{"product_id":"time-clocks","title":"Time Clocks","description":"Time Clocks slowly comes into focus after the short atmospheric instrumental \"Pilgrimage\" sets the stage for a moody, cinematic record. In its brief minute, Joe Bonamassa plays a fat, melodic phrase that sounds uncannily like David Gilmour, a tone and aesthetic he'll return to throughout Time Clocks. Other blues and classic rock greats are alluded to on the album -- the winding riff propelling \"Notches\" harkens back to Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac, Clapton is always lurking around the corner -- but at this stage of his career Bonamassa is a stylist, tying together recognizable influences into something distinctively his own. Here, he's leaning toward somber introspection, filtering his musings on life and society through a Pink Floyd prism. Listen to the title track, where the stately tempo, backing vocals and stair-stepping minor-key riff all recall Floyd, yet he adds flourishes in his arrangements and solos that steer these astral sounds right down to earth. Much of Time Clocks rambles -- six of its ten songs are over six minutes, with another coming close to that mark -- but the blustering \"Questions and Answers\" shows that this wandering provides for a more interesting listen than when Bonamassa keeps things on the straight and narrow. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine","brand":"InnerSleeve","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41900821151909,"sku":"711574920716","price":32.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/6007\/1077\/files\/33087f5c20438e8fdfe10a8097ab0ea4.jpg?v=1777600313","url":"https:\/\/www.innersleeve.com\/en-gb\/products\/time-clocks","provider":"InnerSleeve","version":"1.0","type":"link"}