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 Crosby Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & Nash – UltraDisc One-Step Rock And Pop | Mobile Fidelity | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm, Box Set Released 13th January 2023 £175.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Crosby Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & Nash – UltraDisc One-Step £175.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Mobile Fidelity SKU: UD1S2-021 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm, Box Set Released Date: 13th January 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Lee Hazlewood Something Special Rock And Pop | Light In The Attic | 180g, 1LP Released 25th November 2015 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lee Hazlewood Something Special £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Light In The Attic SKU: LITA133LP Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 25th November 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nation of Language Strange Disciple Rock And Pop | Play It Again Sam | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 15th September 2023 £22.00 Select options Nation of Language Strange Disciple £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Play It Again Sam Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 15th September 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Iggy Pop The Idiot Rock And Pop | 4 Men With Beards | 180g, 1LP Released 10th August 2016 £38.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Iggy Pop The Idiot £38.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: 4 Men With Beards SKU: 4M524LP Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 10th August 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View David Brent Life On The Road Rock And Pop | Caroline International | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 15th August 2016 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders David Brent Life On The Road £27.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Caroline International SKU: 4799871 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 15th August 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Arlo Parks My Soft Machine Rock And Pop | Transgressive | 180g, 1LP, Box Set, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 26th May 2023 £22.00 - £54.00 Select options Arlo Parks My Soft Machine £22.00 - £54.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Transgressive Formats: 180g, 1LP, Box Set, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 26th May 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Helen Love Smash Hits Rock And Pop | Alcopop | 1LP Released 20th May 2016 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Helen Love Smash Hits £14.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Alcopop SKU: ALCOPOP135 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 20th May 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Milky Wimpshake Confessions Of An English Marxist Rock And Pop | Bobo Integral | 1LP Released 16th October 2020 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Milky Wimpshake Confessions Of An English Marxist £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Bobo Integral SKU: BBI016 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 16th October 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sly Stone High On You Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 25th November 2016 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sly Stone High On You £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1652 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 25th November 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bruce Springsteen Nebraska Rock And Pop | Columbia | 180g, 1LP Released 24th April 2015 £19.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Bruce Springsteen Nebraska £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Columbia SKU: 88875014271 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 24th April 2015 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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