One of the prog rock albums that has been in my music rotation for a while now is The Clockwork Man by This Winter Machine . This Winter Machine is a multi award-winning Neo Prog band from the United Kingdom. It was formed in 2016 by vocalist/song-writer Al Winter
About This Winter Machine
This Winter Machine began as a quintet originally comprised of :Al Winter (voices), Gary Jevon (guitars), Marcus Murray (drums), Mark Numan (keyboards), and Peter Priestly (bass) –
The band’s early influences included: the pioneers of 70s Symphonic Progressive or 80s Neo-Progressive scene. Major influencers of the band came from Marillion, IQ, Pendragon, Porcupine Tree, Opeth, Rush and Genesis. Their first album was titled The Man Who Never Was. It was released in 2017.
The Man who Never Was was well received by audiences, press and radio worldwide. Their second album ‘A Tower of Clocks’ solidified their standing in Prog Rock circles. ‘Kites’ the band’s third album saw a major revision in the musician line-up. The album garnered both critical and audience acclaim after its release in 2021. The album continued to expand their fan-base.
The Clockwork Man
The Clockwork Man was released in December of 2023. And is the band’s fourth album, This is the album I’ve been listening to and really like! The musician line-up looks like this…..
Al Winter / vocals
– John Cook / guitars
– Leigh Perkins / keyboards, whistles, backing vocals
– Dave Close / bass
– Alan Wilson / drums
With:
– Andre Saint / vocals (track 4)
– Ade Fisher / guitar solo (track 1, part 2)s.
I’m not going to discuss all of the tracks in this post. You can read a review that does that here I’ll just say like everything about this album The vocals are strong (with lyrics I can understand!), the guitar work is great and the songs are all interesting! So Check It Out! As for me I have three other albums from the band to check out!
Links for the Further Exploration of the Music of This Winter Machine
Here is the official lyric video for “The River” the opening track of The Clockwork Man
