1 Dragon's Dance Circulus, Tyack 3:20
2 Song of Our Despair Circulus, Tyack 4:57
3 Willow Tree Circulus, Tyack 4:56
4 Wherever She Goes Circulus, Tyack 4:18
5 Velocity Races Circulus, Tyack 4:03
6 To the Fields Circulus, Tyack 3:22
7 Bourée Traditional 3:17
8 This Is the Way Circulus, Tyack 5:34
9 Reality's a Fantasy Circulus, Tyack 8:22
'Clocks Are Like People' is the follow up to 2005's 'The Lick On The Tip Of An Envelope Yet To Be Sent' from South London prog-rock outfit Circulus. Combining modern and medieval instruments to create a truly unique sound with a highly creative yet more laid back, confident air. Includes the single'Swallow'
A more mellow feel that their previous release, with a fabulous rich sound. The stunning 'Song of Our Despair' is straight out of 1972/1572.
Circulus might at first glance seem like a bit of a novelty band - not a bit of it! The lyrics are sublime, the musicianship is fantastic.
This is without a doubt the best album I've heard for a long time.
'Lick On The Tip...' was great, but this surpasses it in every way.
I love all the songs on the album but the final track, 'Reality Is Fantasy' is a beautiful proggy epic finale (with a wicked little drum solo). Moogtastic!
What a great way to follow up the Lick of.... and, as we could have expected, an equally strange name for the album (a line from Trumpton).
I must admit to having heard many of these tunes in live performances, which are unmissable. This is spacey folk music with a really solid groove - so Circulus gigs are brilliant for losing inhabitions and getting down to some bad dancing.
This album picks up many of the disparate ingredients of the ancient-but-modern circulus recipe, but changes some of the measures. You get equal dollops of catchy songwriting, especially Song of Despair (an equal to My Body is Made of Sunlight) and again we finish with an extended proggy workout. However, there is more noticeable use of the crumhorns and recorders on this record. Fear not, he moog is just as squelchy, and updates a few of the numbers which could otherwise pass as almost traditional folk.
However, there seems to be a slightly different set of production values - it sounds a little more soft-rock at times, but I like it. The only reason it loses a star is that the lyrics are not quite as inspired as on the last album, focusing rather more on imagery of a mythical and romantic past. There is a noticeable exception ;Velocity Races has some of the oddest lyrics I have ever heard, listing the phone number for a skip company in central London. This rescues a rather weak track.
This is so much better than I expected, since it can't be easy to put together a Circulus album, and this seems to come hot on the heels of the masterpiece debut
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