To put it much more bluntly – you just wonder why you bothered. You just wonder whether the choices you made – to be an artist and make music on your own terms – trapped you. The deeper you go into yourself, the more chance you have of becoming lost, and I think that’s something that plays out throughout this record.

As we await what may or may not turn out to be the final Clientele record, Bonfires on the heath, here are some thoughts elicited from Alasdair MacLean by Ryan Dombal of Pitchfork.