The London-based foursome are following up their long-awaited debut album Ways To Forget. The new album a long time in the making was recorded between home and Kent’s Squarehead Studios with Kristopher Harris (Matthew & The Atlas, Bear’s Den).
The next track to premier is the glorious synth pop “Whippoorwill” it follows complex cut “In Memory” and bell-sampling pop ode “Changeling”. It’s a stunning outing from Clock Opera, with the stark emotion front and centre . Subdued keys and crispy percussion back frontman Guy Connelly’s falsetto vocal, working in tandem to provide moments of poignancy rather than steal the limelight; by the time the chorus hits, all the elements are acting together to make sure you’re left breathless.
Speaking about the track, Clock Opera say: “It’s about an inability to escape a loss, trapped in a recurring dream, a haunted onomatapoem. Probably the simplest song we’ve done, it came out all in one piece, a bare and exposed half-life companion to ‘Changeling’.”
Talking more generally about the album, Connelly adds: “A lot of the album is about loss, absence, holes, haunting, questioning identity. To be specific, the majority of the songs were inspired by a miscarriage. A lot of the others were driven by the fallout from it.”
Venn is released 10th February 2017 via League Of Imaginary Nations/!K7.
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