Clockwork Rush

It is no secret that Rush is my favorite band. They were the first band I listened to thanks to my dad, a lifelong diehard. The complex music plus their desire to continue to improve has kept me listening to them for 15 years now. Just this past year they released their 20th studio album, Clockwork Angels. An amazing feat for a band approaching 40 years in the industry. Even more amazing is that this may very well be their most ambitious and complete album to date.

Although throughout their career, Rush has performed many concept songs, this is the first time they have done a full blown concept album. It's a standard Rush story about a young man unsatisfied with the way he is told life is supposed to be. Set in a steam punk world the narrator leaves his village because he 'can't stop dreaming big.'