Colin BeveridgeMathstodon people (and anyone else): I'm on the lookout for new music to listen to and obsess over. Especially interested in phenomenal songwriting. Do please let me know what I'll hear once and need to listen to several times in a row.
Madeleine Shepherd@icecolbeveridge Not everyone's cup of tea, but I must suggest Peter Hammill.
Hammill was once described as doing for the voice what Hendrix did for the guitar. There's personal storytelling and 'big' topics in his lyrics. He works in a huge range of styles from intimate solo work on piano to massive slabs of prog rock with the band Van Der Graaf Generator.
As you mentioned Send in the Clowns, you might like this.
Billy Martyr