Following their return with recent track ‘Best Days’, Galway via London fourpiece The Clockworks share new single ‘Through the Looking Glass’ and announce their second album and first album with V2 Records, ‘The Entertainment’ released on 27th March 2026.
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. They will release their new album ‘The Entertainment’ in March, which was largely written and recorded independently at home, and is a project that looks at the themes of isolation, loneliness and connection.
New single ‘Through the Looking Glass’ continues to showcase the fresh sound of The Clockworks and is a majestic and atmospheric track that builds in both intensity and emotion. Self-produced, led by Sean Connelly, it drops the listener straight into the middle of the action, building lyrically and musically to a climax that hits crisis point and suddenly unspools. Speaking about ‘Through the Looking Glass’, the band says;
“This song centers around that moment of telling someone you love them and not hearing the same thing back. It's the desperation, longing and futility of building yourself up beforehand to pour your heart out and obsessively retracing the moment a thousand times in your head afterwards.”
The Clockworks have just finished a European tour with Johnny Marr and recently performed at festivals such as Rock Werchter, Eurosonic and Electric Picnic. They will be announcing further live dates soon.