Rush Gets "Punked"

...Steampunked, that is. Clockwork Angels is the new album from Rush, and Neil Peart (Drummer and Lyicist) has written a Steampunk story in the form of a concept album with a novelization forthcoming by award winning Sci-Fi writer, Kevin J. Anderson.

Peart, Lifeson, Lee

The album itself gets back to the band's roots with more of the 3-piece and less keyboards. Headlong Flight really sounds like classic Rush. There are a few other stand-out songs but I think I'll give it a few more listens before I comment more. As always Alex Lifeson's guitar work is excellent and Peart's drumming is perfect. Time has started to take it's toll on Geddy Lee as his higher vocal range is diminishing, but he gets to show off a bit more bass work since he's freed from the confines of the keys.

The novelization of the story set forth in the album will be out in September. It tells of a young man's journey across a landscape of Steampunk and Alchemy and of course he gets caught between the forces of order and chaos, as in all good stories....