Circu5 announce new album with video for Skin Machine

17 Dec 2024, 11:07 · louder

By Jerry Ewing
( Prog )
published 17 December 2024

UK prog trio Circu5 will release their new album Clockwork Tulpa in March

(Image credit: Dommett Young Photography)

UK progressive rockers Circu5 (pronounced Circa-five) have shared a video for brand new track Skin Machine. It follows the release of Freakshow Train, which won the band our Tracks Of The Week back in November.

It's taken from the trio's upcoming album Clockwork Tulpa which they will release on March 7. It's Circu5's first release as a full band. Mainman Steve Tilling formed the band as a solo venture back in 2012 and the new album comes nearly eight years after the band's eponymous 2017 debut. Tilling is now joined by former Tin Spirits leader Mark Kilminster and drummer Lee Moulding.

"With Mark and Lee in the band, Circu5 can now establish its own unique identity," says Tilling. "I'm excited about where we can take the band next."

Clockwork Tulpa continues the story of Grady: a troubled character moulded from birth by the band.

"It's a reflection on how people navigate the trauma of tough childhoods without falling prey to isolating belief systems," Tilling adds. "But ultimately, it's about making the best songs we can."

Pre-order supporters will have access to bonus materials, including posters, early-access downloads and 'The Vault': a boxed flash-drive collection featuring behind-the-scenes demos, lyrics and concepts from the album's creation.

Pre-order Clockwork Tulpa.

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Circu5: Clockwork Tulpa
1. Make No Sound
2. Sing Now
3. Freakshow Train
4. Skin Machine
5. Infinite Lucid Geometric Fever Dream
6. Clockwork Tulpa
7. Violet
8. Change the Weather
9. Don't Spare Me
10. Scars

Jerry Ewing

Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.

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