Lost in the Limelight

2024

Putting together "Lost in the Limelight" was like taking a trip down memory lane. We dug through our old recordings, argued over which tracks to include, and relived a lot of moments - good and bad. You'll hear our early stuff like "Clockwork Minds" and "Steel and Glass" - man, we were so green back then, but there's an energy there that still gets us pumped. Then there's tracks like "Swinging on Ropes" and "Johnny Flies" from when we were really into storytelling. The more recent stuff like "Every Line on My Face" and "Waves We'd Ride" - that still hits close to home. We've included a new track too, "The Rain Will Cease." With everything going on in Ukraine, we felt we had to say something, you know? Music's always been our way of making sense of the world. This album isn't just a best-of thing for us - it's like flipping through an old photo album. Each song brings back memories of where we were, what we were going through. If you've been with us from the start, we hope this collection brings back some good memories for you too. And if you're new to our stuff, well, this is us in a nutshell. Thanks for giving us a listen - it means the world to us.

Time

2014

"Time" hit different for us. We were all going through some heavy stuff - losing people, dealing with health scares, watching our parents age. It got us thinking about our own mortality, you know? "Every Line on My Face" came from staring in the mirror one morning and really seeing myself for the first time in years. "The Ages of the End" - that one poured out after a pretty rough night worrying about the future. But it wasn't all doom and gloom. "Flames" and "We Stand as One" - those were like our pep talks to ourselves. We needed to remind ourselves to keep pushing forward. Losing Derek hit us hard, and "Waves We'd Ride" was our way of keeping his memory alive. "Lost in the Limelight" came from this weird place of finally getting some recognition but feeling kind of lost in it all. From the driving beat of "Heartland" to the nostalgia trip of "To the Nights We'll Remember," this album is us working through a lot of stuff. It wasn't always easy to write or record, but it felt important, you know? If you give it a listen, you're basically hearing us figure out life in real-time.

Human

2009

With "Human," we wanted to push ourselves. We'd been reading a lot, watching movies, just soaking up stories, you know? So we thought, why not try telling some of those stories through our music? "Against All Odds" came after we watched this documentary about Kurt Warner - his story just floored us. "Johnny Flies" is totally made up, but it's kind of based on this guy we knew in high school. We had a blast with "Bonnie & Clyde," imagining what it'd be like to be on the run like that. "Fast Machines and Quiet Dreams" - that one's for Steve McQueen, because who doesn't want to be that cool? We really stretched ourselves with "Light and Shadow," trying to capture Caravaggio's life in a song. That was tough, but we learned a lot. "The Void" came from a late-night conversation about what we'd do if we were astronauts faced with an impossible choice. Making this album wasn't always smooth sailing - we argued, we stayed up way too late, we scrapped whole songs and started over. But man, when it all came together, it felt amazing. We hope when you listen to it, you can feel some of that excitement we felt creating it.

Americana

2006

Our first album as Clockwork Minds came straight from our hearts. Growing up in Allentown, we were surrounded by this mix of industrial grit and wide-open spaces. We poured all that into songs like "Steel Heart" and "American Steam." Man, writing those was like reliving our teens, working summer jobs in the factories. "American Highway" came from those long drives we'd take just to clear our heads. We got pretty personal with "Boys Don't Cry" - that one's about the stuff we never felt we could talk about growing up. "Stolen Kisses" is just us goofing around, remembering our first crushes. We wrapped it up with "Anthem" because, well, we were feeling pretty fired up about everything. Looking back, "Americana" was us figuring out who we were as a band. We threw in everything we loved - big guitars, pounding drums, and choruses we could imagine people singing along to in a packed venue. If you give it a spin, you'll basically be hearing the soundtrack of our lives up to that point.