Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Rush wraps up Clockwork Angels recording
According to a tweet from Rush sound engineer Rich Chycki from earlier today, Rush has wrapped up their 2-month stint of recording at Revolution Studio in Toronto for their upcoming Clockwork Angels album.
2 months at Revolution Studio in Toronto. Thanks for the hospitality guys! #wrapped
Although he doesn't explicitly mention Rush in this tweet, it's apparent from other recent tweets and interviews that the Rush recording is what's being referred to here. The fact that the recording is finished has also been corroborated by other anonymous sources close to the band. Rush have mixing booked for after the New Year and should be on track for a Spring release. Guitar World readers recently voted Clockwork Angels as the most anticipated album of 2012.
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#36 Is this some kind of IQ test?
#16: IMO, the four albums you brought up (Power Windows, Counterparts, Vapor Trails, and Snakes and Arrows) were each the best they'd done in years. Power Windows is at least the best since Moving Pictures. Counterparts is better than everything between it and Power Windows. Vapor Trails is better than Test For Echo and about as good as Counterparts. Snakes and Arrows is better than everything since Power Windows.
Great news, new album!
Now let the leaks begin...
#32, I think you are right about the Signals to GUP transition. The guitars are brought out more in the GUP mix, it is also the first post-Terry Brown album which changed things. I don't play guitar so my comment on them is really a question but it seemed that Alex had a heavier sound on Signals but it was just turned down in the mix. I think Analog Kid could have been a greater guitar song. You have a good point on Between the Wheels though. I'm wondering if Alex' guitar selection played a big part in that, less Gibson crunch, more lighter sound.
I hope they play Red Barchetta.....
#30 - Good points although surely the guitar got heavier moving from Signals (where you can barely hear it in the mix on some tracks) to GUP (where for example on Between the Wheels, the sound is arguably as heavy as anything which preceded it)?
"Best work in years." Yeah, we've heard it before. If anything the 2 released tracks sound a little bit more refined and heavy like Counterparts. No real sudden or mystifying changes so far. And if they play any songs from the album it will probably all be the Clockwork Angels suite, the 5 tracks together. I hope it doesn't take away from changing a few tracks for the rest of the setlist.
My fear is they change just the Moving Pictures set with Clockwork Angels songs and keep everything else the same. After all, they haven't played a radically different setlist on 2 different tours in back-to-back years since the Second Tour of the Nadars I think, Pre-Power Windows Warmup and then the regular PW tour. A hell of a long time.
I agree with #26, great post! A fifth decade might be more than rare, I'm not sure any band has been as consistent as Rush. Five decades with no lineup changes and only one five year break which had nothing to do with music issues.
Regarding "best in years" album releases, I'm not sure Power Windows fits into that type of assessment. I think that through HYF technology, mostly keyboards, influenced their sound and they went in one direction. In the 80's it seemed that many songs were written by Geddy on the keyboard (thankfully they were not on a Geddy solo album).
Starting with Presto this changed. When Couterparts was released I remember it being called their 'best' (or heaviest) since MP. Before Presto was released I don't think you could compare one album to another. From Rush to HYF I don't think the guitar sound ever got heavier. If anything it diminished, the music progressed in one direction. That isn't the case now, things bounce around a bit so you can make comparisons to older albums.
Love the boys! Love the music! Love the band! Rush can do no wrong! They are progressive rock legends!
Bring it on. From all the discussions that have been coming out of the band's camp, it sounds like CA will be a stripped down evolution of the last two records (and of course, with a concept piece). To me, that sounds like perfection.
#16: I definitely thought Power Windows was *not* Rush's "best in years". To me, it was a letdown from GUP (and then Hold Your Fire was the band's nadir, IMHO). S&A is undoubtedly my favorite since Permanent Waves. VT was a touch too overproduced for my tastes ... and of course there's the horrible mastering job. When you hear the VT tunes live, you realize how incredible that album could have been.
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