Postpunk band The Clockworks Release New Single "Best Days"

Postpunk band The Clockworks Release New Single "Best Days"

Galway via London fourpiece The Clockworks make their fresh return today with atmospheric new single ‘Best Days’ released via V2 Records.

With a cinematic and all-encompassing sound, The Clockworks introduced themselves with debut album ‘Exit Strategy’ in 2023 and their self-titled EP ‘The Clockworks’ in 2022, gaining acclaim from the likes of BBC 6Music and BBC Radio 1. With a soundscape that pulls from seemingly disparate regions of the musical landscape, namechecking Daft Punk next to Pixies, next to Ennio Morricone, they are influenced not only by an extensive musical palette, but also through their passion for film and literature. Lyrically, singer and lyricist James McGregor writes with purpose, integrity and emotion, balancing light with darkness and finding poetic intrigue in everyday life.

New single ‘Best Days’ was written alongside a collection of new material last year and marks a new chapter for the band and the start of their musical relationship with V2 Records. Self-produced, led by Sean Connelly, it builds with both intensity and emotion, revealing journal-like observations about a destructive relationship.

Speaking about ‘Best Days’, the band says;

“This song was a labour of love that almost didn’t make it. Before it was fully written we knew how the song would start, how we wanted it to feel, and where it would sit in the context of our new music, but it took a while to get the lyrics and vocal melody right. The lyrics describe a harmful relationship and the things you tell yourself to not let that relationship go.”

After performing at festivals such as Rock Werchter, Pukkelpop, and following their most recent headline show at London Garage last year, the band have announced they will be touring with Johnny Marr in Europe next month. Full dates are below.

October:

  • Mon 20th – Masstricht, Muziekgieteru
  • Tues 21st – Lille, L’Aeronef
  • Wed 22nd – Paris, L’elysee Montmartre
  • Fri 24th – Liège, OM
  • Sat 25th – Utrecht, Tivolirendenburg
  • Sun 26th – Cologne, Live Music Hall
  • Tues 28th – Hamburg, Grosse Freiheit 36
  • Wed 29th – Copenhagen, Amager Bio
  • Fri 31st – Berlin, Astra

November:

  • Sat 1st – Munich, Backstage
  • Sun 2nd – Vienna, Simm City
  • Wed 5th – Zurich, X-Tra
  • Thurs 6th – Milan, Fabrique
  • Fri 7th – Bologna, Estragon

The Clockworks are James McGregor, Sean Connelly, Damian Greaney and Tom Freeman.

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