[1] Clogs have released five albums on Brassland Records—Thom's Night Out (2001), Lullaby for Sue (2003), Stick Music (2004), Lantern (2006)[2] and The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton (2010).
[3][4][5] The band members, (Bryce Dessner, Rachael Elliott, Thomas Kozumplik and Padma Newsome), met in the late 1990s while studying at the Yale School of Music.
[6][7] Newsome, born in 1961 in Alice Springs, Australia,[8] started his career as a concert violinist in the Sydney Symphony, before a six-year detour took him to an ashram in the remote region of New South Wales.
[6] Dessner is an established soloist and veteran of groups Bang on a Can All-Stars and the National,[6] which has given him contact with Philip Glass and Terry Riley.
Elliott released her debut album, Polka the Elk, in 2011, which displays her bassoon music and includes contributions from Newsome, David Lang and Tawnie Olson.