Clock Opera

Clock Opera were a British indie rock band based in London. Formed in 2009¹ by singer, guitarist and sampler Guy Connelly, the quartet also comprised Andy West on bass and guitar, Che Albrighton on drums, and Dan Armstrong on keyboards and vocals. Their singles include "Belongings" and "Once and for All," and their debut album Ways to Forget was released on 23 April 2012. Guy Connelly also does remixes for other artists under the name Clock Opera.

Clock Opera were a British indie rock band based in London. Formed in 2009 by singer, guitarist and sampler Guy Connelly, the quartet also comprised Andy West on bass and guitar, Che Albrighton on drums, and Dan Armstrong on keyboards and vocals. Their singles include "Belongings" and "Once and for All," and their debut album Ways to Forget was released on 23 April 2012. Guy Connelly also does remixes for other artists under the name Clock Opera. ==Career== ==Live performances== One of Clock Opera's earliest concerts was live accompaniment of a performance by the Rambert Dance Company at Queen Elizabeth Hall in May 2009. Clock Opera performed on the BBC Introducing stage at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in 2011. They played at South by Southwest in 2011 and 2012 and at numerous other festivals such as Great Escape, Liverpool Sound City, Dot to Dot, and Latitude, where they headlined the Lake Stage curated by Huw Stephens in 2012. Clock Opera have supported a number of other bands including Marina and the Diamonds, Maxïmo Park, Metronomy and The Temper Trap. With the release of Ways to Forget in 2012, Clock Opera had their first headline tour in the United Kingdom as well as dates in New York and continental Europe. They toured Germany in September 2012. The Lost Buoys Tour in October and November 2012 covered Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, the UK, Ireland, Japan, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland. During the tour, the band performed on the television programme De Kruitfabriek on the Belgian channel VIER. In 2013, Clock Opera had a concert in Singapore and a short tour in Europe and also performed at the Pukkelpop festival in Belgium. A signature of Clock Opera's live shows is the use of metal tankards and trays as percussion instruments during the song "A Piece of String." ==Musical style== Clock Opera's songwriting process begins with instrumental and found sounds that Connelly cuts up and manipulates into samples. This process is illustrated in a series of "Making of" videos showing, for example, how sounds including a tattoo needle, a washing machine and the buzzer on the game Operation were used in the song "White Noise." The band builds on these foundations to create the music, and Connelly writes the lyrics, usually last. ==Band members== Guy Connelly – lead vocals, guitar, samples Che Albrighton – drums Nic Nell - keyboard, samples, bass, backing vocals Dan Armstrong – keyboards, samples, backing vocals Andy West – bass, guitar ==Discography== ===Albums=== Ways to Forget (Moshi Moshi/Island, 23 April 2012) Venn (!K7/League of Imaginary Nations, 10 February 2017) Carousel (!K7/League of Imaginary Nations, 7 February 2020) ===EPs=== "A Piece of String Remixes" (Maman Records, 7 June 2010) "Once and for All" (Kitsuné, 25 October 2010) "Lesson No.7" (Moshi Moshi/Island, 3 October 2011) "Man Made" (Moshi Moshi/Island, 16 April 2012) "You've Got What I Need" (League of Imaginary Nations, 3 November 2017) "Run Remixes" (League of Imaginary Nations, 20 November 2020) ===Singles=== "White Noise" (Pure Groove Records, 16 November 2009) "A Piece of String" (Maman Records, 7 June 2010) "Belongings" (Moshi Moshi, 9 May 2011) "Once and for All" (Moshi Moshi/Island, 3 February 2012) "Belongings" (Moshi Moshi/Island, 30 July 2012) "The Lost Buoys" (Moshi Moshi/Island, 5 November 2012) "Be Somebody Else" (!K7/League of Imaginary Nations, 20 September 2019) "Carousel" (!K7/League of Imaginary Nations, 1 November 2019) "Imaginary Nation" (!K7/League of Imaginary Nations, 10 January 2020) "Locked In" (!K7/League of Imaginary Nations, 4 May 2022) "Houses of Novelty" (!K7/League of Imaginary Nations, 17 May 2022) ===Music videos=== "White Noise" - directed by Aoife McArdle "Once and for All (original version)" - directed by Duckeye "Belongings" - directed by Andy West "Lesson No.7" - directed by Aoife McArdle "Once and for All (album version)" - directed by Ben Strebel "Man Made" - directed by Ben Reed "The Lost Buoys" - directed by Ben Strebel "Whippoorwill" - directed by Andy West "Closer" - directed by Jey Mal "You've Got What I Need" - directed by Andy West "Carousel" - directed by Nic Nell & Guy Connelly ===Remixes=== Remixes are done by Guy Connelly under the name Clock Opera. Architecture in Helsinki - "Contact High" Au Revoir Simone - "Tell Me" and "Let the Night Win" Blood Orange - "Champagne Coast" Christine and the Queens - "Tilted" The Drums - "Me and the Moon" Everything Everything - "MY KZ, UR BF" Feist - "How Come You Never Go There" Gris-de-Lin - "Sprung" Charlotte Gainsbourg - "Anna" The Golden Filter - "Hide Me" Marina and the Diamonds - "I Am Not a Robot" Metronomy - "The Bay" Niki & the Dove - "Somebody" Phenomenal Handclap Band - "Baby" Tracey Thorn - "You Are a Lover" ==References== ==External links==

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