The Water Clocks
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States | SELF
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The music is like water. With only five songs on this album, The Water Clocks will have you begging for more... - Flocked Media
The music is like water. With only five songs on this album, The Water Clocks will have you begging for more... - Flocked Media
Craig Nelson doesn't look back often, but when he does, he smiles. The Water Clocks' frontman was in the thick of the mid-1990s West Michigan music explosion. The Verve Pipe, Knee Deep Shag, Fat Amy, Domestic Problems and Papa Vegas were all quarters on the edge of the platform, waiting for just the right break to send them pouring over into superstardom... - Recoil Magazine
Dramatic in phrasing and in chordal harmony, the songs on this disc draw from the shoegazing guitar electronicism of Mogwai and Interpol as well as the open melodic anthem styles of modern arena rockers Muse and Coldplay, bringing the intimate to the large scale and vice versa. The craft and musicianship of this Grand Rapids four-piece shines through on this polished and atmospheric rock recording – a follow-up EP will be released later this year as an artistic continuation of this recently formed band learning itself, but what they have now is certainly worth a listen. - Recoil Magazine
Dramatic in phrasing and in chordal harmony, the songs on this disc draw from the shoegazing guitar electronicism of Mogwai and Interpol as well as the open melodic anthem styles of modern arena rockers Muse and Coldplay, bringing the intimate to the large scale and vice versa. The craft and musicianship of this Grand Rapids four-piece shines through on this polished and atmospheric rock recording – a follow-up EP will be released later this year as an artistic continuation of this recently formed band learning itself, but what they have now is certainly worth a listen. - Recoil Magazine
Discography
The Water Clocks (2011)
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The Water Clocks sound has been honorably compared to the likes of Mogwai, Pink Floyd, Jeff Buckley and Ours with a sonic quality unique in and of itself. Pulling inspiration from epic and experimental rock, the band delivers a sonic landscape laden with hooky melodies, complex textures, and power.
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