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Clinic

A decade of funk, celebration and soft metal

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The new album ’Do It!’ is available now from Domino , iTunes and all good record stores.

The single ’The Witch (Made to Measure)’ is still available, backed by the exclusive track ’Earl Mallard’; and ’Free Not Free’ remains available for FREE download from the official site , backed by the exclusive b-side ’Thor’ and with accompanying artwork.

The band have a UK tour in April, with North American dates throughout May.

You can view a comprehensive collection of Clinic’s video’s here .

Biography

Clinic formed over easter in Liverpool ’97. First single ’IPC subeditors dictate our youth’ appeared that October, on their own Aladdin’s Cave of Golf label. As an opener it set the stall out for how their unique sound would progress; pounding rhythms, heavily distorted organ and intense vocals, a cryptic mix of surf punk with a mutant house beat. The single was top ten in John Peel’s festive fifty and ironically in both NME and Melody Maker. In an indie sense, the band had arrived (despite their ambitions lying elsewhere).

After two more Aladdin’s releases (both voodoo based), Clinic signed with Domino in ’99 and set about constructing the extreme dementia and peace that would become ’Internal Wrangler’. Their first album proper, ’Wrangler’ easily delivered on the promise of the early singles, sounding like nothing else extant, your planet or mine. A London NME astoria show followed, with the band in full Pearly King gear playing to an appreciative audience. A true celebration of the capital.

The second long player ’Walking With Thee’ came in 2002. A much spacier take on their sound but still containing the fuzzed organ freak out of the title track. Surreally and deservedly, the album was nominated for a grammy, through a year of growing intrigue in America. This included the genuinely disgraceful and captivating Beatlesesque appearance on the David Letterman show . Not for the faint hearted.

After a spate of living dangerously in ’03/’04 ’Winchester Cathedral’ began to take shape. A dense mass of psyche and senseless music hall, it was Clinic doing what they do best - ignoring the tenets and trends of the music industry. It was a British triumph, borne out of several joyous rural events and circus happenings.

October 2006 saw the release of a new record, ’Visitations’. ’Funf’, a compilation of b-sides from the last ten years was released in June 2007. Most recently, the band were special guests on Arcade Fire’s autumn 2007 tour of the UK.


[Click on album sleeves to purchase from iTunes]

Visit www.clinicvoot.org for further information, streaming live versions of songs on the new album, promotional and live videos, etc. AND you can buy music and merchanidise at the Online Shop - which now has four new T-shirt designs available.


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Member Since: 11/7/2005
Band Website: clinicvoot.org
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Photography: Amy Whitehouse


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Memphis Jug Band: :

We The: People: :

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Record Label: Domino
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Live Recordings and Radio Sessions - Part 3

Live at 229 Club, London, 9th April 2008 1.         &nbs p;    Memories 2.         &nbs p; &...
Posted by Clinic on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:35:00 PST

Live Recordings - Part 1

This is the first of several blogs seeking to provide a list of every known Clinic live and radio recording in existence. Additions, amendments, and copies would be warmly appreciated: Live Recording...
Posted by Clinic on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:21:00 PST

Live Recordings - Part 2

This is the second part of the list of live recordings and radio sessions: Maxwells, New Jersey, 24th June 2002 1.        Country Mile 2.    &nbs...
Posted by Clinic on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:24:00 PST

Gigography

For your reference, here is a list of Clinic shows: ..> ­­DATE LOCATION VENUE 14th April 1997 Manchester, UK Boardwalk 22nd Oct 1997 Glasgow, UK In The City 9th April1998 Manch...
Posted by Clinic on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:41:00 PST

Archive of On-Line Reviews

Album  Reviews Clinic Allmusic Flak Magazine Pitchfork TrouserPress.com Internal Wrangler Allmusic Almost Cool Angelfire Black Pitch Press Billboard Citypages Clevescene Delusions of...
Posted by Clinic on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:14:00 PST

Album Discography

Discography Here is a full discography of Clinic's official and promotional album releases.  Singles and other rarities will be added shortly. Albums  Official Releases     Title...
Posted by Clinic on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 02:48:00 PST

Direct Links to Videos

CLINIC OFFICIAL VIDEOS   Distortions   The Second Line   Come Into Our Room   Walking With Thee   The Magician   Circle Of Fifths    Country Mile   ...
Posted by Clinic on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 03:21:00 PST

On-Line Archive - Interviews

Interviews 1999 Bothsidesnow Ade - 1999 Saccharine - Ade - 1999   2000 Pink Tink Ade/Brian - 2000 IVenus.com Ade -2000   2001 Splendidezine Ade - 2001   2002 andPOP - Ade - 2002 ...
Posted by Clinic on Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:27:00 PST

On-Line Archive - General Sites, Articles, Discogs, etc

General Band Sites Official Website Online Shop Domino Site Clinicmusicfan.co.uk MySpace Allmusic BBC BBC - Keeping It Peel MTV  Wikipedia Billboard MTV Drowned in Sound Contact Music...
Posted by Clinic on Thu, 15 Dec 2005 03:21:00 PST

On-Line Archive - Sound & Vision

Videos Here are five of the bands videos to enjoy - youll need to register with the US Domino site, but it is well worth it:   Circle of Fifthshttp://www.dominorecordco.com/site/player.php?fil...
Posted by Clinic on Wed, 07 Dec 2005 02:37:00 PST