RUSH Clockwork Angels - new vinyl:

The new Rush Lp, on vinyl, Clockwork Angels, absolutely the best Rush record in 25 years, my first reaction is - WTF - how can this be so good? Start to finish, a very organic sounding, back to the beginning and at the same time thoroughly today prog-adventure record, every track is just fabulous.

This is just a great record - from the starter "Caravan" straight through. And unlike last year's stop-gap Moving Pictures Live, where the damn MP3 files sounded better than the totally crap vinyl, this vinyl edition is not only clean, flat, quiet, well pressed, it sounds excellent, obviously a unique vinyl mastering. Obviously, this is being treated as a major release and handled with care - and you know what- it IS a major release.

This week, another Toronto band release an album - the much younger Metric put out Synthetica, a completely lame record by a bunch of proto-hipster posers fronted by a chalk on the board vocalist with lame, generic try too hard lyrics. 30 years on, Rush come back with a record that blows them away. These old guys are far from finished.

Comes with a download code for MP3 or FLAC files - thanks for that. Best $30 I have spent in a long time. Massively recommended.