The Clockworks – Enough Is Never Enough 
(Creation 23)
Release Date: Out Now
Irish lads the Clockworks may
have come up with one of the singles of the year accompanied by one of the
videos of the year and I think we all need to take a moment to enjoy that
combination. ‘Enough Is Never Enough’ follows in a similar vein to countrymen Fontaines
D.C. and Bristolians IDLES with it’s uncompromising guitars and raw energy
hitting hard from the off. “It was a Tuesday and it was…. bleak” is an opening
line delivered with more deadpan menace than anything I’ve heard recently and
that sums up the Clockworks – they make the mundane dramatic and that is
important. The melodic garage punk rattles along apace while frontman James
McGregor repeats the line “these fingers were made for pointing” and you know
just who they’re pointing at. You can see (and, more importantly, hear) while Alan
McGee is so excited about these guys and if you know what’s good for you then
you’ll get on board with one of the last good things to come out of 2020.
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