Allen Clapp & His Orchestra

b. Foster City, California, USA. Lo-fi pop guru Clapp began by playing in local garage bands during the late 80s, before picking up an acoustic guitar and focusing on demoing tunes in the classic singer-songwriter mould. A debut flexi-disc, ‘Very Peculiar Feeling', was released in 1991, followed by ‘A Change In The Weather', and an EP, Mystery Lawn. Clapp's album debut, One Hundred Percent Chance Of Rain, featured a selection of brilliantly realised lo-fi pop songs and found the singer-songwriter playing nearly all the instruments himself. Instead of continuing as a one-man ba...