In this retrospective series, I explore the history and technique behind the song "Clara" on Scott Walker's 2006 album The Drift.

(Buy and listen here).

[I absolutely do not own The Drift, "Clara," or the album art by Vaughan Oliver at v23. Clip of Scott Walker's interview taken from the documentary 30 Century Man (available here).

Newsreel footage of Piazzale Loreto can be viewed below. For more images, (GRAPHIC) click here.