The Clockworks - The Entertainment

Having plied their trade for several years before the release of their debut album in 2023, The Clockworks’ second album The Entertainment marks a shift for the Irish four-piece.

Gone is the scrappy, observational indie of their debut and in its place is a brooding, inward-facing exploration of modern  life’s quiet disintegration.

Where Exit Strategy felt like four lads making a noise in a room (their words), the follow-up widens the lens, shifting emphasis from immediacy to atmosphere and consideration.

The Entertainment opens with ‘How To Exist’, a breathless rush of handclaps and snappy piano that teeters on the verge of collapse.

James McGregor’s scattered, almost indecipherable vocals are like a stream of consciousness, culminating in the blunt admission: ‘I’m looking for something to believe in’, a mission statement for the album as a whole.

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