So head on down to stream their new cut, it's beyond anything they've done so far!
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Showing posts with label Clock Opera. Show all posts
Tuesday, 8 March 2016
[LISTEN] Clock Opera - In Memory
Clock Opera are back with a brand new track, and it gives us an insight to their new album, and judging it based on what we've heard so far, it's going to be atmospheric and dark, two things that go well together! "Do I still do the things that made you fall in love?" sings Connelly, his renowned falsetto shimmering as effortlessly as ever, the minimal bass and womb-like synths gradually intertwining to create a cacophony of ambient emotion.
So head on down to stream their new cut, it's beyond anything they've done so far!
So head on down to stream their new cut, it's beyond anything they've done so far!
Tuesday, 24 February 2015
Daily Download... Cathedrals - Unbound (Clock Opera Remix)
Both Cathedrals and Clock Opera are known for their strong vocals draped over electronic indie anthems, whether it be chilled out tracks such as "Once And For All" by Clock Opera or it being Cathedrals' "In The Dark". But when the two combine, it's just chillout bliss.
Listen to the remix below.
Listen to the remix below.
Saturday, 17 November 2012
Gig Review... Clock Opera @ The Portland Arms, Cambridge, 15th November 2012
Clock Opera have certainly grown since they last played The Portland Arms, back then this was a tiny room in a pub nestled away in Cambridge. They return with a successful album and with 200+ happy punters eager to see them yet again!
This show was right in the middle of the UK-wide tour and they all looked a bit shattered, maybe down to the tour schedule or the coldness of the venue when they arrived, yet they still put on a spell binding performance. The first time I've ever seen them live and I can't believe it took this long to see them perform, so I had no idea what I was in for!
The audience was very happy, especially the guy to my right, going crazy to the catchy electronic beats and noises coming from the sample pads. They worked their way through their album, but in a different order to the LP. Fans lapped up everything they had to offer and the highlight of the set was 'Lesson No.7' which has severely grown on me since the album came out. I was very happy finally seeing them perform, the band even came back on for an encore and played their album closer - 'Fail Better'. I really hope to see them grace the stage in Cambridge again, LOVED IT!
Clock Opera played:
White Noise
Man Made
A Piece Of String
The Lost Buoys
11th Hour
Wave To The Mountains
Once And For All
Belongings
Lesson No.7
Fail Better
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This show was right in the middle of the UK-wide tour and they all looked a bit shattered, maybe down to the tour schedule or the coldness of the venue when they arrived, yet they still put on a spell binding performance. The first time I've ever seen them live and I can't believe it took this long to see them perform, so I had no idea what I was in for!
The audience was very happy, especially the guy to my right, going crazy to the catchy electronic beats and noises coming from the sample pads. They worked their way through their album, but in a different order to the LP. Fans lapped up everything they had to offer and the highlight of the set was 'Lesson No.7' which has severely grown on me since the album came out. I was very happy finally seeing them perform, the band even came back on for an encore and played their album closer - 'Fail Better'. I really hope to see them grace the stage in Cambridge again, LOVED IT!
Clock Opera played:
White Noise
Man Made
A Piece Of String
The Lost Buoys
11th Hour
Wave To The Mountains
Once And For All
Belongings
Lesson No.7
Fail Better
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Tuesday, 10 April 2012
Album Review... Clock Opera - Ways To Forget
This was released yesterday but we've been writing up the review for ages, now today we tell all about the début Clock Opera album! To keep their fans tide over they recently made a 'Clock Operation: Soundcloud Multimix' featuring sounds submitted from fans. SO here it is, enjoy!
Once And For All:
A track with so much emotion thrown upon it, this has been featured on a Kitsune compilation and ultimately that’s how we came across the band. After listening to this track in one form or another for nearly two years it hasn’t worn us out not one bit, it’s a great opener to the album as it gives you a taste of what this band is all about!
Out of 10: 7.5/10
Lesson No.7:
A very simple opening to this track and it gains layers and body the further you listen to it. The vocals are as commanding as ever and the bridge to the second chorus just gives you that excitement that seems to be lacking from recent releases. The distorted bass is what makes it for me as it goes into the chorus and completely rips apart the track. With haunting backing vocals, ambient noises and the thick drum beat makes this an unforgettable track!
Out of 10: 9/10
11th Hour:
This track seems to be also very haunting but with the sense of security from the slightly tropical rhythms in the background. You’re believed to think that this is a slow track; yes it is... but up until the track breaks down and starts to pick up speed when Guy starts to sing “got to get mad as hell, got to go ring that bell, got to tell the others, tell the others, tell the others”. I’m telling the others and I love this track in every way possible!
Out of 10: 8/10
Man Made:
A tropical smattering of guitars give you a gentle inkling of what’s going to come. This track is the one that I love the most, it’s got ‘radio’ written all over it, a great chorus and vocals that anyone can love. The breakdown after the chorus and it begins to become more than tropical; this is so danceable and astonishingly beautiful!
Out of 10: 8/10
Belongings:
The calmest track of the album (so far) and it’s been around for a while too so we’ve warmed to it even before we knew it was on the album. The vocals are at its most gentle here and the track seems so delicate that if you play it too loud it’ll compromise it somehow. With glockenspiels and piano keys running throughout it you’re really given a treat here.
Out of 10: 8/10
White Noise:
Another oldie that’s been re-recorded for the album, this is one of those summer chill out songs to listen to while getting all relaxed at home while the sun is setting. Yet his sharp, icy notes slice into the atmosphere of the song. This is the perfect blend of a Wild Beasts haunting vocals with Everything Everything’s glitchy passion. It just holds up the album, a great centre-piece if I do say so!
Out of 10: 9/10
A Piece Of String:
Guy’s echoing voice “You have set me free, from analysing dreams, and taking seat too long, I love you right and wrong”. The chorus is bolstered by Gameboy synths and clattering drums as he then sings “Teach me wrong from right! Show me black and white!” This may sound like a complicated track but only when you peel away the simple beats from the complicated synths and drum beats.
Out of 10: 7/10
The Lost Buoys:
With this track opening with some piano keys it’s won me over from the beginning! The amazement continues with a pulsating bass that drives the song forwards into the up-beat bridge. The vocals on this song are just sublime and I can’t help think how good this band is. The chorus slows the song down a bit but not without giving us some funky guitar tones in the background. This track has it all!
Out of 10: 9/10
Wave To The Mountains
A title apt for a song on the end of the album, yet still this track delivers the goods. Clock Opera use the piano once again here, it’s not getting boring but this is just one ‘quirk’ of many that I adore of theirs. This sounds like pop if it was actually listenable, they’ve crafted a song with a piano line all the way through it and what’s more it’s not mind-numbingly lacklustre.
Out of 10: 7/10
Fail Better:
This is where the ‘standard edition’ of the album ends, yet if you download the full version you’re just half-way through the debut. This is a remarkable way to end what has been a fantastic album to listen to, with a surf-rock riff working its way in the background and incredibly fast drumming this song builds up a sense of achievement for the band. ‘Fail Better’ is a pure album closer!
Out of 10: 8/10
Clock Opera - Ways To Forget
Out of 10: 8.1/10
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Once And For All:
A track with so much emotion thrown upon it, this has been featured on a Kitsune compilation and ultimately that’s how we came across the band. After listening to this track in one form or another for nearly two years it hasn’t worn us out not one bit, it’s a great opener to the album as it gives you a taste of what this band is all about!
Out of 10: 7.5/10
Lesson No.7:
A very simple opening to this track and it gains layers and body the further you listen to it. The vocals are as commanding as ever and the bridge to the second chorus just gives you that excitement that seems to be lacking from recent releases. The distorted bass is what makes it for me as it goes into the chorus and completely rips apart the track. With haunting backing vocals, ambient noises and the thick drum beat makes this an unforgettable track!
Out of 10: 9/10
11th Hour:
This track seems to be also very haunting but with the sense of security from the slightly tropical rhythms in the background. You’re believed to think that this is a slow track; yes it is... but up until the track breaks down and starts to pick up speed when Guy starts to sing “got to get mad as hell, got to go ring that bell, got to tell the others, tell the others, tell the others”. I’m telling the others and I love this track in every way possible!
Out of 10: 8/10
Man Made:
A tropical smattering of guitars give you a gentle inkling of what’s going to come. This track is the one that I love the most, it’s got ‘radio’ written all over it, a great chorus and vocals that anyone can love. The breakdown after the chorus and it begins to become more than tropical; this is so danceable and astonishingly beautiful!
Out of 10: 8/10
Belongings:
The calmest track of the album (so far) and it’s been around for a while too so we’ve warmed to it even before we knew it was on the album. The vocals are at its most gentle here and the track seems so delicate that if you play it too loud it’ll compromise it somehow. With glockenspiels and piano keys running throughout it you’re really given a treat here.
Out of 10: 8/10
White Noise:
Another oldie that’s been re-recorded for the album, this is one of those summer chill out songs to listen to while getting all relaxed at home while the sun is setting. Yet his sharp, icy notes slice into the atmosphere of the song. This is the perfect blend of a Wild Beasts haunting vocals with Everything Everything’s glitchy passion. It just holds up the album, a great centre-piece if I do say so!
Out of 10: 9/10
A Piece Of String:
Guy’s echoing voice “You have set me free, from analysing dreams, and taking seat too long, I love you right and wrong”. The chorus is bolstered by Gameboy synths and clattering drums as he then sings “Teach me wrong from right! Show me black and white!” This may sound like a complicated track but only when you peel away the simple beats from the complicated synths and drum beats.
Out of 10: 7/10
The Lost Buoys:
With this track opening with some piano keys it’s won me over from the beginning! The amazement continues with a pulsating bass that drives the song forwards into the up-beat bridge. The vocals on this song are just sublime and I can’t help think how good this band is. The chorus slows the song down a bit but not without giving us some funky guitar tones in the background. This track has it all!
Out of 10: 9/10
Wave To The Mountains
A title apt for a song on the end of the album, yet still this track delivers the goods. Clock Opera use the piano once again here, it’s not getting boring but this is just one ‘quirk’ of many that I adore of theirs. This sounds like pop if it was actually listenable, they’ve crafted a song with a piano line all the way through it and what’s more it’s not mind-numbingly lacklustre.
Out of 10: 7/10
Fail Better:
This is where the ‘standard edition’ of the album ends, yet if you download the full version you’re just half-way through the debut. This is a remarkable way to end what has been a fantastic album to listen to, with a surf-rock riff working its way in the background and incredibly fast drumming this song builds up a sense of achievement for the band. ‘Fail Better’ is a pure album closer!
Out of 10: 8/10
Clock Opera - Ways To Forget
Out of 10: 8.1/10
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Thursday, 5 April 2012
Daily Download... Clock Opera - Clock Operation
Entirely constructed using sounds that were submitted to us via SoundCloud & made 24 & 25 March 2012. 
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Contributors:Aline Shinzato, Axel Henry, Cheto, DeadheadUK, DJ SVA, EverythingEverything, Filthy Dukes, Gareth O'Malley, Gary Legend of Magic & Fur, Gregory Emfietzis, [HackedDead], Henk Lasschuit, Hideous Wheel Invention, Inventors, Izabel Menezes, Jenny Tate, Jon Blake, Lukas Wooller of Maximo Park, Luke Smith, Magnets, Makoo, Man Without Country, Mark Spivey, Maxximk, Memory Maze, Michael Celedron, Naxdon, Nick Gill of The Monroe Transfer, Petar Rogulja, Ratri Anugrah, Re Smith, Rob Ball, Rubb, Smallholding, Solar Fox, Stuart Wright, The Dark Lights, The Tiger's Bride
Theme Park, Tim Love Lee, Timothy Folkema, UNKLE, Zenith Vesper
Clock Opera's début album 'Ways To Forget' is released in the UK on 23rd April 2012 by Moshi Moshi / Island Records.
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Friday, 24 February 2012
Friday's Finest - 24th February 2012
A new section of our little world has been created. Each week It's All Indie will go head to head with Slate The Disco and we will be letting you in on what tracks we've been playing on repeat! This will be posted every Friday! Here is the first instalment!
Metronomy - The Bay (Clock Opera Remix): (Chosen by Jordan @ Slate The Disco)
We’re all about Cambridge and when we heard these guys are heading to Cambridge in April (April 21st at the Portland Arms to be precise) we got way too excited. One of the finest releases of last year ‘The English Riviera’ Metronomy’s début album will have full remix album out next month and it will include this gem from Clock Opera
Arcade Fire - We Use To Wait: (Chosen by Fred @ It's All Indie)
It's hard to listen to everything at the same time, that's why this band came into my life quite late on, especially who they are. I've been loving 'We Use To Wait' over the past week and can't begin to tell you how happy it makes me feel listening to something so powerful and yet so tender to the ears.
2:54 - You’re Early: (Chosen by Jordan @ Slate The Disco)
2:54’s first new material this year and ‘You’re Early’ is a tightly coiled spring of primal energy, hypnotic melody and hushed obsession. Watch out for them on their début headline tour in April.
Blood Red Shoes - Sulphites: (Chosen by Fred @ It's All Indie)
With their new album on the horizon and a UK tour I had to re-visit this band, with 19 B-Sides this is the pick of the bunch. The song was intentionally recorded as an instrumental and I wouldn't want it any other way, something to really get into in the late evenings and really something to put on repeat while you wait for their new album!
Gorillaz - DoYaThing (Feat. Andre 3000 and James Murphy): (Joint pick)
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Metronomy - The Bay (Clock Opera Remix): (Chosen by Jordan @ Slate The Disco)
We’re all about Cambridge and when we heard these guys are heading to Cambridge in April (April 21st at the Portland Arms to be precise) we got way too excited. One of the finest releases of last year ‘The English Riviera’ Metronomy’s début album will have full remix album out next month and it will include this gem from Clock Opera
Arcade Fire - We Use To Wait: (Chosen by Fred @ It's All Indie)
It's hard to listen to everything at the same time, that's why this band came into my life quite late on, especially who they are. I've been loving 'We Use To Wait' over the past week and can't begin to tell you how happy it makes me feel listening to something so powerful and yet so tender to the ears.
2:54 - You’re Early: (Chosen by Jordan @ Slate The Disco)
2:54’s first new material this year and ‘You’re Early’ is a tightly coiled spring of primal energy, hypnotic melody and hushed obsession. Watch out for them on their début headline tour in April.
Blood Red Shoes - Sulphites: (Chosen by Fred @ It's All Indie)
With their new album on the horizon and a UK tour I had to re-visit this band, with 19 B-Sides this is the pick of the bunch. The song was intentionally recorded as an instrumental and I wouldn't want it any other way, something to really get into in the late evenings and really something to put on repeat while you wait for their new album!
Gorillaz - DoYaThing (Feat. Andre 3000 and James Murphy): (Joint pick)
Check in every Friday for 5 tracks to sink your teeth into!
Slate The Disco
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