View Cart You cannot add that amount to the basket — we have 1 in stock and you already have 1 in your basket. View basket “The Mystery Of Time (A Rock Epic)” has been added to your basket. 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 Ben Howard I Forget Where We Were Rock And Pop | Island | 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 18th October 2014 £22.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Ben Howard I Forget Where We Were £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Island SKU: 4701043 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 18th October 2014 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Scott Hirsch Lost Time Behind The Moon Americana / Country | Scissor Tail Editions | 1LP Released 11th January 2019 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Scott Hirsch Lost Time Behind The Moon £24.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Scissor Tail Editions SKU: ST51 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 11th January 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View PinkPantheress Heaven knows – Zoetrope/ Picture Disc Rock And Pop | Warner Music | 1LP, Picture Disc Released 10th November 2023 £30.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders PinkPantheress Heaven knows – Zoetrope/ Picture Disc £30.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Warner Music SKU: 5054197766107 Formats: 1LP, Picture Disc Released Date: 10th November 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Hop Along Back Your Head Off, Dog Rock And Pop | Saddle Creek | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 6th April 2018 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hop Along Back Your Head Off, Dog £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Saddle Creek SKU: LBJ263LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 6th April 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Tyrannosaurus Rex A Beard Of Stars Rock And Pop | Universal Music | 180g, 1LP Released 10th November 2014 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tyrannosaurus Rex A Beard Of Stars £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Universal Music SKU: 5354078 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 10th November 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Agnes Obel Late Night Tales Rock And Pop | Latenighttales | 2LP Released 25th May 2018 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Agnes Obel Late Night Tales £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Latenighttales SKU: ALNLP49 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 25th May 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Night Flight Night Flight Rock And Pop | CRC Records | 1LP Released 21st June 2019 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Night Flight Night Flight £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: CRC Records SKU: CRC070V Formats: 1LP Released Date: 21st June 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Frightened Rabbit The Midnight Organ Fight Rock And Pop | Fat Cat | 1LP Released 18th February 2022 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Frightened Rabbit The Midnight Organ Fight £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Fat Cat SKU: FATLP70X Formats: 1LP Released Date: 18th February 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dantalian's Chariot Chariot Rising Rock And Pop | Wah Wah | 180g, 1LP Released 31st March 2013 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dantalian's Chariot Chariot Rising £24.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Wah Wah SKU: LPS113 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 31st March 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Telenova Time Is A Flower Rock And Pop | Fiction | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 16th August 2024 £20.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Telenova Time Is A Flower £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Fiction SKU: 6513624 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 16th August 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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