The Real Tuesday Weld's first Six Degrees release, I, Lucifer, was conceived as no less than a companion piece to Glen Duncan's novel of the same name, a mischievous view of the Devil's take on humanity. As the devil's advocate, so to speak, The Real Tuesday Weld created music described by W magazine as "oddball electronica-goes-Tin Pan Alley… a hit of aural Ecstasy with a champagne chaser." Writing in The New York Times, Stephen Merritt of the popular alternative band Magnetic Fields admired the album's blend of "accordion ballads and dance floor fodder," calling it "fun for actually listening too." Putting his money where his pen was, Merritt has since taken The Real Tuesday Weld out on the road with him. The Return of the Clerkenwell Kid is no less audacious in its potent mixture of ancient and modern sounds and styles. In fact, the album's songs actually covers a much wider stylistic range, extending beyond cabaret and swing to embrace breezy bossa nova, classic pop and gentle psychedelia—adding Joao Gilberto, Martin Denny, Brian Wilson and the Beatles to the sonic mix.
Stephen Coates, the artist behind The Real Tuesday Weld says,"The Return of the Clerkenwell Kid is, like I, Lucifer, a kind of concept album: the story of a love affair from before its beginning to after its end," he explains. "Like a love affair, the record stayed with me after I thought it was finished. You know how it is—things are never black-and-white and neatly packaged." In this particular case, certain songs were dropped, replaced by a handful of tunes The Real Tuesday Weld had previously recorded for his debut on the Kindercore label. "Also, on a very pragmatic level, we were playing these songs live; some became favorites, so there was a great desire to make them available again. So I put everything back into the mixer, and what emerged is, I suppose, a new record."
The end result of Coates' creative concepts are newly recorded versions of such live favorites as "Daisies", "Anything But Love" and "I Love the Rain" sitting comfortably with such brand new tracks as "Lavender Hill", "Something Beautiful" and "Bruises"
For everyone intrigued by I, Lucifer, The Return of the Clerkenwell Kid shows a fascinating new musical voice who has now truly arrived at the peak of his songwriting powers.
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