Single review: Clock Opera – Once And For All
Starting with probably the fastest (though perhaps not the most complicated) piano I’ve ever heard, Clock Opera’s ‘Once and For All’ is inspired by a play ‘Once And For All We’re Gonna Tell You Who We Are So Shut Up And Listen’ about what it’s like to be 13 years old. Listening to the lyrics however it sounds more like a wake up call from a grown man who has lost his way and his identity. When Guy Connelly sings ‘when we did we forget what knew/when did we grow up and when did we lose/everything we were so sure of back then/how do we know it won’t happen again‘ his voice is filled with so much emotion you almost feel sorry for him. As the speed piano subsides it’s replaced by a brilliantly rousing build up of guitars, keyboards and drums which nicely underline Connelly’s message not to give up on life and let it pass you; ‘get up get out stand up and shout your name‘. The two supporting tracks are remixes by Little Loud and Clive Tanaka respectively, and while I have little time for remixes, Tanaka’s take ‘Once And For All’ is almost as good as the original as it manages to emphasise the emotion in Connelly’s voice even more by stripping it back to just a heartbeat bass line and dreamy synth. 4/5
Mark Cousens
Out now on Kitsune
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