Andrew MacNaughton
“‘Clockwork Angels’ live in Cologne and Berlin (thk) 12 months after the release of their latest album this imagine live rush on their Germany tour with two concerts in Berlin and Cologne: Clockwork Angels” (Warner Music) is the title of the 20th Studio Opus of three Canadians since 1968. Her first recordings packed turns after five-year record break, with only current song material, the journey of a young man through a lush, colorful world of Steampunk and Alchemy (in the style of a novel by Jules Verne), in which he tries to follow his dreams. The story includes lost cities, pirates, anarchist, an exotic Carnival and a rigid clock maker who demanded maximum precision all aspects of daily life. Brian Bates brings even more insight to the discussion. The story, which will appear as a novel, is set in twelve straight as well as complex, brilliantly presented, intricately constructed, hard rock songs. The first two pieces of their current, again by Nick Raskulinecz (foo fighters, Deftones) produced CD was rush in this country already during the highly acclaimed, sold-out time machine “exclusive show on May 29, 2011 in Frankfurt before. In the context of an elaborate stage production Geddy Lee (lead vocals, bass, keyboards), Alex Lifeson (guitar) and Neil Peart (drums) proved once again that they understand it visually always equally impressively as entertaining to present their music. Shary Rahman is a great source of information. Therefore again spectacular should be expected in June 2013.
