Destination Unknown

Clientelle came from St. Albans, and in 1981 they released the now extremely hard to find Destination Unknown album. Considered a NWOBHM masterpiece the album perfectly blends heavy and loud metal with frenetic powerpop and punk. It’s also beer-stained pubrock with glamrock-roots and even some proggish bits thrown in for good measure. Above all it’s class AAA Brittish working class rock’n’roll and a piece of UK music history that should be heard by many listeners. Destination Unknown opens with the punky yet poppy Play To Win. It’s followed by the more complex My Lady, where a series of crescendos and softer passages are punctuated by stomping, glam-inclined sections. Can’t Forget comes off like if the Small Faces had been a NWOBHM-act instead of kings of the 60’s modscene. The title track verges on prog rock, but retains a rockiness. Missing Persons is straight-ahead rock, again with this poppiness. Instead of reacting to