the remains of a situationship (‘Stopover’) and confronts the darkest moment of her life in the confessional piano ballad ‘The Last of Me’.
“It was the lowest point of the pandemic, the culmination of a harrowing descent of my already precarious mental health situation to the edge of a cliff. For the first time in my life, I didn’t want to exist anymore and I began to understand how a friend of mine had gotten to the point of taking that exit route.”
The song poured from Imogen as she sat at the piano one night. Climbing from despair to determination, she makes the decision to tell the world and herself that she wanted to live and she was going to fight for it. For a deeply personal song, the recording had to be just right. Recorded at East West Studios in Los Angeles, where the Beach Boys made Pet Sounds, Bo Koster from My Morning Jacket came in to play piano and Gus Seyfertt was on bass. What doesn’t feel to Imogen is Jim Keltner joined on drums. The word legend doesn’t cover it; fifty years of being the heartbeat on more classic recordings that you can name, including ‘Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door’ by Bob Dylan and ‘Jealous Guy’ by John Lennon.
Rounding out the album is the inspiring title track, currently climbing the AAA Top 100 in the US, and the stunning closing song ‘If Your Heart Never Breaks’. Written with Grammy-winning songwriting icon Jim Lauderdale, the song is accompanied by a stunning string arrangement by Bright Eyes’ Nate Walcott.
Imogen has spent the months since recording these songs showcasing them to the world. She’s shared the stage with The Buckleys, CLEWS, Frenzal Rhomb’s Lindsay McDougall, Molly Millington, Sarah Belkner and Timothy James Bowen at her IMOJAM 2023 show, toured with The Tallest Man on Earth, Sons of the East, BOWEN * YOUNG, Andrew Farriss of INXS, Dan Sultan and Robyn Hitchcock across Australia, before fulfilling a decade long dream and relocating to Nashville at the start of this month, kicking off her time as a Nashville residence with a sold out show at 3rd and Lindsley, headlining a songwriters in the round show with friends BOWEN * YOUNG, before playing packed album launch shows in Nashville and Los Angeles.
Today, Imogen stands as a testament to the power of transcending one's familiar boundaries, a
journey fueled by her roots and an unwavering ambition that has taken her from the teenager
who honed her chops playing Western Sydney bars to global stages from the US to Europe. As she establishes herself into a vibrant new city and releases The Art Of Getting Through into the world, this is truly only just the beginning.
TRACKLIST
If I Want In
Silhouette
Natural Predator
Big One
Like A Man
All Hard Feelings
Squinters
The Last Of Me
The Art Of Getting Through
Stopover
Sebastian
The Noise
If Your Heart Never Breaks
The Art Of Getting Through is available across all streaming platforms now.
UK TOUR DATES
Wednesday 10 July - The Green Note, London UK
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Sunday 14 July - Running Horse Live, Nottingham UK
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AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES
Thursday 14 November - Low 302, Sydney
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Saturday 16 November - Wesley Anne, Melbourne
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Praise for Imogen Clark & tracks from The Art Of Getting Through
“Imogen is road traveled and wise well beyond her years. On stage she comes alive and on record, she’s simply sublime.” - David Prior, ABC Radio
“The Australian singer/songwriter captures her own coming-of-age experience in her dynamic new single “If I Want In,” a sonically and emotionally charged eruption of passion, ambition, and a raw energy that can’t be tamed or tampered down.” - Atwood Magazine for ‘If I Want In’
“The sensational Australian alt-rocker Imogen Clark has a textbook-perfect new single called “If I Want In” that chronicles her career wanderlust. Clark’s new single has my favorite line of 2023: “Everyone I know is either married or in rehab, I couldn’t say which one is worse. - Beats Per Minute for ‘If I Want In’
“Clark infuses her alt-pop roots with the infectiousness of classic 80s pop while tinting her sound with the empowerment and vulnerability reminiscent of 90s female singer-songwriters” - Wonderland for ‘Big One’
“Imogen’s latest single “Big One” is the best rock anthem I’ve heard in years, yet it’s vulnerable at its core.” - Two Story Melody for ‘Big One’
“Imogen’s latest single “Big One” is the best rock anthem I’ve heard in years, yet it’s vulnerable at its core. She truly has the potential to be the voice of her generation” - Two Story Melody for ‘Big One’
“A stellar piece of work” - Indie Boulevard for ‘Squinters’