Years active 1995–present | ||
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Origin Sacramento, California, United States (1995) Members Victoria Lloyd, Benjamin Fargen, Chris Ross Albums Love Is Blind, Lustre, Time and the Maiden, Time Again, Claire Voyant Genres Dream pop, Indie pop, Trip hop, Downtempo, Ethereal wave Record labels Metropolis Records, Dependent Records Similar Linda November, Artie Schroeck, Clint Holmes, Bill Nolte, Chandeen | ||
Claire Voyant is a indie pop and downtempo band from Sacramento, California. The trio were once part of a 5-piece band called Murmur, which split over creative differences. Their 1995 debut, Claire Voyant, has been followed by three more studio albums, Time and the Maiden in 1998, Love Is Blind in 2002 and Lustre in 2009, each introducing new elements making each a distinct work of its own. They are currently signed to Metropolis Records.
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Lloyd also contributes to electropop artists HMB and Mono Chrome. Ross also contributes to HMB.
Murmur and Claire
Prior to the formation of Claire Voyant, its three members were in another band called Murmur. They realized that Chris could do everything that the bass player and drummer did (and more) with a synthesizer and a drum machine, so the trio left Murmur to start their own band. They had a difficult time finding a new name; many of the ideas they came up with had already been taken. Eventually, Victoria found the name Claire Voyant in a 1940s comic strip. The band felt the name fit the music they made, and they liked the wordplay, so the moniker stuck.
They released their debut in 1995 on their own independent label, Nocturne. They then sent the album to Projekt Records, who then forwarded it to the German label Hyperium Records. Hyperium included Claire's song Her on their Heavenly Voices IV compilation album, which garnered Claire a lot of publicity in Europe. Hyperium reissued the album, and went on to distribute their next album, Time and the Maiden. Their third album, Love Is Blind, was released in 2002 on Philadelphia indie label Metropolis, who had by then re-released Time and the Maiden with bonus tracks for the US market. On September 22, 2009, its fourth studio album, Lustre, the first in seven years, was released.
Studio albums
Other
- 'Time Again A Collection of Remixes, 2000
Songs
Love the GiverTime and the Maiden · 1998
Twenty Four YearsLove Is Blind · 2002
IoliteTime and the Maiden · 1998