Carousel Clock Opera SKU: LIN4LP Barcode: 4062548003765 20.00 £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: League Of Imaginary Nations Released Date: 7th February 2020 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Clock Opera release their long-awaited third album ‘Carousel’ on 7th February 2020 on League of Imaginary Nations / !K7 Collective. ‘Carousel’ is a unique and intimate look at the emotional challenges faced when becoming a father, a search for new identity and an examination of what you need to surrender in order to change. Guy Connelly, Clock Opera’s lead singer, found that the profound life changes accompanying parenthood transformed his writing process. Huge questions dominated and called him to account. How do you adapt to a fundamental shift in your place in the world? How do you accept a loss of control when every instinct tries to retain it? Learning to deprioritise and surrender yourself to what you need to become. History repeating, becoming your parents, inhabiting a body that you don’t recognise as your own. Admitting you’ve been wrong and the need to transform. But there is also a great sense of discovery, joy and renewal to ‘Carousel’, a return to the euphoric uplift of their debut ‘Ways To Forget’; an understanding of the odds against being alive at all. A new sense of incredible wonder and happiness accompanied by a fresh set of reasons to fear the future. Then, after all this, how much of your old self, the only one you know, can survive? ‘Carousel’ sees Clock Opera reach new heights in their production and songwriting craft, seamlessly combining a wide range of instrumentation, from distorted bass clarinet, French horns, Suzuki hand chimes to mournful midnight choirs and ambient swells in collaboration with found sounds and frozen moments. Inspired by sci-fi soundtracks (Jóhann Jóhannsson, Jerry Goldsmith, Mica Levi), experimental theatre scores, unpredictable electronica & futuristic pop, ‘Carousel’ was self-produced at their South London studios. Drawing from the deep artistic wells of Shawn Everett, Homogenic by Bjork, Roy Orbison and ambient Eno recordings, the album was written in a sequence of intensive bursts in hideaways from Peckham to LA. Nic Nell’s wild synth improvisations, driven through a collection of idiosyncratic 80’s delays became a huge part of the ‘Carousel’ sound, drawing from the experimental electronic palette of his Casually Here recordings. As ever, Che Albrighton’s furiously energetic drums power the whole operation relentlessly to its target, with spontaneous detail and featherlight touch. Mixed by Kristofer Harris at Squarehead Studios in Kent, in the same room that their sophomore album ‘Venn’ was made. This creative continuity has resulted in a beautiful and accomplished record, simultaneously vulnerable and triumphant, immediate and multi-layered. Clock Opera rose to prominence in 2012 with their debut ‘Ways To Forget’, together with a raft of well-loved remixes for Everything Everything, Christine & The Queens, Metronomy, Blood Orange, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marina & The Diamonds amongst many others. In 2017 ‘Venn’ explored darker themes and wider sonic territory, featuring ‘Whippoorwill’, their most streamed track to date. Clock Opera are Guy Connelly (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, production), Che Albrighton (drums, percussion, samples), and Nic Nell (keyboards, bass, vocals, production). “one of the indisputable masterpieces of British pop … rare sonic ambition and scope” – The Sunday Times “a bar-raiser – an album of intelligent synth pop bubbling with humanity” Clash Artist Clock Opera Genre Rock And Pop Label League Of Imaginary Nations Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Be Somebody Else Carousel Run Imaginary Nation Howling At The Moon I Surrender Algorhythm Snake Oil Super Blue Blood Moon Last Things First Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Doomsquad Let Yourself Be Seen Rock And Pop | Bella Union | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 10th May 2019 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Doomsquad Let Yourself Be Seen £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Bella Union SKU: BELLA891V Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 10th May 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Laura Cox Head Above Water Rock And Pop | Earmusic | 2LP Released 20th January 2023 £23.00 Select options Laura Cox Head Above Water £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Earmusic Formats: 2LP Released Date: 20th January 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Katzenjammer Rockland Rock And Pop | Propeller Recordings | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 23rd February 2015 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Katzenjammer Rockland £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Propeller Recordings SKU: PRR114 Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 23rd February 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Chelsea Jade Soft Spot Rock And Pop | Carpark Records | 1LP Released 29th April 2022 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Chelsea Jade Soft Spot £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Carpark Records SKU: CAK154LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 29th April 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lemonheads, The Favourite Spanish Dishes Rock And Pop | RSD2018 | 12", EP/Mini Album Released 21st April 2018 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lemonheads, The Favourite Spanish Dishes £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: RSD2018 SKU: RSD2018090 Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 21st April 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood Nancy & Lee Rock And Pop | Light In The Attic | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 27th May 2022 £28.00 - £32.00 Select options Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood Nancy & Lee £28.00 - £32.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Light In The Attic Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 27th May 2022 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Mike Adams At His Honest Weight Oscillate Wisely Rock And Pop | St. Ives | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 26th January 2011 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mike Adams At His Honest Weight Oscillate Wisely £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: St. Ives SKU: SAINT51LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 26th January 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Jeff Beck Cosa Nostra Beck-Ola Rock And Pop | EMI | 1LP Released 16th October 2023 £22.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Jeff Beck Cosa Nostra Beck-Ola £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: EMI SKU: nn274265 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 16th October 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Angel Olsen All Mirrors Rock And Pop | Jagjaguwar | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 4th October 2019 £22.00 Select options Angel Olsen All Mirrors £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Jagjaguwar Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 4th October 2019 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Paper Kites, The Evergreen Rock And Pop | Nettwerk | 1LP Released 10th May 2024 £26.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Paper Kites, The Evergreen £26.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Nettwerk SKU: NMG313211 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 10th May 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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