Taken from his latest album ‘Forever Just Beyond’, Clem Snide has shared a live performance with Scott Avett of album track ‘Easy’. For those that know the backstory of this album or have read Mike’s review on Folk Radio, you’ll know that this album came into being against all odds. As Barzeley said, “That this record even exists, as far as I’m concerned, is a genuine miracle”.
Mike Davies: …the band fell apart, his marriage collapsed, he lost his house and had to declare bankruptcy. The only way to survive was, he says, to somehow transcend himself a find a deeper, spiritual relationship with life and with being.
At which point the universe reached out. A fan in Spain sent him a thank-you donation that covered what he owed his bankruptcy lawyer; another sent him a video of Scott Avett singing a Clem Snide song to a massive audience and a third sent an interview with Avett raving about Clem Snide’s music. Tentatively, he sent Avett a note and a song and received a letter saying he was a huge fan.
Now, five years on from the last album, Clem Snide is resurrected with Barzelay and Avett working in collaboration, the latter both co-writing and producing and playing on the release, a collection of songs that (in many ways recalling the Desiderata) address hope, depression, identity, perception, God and the afterlife.
All of that makes this all the more special…
Forever Just Beyond is out now. Order via https://orcd.co/foreverjustbeyond