The Clockworks

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When Galway-born, London-based alternative quartet The Clockworks wrapped up touring for their debut album, 2023’s ‘Exit Strategy’, they concluded a game-changing period of their lives that was buoyed by a greater sense of community than ever. That record had cemented the importance of their move to the capital. Not only had it led to them working with Bernard Butler on the album, but it had also set off a domino chain of pinch-me events that saw them tick off support tours with some of their heroes. In 2022, they were taken on the road in the US by Pixies; last year, they wrapped up a string of dates with Johnny Marr.

The framework of their new album ‘The Entertainment’ came intuitively and fast. The Clockworks are calling their second record not so much a concept album as – cleverly – “a work of friction”. “Friction is the best word because the whole album seems to be filled with push and pull, black and white,” continues Freeman.