Album Info Hide Show Artist: Clea Album: Vermillion Released: Australia, 2018 Tracklist: A1 Cool Days A2 Right Way A3 Insecurity A4 Teenager A5 Dreaming A6 Appease B1 Angulate B2 Emotional Intelligence B3 Grey Area B4 Epilogue Info About Buying Vinyl From Our Record Store We are a small independent record store located at 211 High St, Preston in Melbourne, Australia (North of Northcote, between Thornbury & Reservoir) We buy and sell new and used vinyl records – if you have a collection you’d like to sell please click here . We ship Australia wide for a flat rate of $10 for standard shipping or $15 for express post. Free Shipping for orders $150 and over. You can also pick up your order in store, just select Local Pickup at the checkout. We also ship internationally – prices vary depending on weight and location. We ship vinyls in thick, rigid carboard mailers with a crushable zone on either side, and for extra safety we bubble wrap the records. 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You can contact our Melbourne record shop at (03) 9939 3807 or at [email protected] Happy Listening! Description Hide Show Cleas debut album, Vermillion, arrived in 2018 with the quiet confidence of an artist who knows exactly where her voice sits and how to frame it. Brisbane-born and raised, she works closely with long-time collaborator Alistair Richardson, and you can hear that trusted, two-person language in every corner of the record. The production is crisp but unhurried, built around elegant guitar lines, airy synths and a rhythm section that leaves plenty of headroom for her featherlight vocal. Its art pop with a clear spine, the kind that favours texture and space over studio tricks. The singles give you a map. Dreaming floats on a gentle sway, the kind of song that sneaks up on you while youre making dinner and then wont leave for hours. Dire Consequences flicks the lights down a notch, pulling in a more nocturnal pulse and turning the reverb up just so. Cool Days feels exactly like its title suggests, all breeze and bright rhythm guitar, a welcome hit of vitamin D. Across these cuts, Clea builds hooks that refuse to shout, preferring to haunt, and its hard not to lean closer to catch the detail. What sets Vermillion apart is pacing. The record knows when to glow and when to hush. Tracks are arranged like rooms in a sunlit Queenslander, each one carrying a slightly different colour temperature but part of the same lived-in home. You can hear the care in the transitions, with synth pads that rise like tidewater and percussion that never tries to bulldoze the mood. When a chorus lands, its because the arrangement has earned the lift, not because the faders went up. That sense of restraint is rare for a first album, but it suits her voice, which sits somewhere between porcelain and smoke. Clea often writes melodies that seem simple on first listen, then reveal sly turns on the second or third pass. A line will pivot on an unexpected note, or shell hold a vowel just long enough for the chord beneath to shift, giving everything a faint ache. Lyrically she keeps it clear and close to home, focusing on interior weather rather than grand statements. The intimacy helps. Even the shinier moments feel handmade, as if they were written in the same room where the vocals were tracked. Vermillion plays beautifully from front to back, which is why it makes so much sense to chase it on wax. Whether you stumble on a copy in a Melbourne record store or go hunting through vinyl records Australia sites to buy Clea records online, this is the kind of album that rewards a proper sit-down. Spin it in the late afternoon and let the guitars catch the last light. If youre collecting Clea albums on vinyl, this belongs near the front, and anyone searching for Vermillion vinyl will understand why the format suits it. The stereo field is wide, the low end is tidy, and those soft-focus harmonies feel like theyre arriving from just over your shoulder. Theres a warmth to the production that nods to classic indie pop, but the songwriting sits firmly in the present. Little synth details pop in the corners, bass lines step forward for a bar or two, and the drums keep a soft authority. You get the sense of two people who know their gear and their limitations, and use both as a compass. It never tips into gloss. Instead, it shimmers. Australian indie has a knack for voices that cut through the noise without raising the volume, and Clea fits that tradition neatly. Vermillion doesnt try to be everything at once. It picks a palette and digs deep, which makes its highlights feel earned. Dreaming remains a fan favourite for good reason, but the albums sleepers creep up on you over time, turning into the tracks you return to when the house is quiet. If youre the type who files records by mood as much as by artist, this one sits comfortably in that place between calm and keen, a glass of red within reach, the evening rolling in slow. If youre already searching for Clea vinyl, you know the appeal. If youre new, start here, and let the record prove why a thoughtful debut can still feel like a small revelation. Vermillion doesnt shout. It glows. Product Reviews Hide Show Write a Review