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'''''Clara Obscura''''' is {{PN|The Relationship}} sophomore album.
'''''Clara Obscura''''' is the sophomore album by [[the Relationship]].
==Overview==
==Overview==
''Clara Obscura'' was released on [[April 18]], [[2017]]. The album was first announced alongside the lead single [[Break Me Open]]on [[January 31]], [[2017]]. Aside from frontman [[Brian Bell]], only two band members were credited on ''Obscura'' who had also contributed to the band's [[The Relationship (album)|self-titled debut]]: [[Jon LaRue]] and [[Luther Russell]]. [[Eric J.]], a longtime collaborator of Bell's who produced the band's first record, is notably absent.
''Clara Obscura'' was released on [[April 18]], [[2017]]. The album was first announced alongside the lead single, "[[Break Me Open]]," on [[January 31]], [[2017]]. Aside from frontman [[Brian Bell]], the album features a wholly new band lineup from the group's [[The Relationship (album)|eponymous debut]].


[[Nic Jodoin]] produced the record, recording the band at his own Valentine Recording Studios <ref name="Jodoin Billboard">[https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/valentine-recording-studios-producer-nic-jodoin-car-storage-spotlight-interview-8517484/]''Billboard'' article, 06/25/2019</ref><ref name="Tape Op interview">[https://tapeop.com/interviews/116/valentine-recording-studios/ ''Tape Op'' interview] with Jodoin, Nov/Dec 2016</ref>.
[[Nic Jodoin]] produced the record, recording the band at his own Valentine Recording Studios <ref name="billboard">Kogon, Bennett. "Spotlight: How Producer Nic Jodoin Restored This Recording Studio-Turned-Storage Unit to Analog Glory" 25 June 2019. ''Billboard''. https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/valentine-recording-studios-producer-nic-jodoin-car-storage-spotlight-interview-8517484/</ref><ref name="tapeop">John Baccigaluppi & Larry Crane. "Valentine: Back to Life!" ''Tape Op''. Issue #116. Nov/Dec 2016. https://tapeop.com/interviews/116/valentine-recording-studios/</ref>.


The band undertook a more intentional marketing effort for this record than they had with the previous one, releasing a music video for "[[Break Me Open]]."
The band undertook a more intentional marketing effort for this record than they had with the previous one, releasing a music video for "[[Break Me Open]]."