They look as sharp as they sound”, the band have also been endorsed at radio by heavyweights such as Steve Lamacq on BBC 6 and John Kennedy on Radio X in the UK, with the legendary Rodney Bingenheimer on SiriusXM also lending his support across the pond.
The track has already grabbed the attention of BBC Radio 1’s Annie Mac on her “New Names” showcase, as well as legendary Rodney Bingenheimer show in the states on Sirius XM, and even received day time radio play on RTÉ 2FM. Set to an insistent metronomic beat, frontman James McGregor sings with a breathless delivery, as lyrics twitching with paranoia race like grains into a rapidly filling hourglass. Written by The Clockworks, ‘The Future Is Not What It Was’ was produced by Michael Rendall and The Clockworks in Willesden, London.
Install the free mobile app Online Radio Box. It’s time to sit up and listen. Art and articles in the past would talk about 2020 and expect us to be driving flying cars in houses that clean themselves where nobody has to work. The follow-up to previous Creation 23 singles Stranded In Stansted and Bills And Pills plus live favourite Can I Speak To A Manager and independent singles including Rumours In The Stockroom is accompanied by a video comprised of live footage of recent shows (including their February Manchester show, one of our best of the curtailed year) and the band on tour. In reality we’re driving third hand Fiat Puntos to 9-5s that barely pay the rent. Blending, visceral tight-knit rhythms akin to The Smiths or Idlewild and matching them with the foreboding intensity of Interpol or Forward Russia!, ‘The Future Is Not What It Was’ is the London-based band’s heart-stopping third single for Alan McGee’s Creation 23 label. At the strike of midnight on 12th June 2020, THE CLOCKWORKS will release: ‘The Future Is Not What It Was’. As James McGregor of The Clockworks explains: “This song is about trying to bring together two main ideas: The feeling that everywhere you look things are going wrong, to the point of cynicism, and the way that the idea of the future is better that its reality. The Clockworks today release ‘The Future Is Not What It Was’.Blending, visceral tight-knit rhythms akin to The Smiths or Idlewild and matching them with the foreboding intensity of Interpol or Forward Russia!, ‘The Future Is Not What It Was’ is the London-based band’s heart-stopping third single for Alan McGee’s Creation23 label.
Relocating to London in 2019, the quartet signed to Alan McGee’s new record label ‘Creation23’ almost overnight. It's a website about music not a brand or a personality. This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. It will be available digitally on 12 June 2020, via the Creation 23 label. With a penchant for matching snarling kitchen-sink commentary with insuppressible sonic tenacity, the time is surely now for The Clockworks.
The future is not what it was The future is not as good as it was Everything's OK They're coughing up the coffers For a doffing off the coppers While they're stocking up the coffins Something rotten in the office Drop the ball and blame all of the other Players for the failure, well In … Perhaps, this is a temporary station problem. We are Even The Stars, an independent music blog based in Manchester. I guess the point is that the lifestyle may change but a lot of the problems are the same.“. We will go on and on about artists we love. I guess the point is that the lifestyle may change but a lot of the problems are the same.“. With verses set to a repetitive beat, it allows front man James to reel off with increasing edginess a list of society's ills and how they cloud the future for all of us. We're not music journalists, we write about the music we love for that reason in the hope other people might love it too.