GALWAY band The Clockworks have dropped their new track ‘Advertise Me’.
The new single is their first release since the impressive debut EP ‘Endgame’ earlier this year.
The four-piece band features Loughrea locals James McGregor (vocals, guitar), Seán Connelly (guitar) and Damian Greaney (guitar), as well as Limerick City native Tom Freeman (bass), who met the rest of the band whilst studying at NUI Galway.
Making a unanimous decision to find their break in the UK capital in 2019, the quartet were signed by Creation records founder Alan McGee almost overnight.
Advertise Me” is a scintillating, scathing new track that sees The Clockworks confront the hypocrisy of a sanctimonious society that moans more than it does take action. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios and produced by the band in collaboration with Michael Rendall
The Clockworks explain of the caustic new cut:
“The idea for this song started with the line: ‘complain about consumers from the comfort of my Mac’. It got me thinking about contemporary culture and that feeling of dissonance that comes from criticising society while continuing to conform to it. The song is partly a satire in answer to this feeling.”
Simmering with spiky rock energy and once more boasting The Clockworks’ knack for scorching lyrics that hold a mirror up to society, the track plucks influence from a range of decades and genres. The band add:
“Todd Rundgren was a musical and production influence for this one. David Bowie. The Last Shadow Puppets. Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Interpol. The Cure. Pixies are usually brought up at some point in writing a new song.”
The Clockworks now embark on an extensive run of UK and European dates, playing Dolans Limerick this Saturday November 5.
The After Show Party happens on Dolans Terrace after the gig.
