Hey Clockface

Rock · 2020 · 14 tracks · 49m

Hey Clockface

A restless, globe-trotting collection moving from industrial snarl to elegant Parisian jazz. Sophisticated, scattered, and deeply literate.

October 30, 2020 · Concord Records

A restless and sophisticated journey through urban isolation and intellectual curiosity.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks · 49m

01

Revolution #49

2:41

02

No Flag

3:57

03

They’re Not Laughing at Me Now

4:26

04

Newspaper Pane

4:10

05

I Do (Zula’s Song)

3:49

06

We Are All Cowards Now

3:36

07

Hey Clockface / How Can You Face Me?

2:56

08

The Whirlwind

3:18

09

Hetty O’Hara Confidential

4:14

10

The Last Confession of Vivian Whip

3:00

11

What Is It That I Need That I Don’t Already Have?

3:47

12

Radio Is Everything

4:26

13

I Can’t Say Her Name

2:58

14

Byline

2:40

Moments Worth Listening For

The jarring industrial crunch of No Flag that sounds like a basement punk session

The transition into the elegant, woodwind-drenched jazz of the Paris-recorded tracks

The haunting spoken word delivery on Radio Is Everything over a bed of cello and trumpet

Reviews

AllMusic

Where This Album Departs

How does Hey Clockface sound next to the rest of Elvis Costello's catalogue?

Restless+3.7σ

Restless saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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