Clockwork Angels

Clockwork Angels by Rush
CD Bins - Rock - R

The newest album from Canadian progressive rock group Rush is amazing. I've been a fan of Rush for years. Whenever you're a life-long fan of a music group, you begin to worry that each album is as good as it can possibly get for them. How could Rush possibly top themselves again? Well, they've done it. I really, really loved Snakes & Arrows (2007), but Clockwork Angels is just as good. It's a concept album with a companion science fiction novel, coming in September (Clockwork Angels: The Novel by Kevin Anderson, who's a long-time friend of drummer Neil Peart). Themes of time, angels, miracles, divinity, voyages, and characters called "The Watchmaker," "The Anarchist," and "The Pedlar" create steam-punk greatness. Halo Effect, Wish Them Well, and The Garden are among my favorite tracks, but there's not a bad song on the album! Rush is touring soon, making a stop in Detroit on September 18. Get your tickets soon!