We talked to Chad Clark of beautypill about the release of 'Blue Period,' his new compilation reissue.
“Memory is not like a computer. Memory is affected by emotion,” Clark recalls, “My memory of these things, is feeling hurt a lot. Feeling disappointed and that lasted for a very long time. I’m a sensitive person and that probably colors my ideas of what happened.”
The album is full of these kinds of artistic big swings. Dipping their toes into elements of ambient, hip-hop, bedroom pop, post-punk, and shoegaze you begin to lose count of how many genre changes the band attempts throughout the album. Best of all, these forays into different musical stylings never come off feeling like the band is trying to be anything other than themselves.
Rather than get to work on a follow-up, Clark retreated away from the public eye in order to focus on production work at the famed Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, Virginia. In that time, he felt that perhaps he would no longer release music on his own but rather focus on helping others on their records. To make things worse, Clark was diagnosed with a rare virus known as cardiomyopathy that required him to receive a mechanical heart transplant to save his life.
“Chad’s a once in a lifetime artist and human being,” writes Cox. “He’s a living legend, an anthology of beautiful records and wild ideas. Everyone who’s been here a while has a story or kind word about Chad. Old heads and new schoolers respect him equally. The coolest thing about Chad is he represents DC in so many ways. A black man, who hasn’t quite been given his due, who continues to make extremely high level art against all odds.
“I did this for people, other people,” Clark explains of the at times painful process of jumping back into his old shoes. “But as I went into it and I was really struck by how beautiful this music is and how heartfelt it sounds.”
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