Clinic - Wild in the Streets 30th October

Clinic announce tenth album ‘Wild In The Streets’ will be released on October 30th | News | Domino

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*The tenth album of Clinic’s career, Wild In The Streets takes the current temperature of the nation in their own inimitable style. These dozen songs are marked by urgency, surreal wordplay and trademark wit. For a band determined to chart their own course, Clinic continue to push forward in new and unexpected ways.

Nearly 30 years since they first founded Clinic as a quartet, Blackburn and Hartley’s chemistry remains as potent as it ever was, perhaps even more so. “We’ve known each other since school,” says Blackburn. “Hartley was always interested in electronics and drum machines, even as a teenager. He’s into rhythms, whether it’s reggae and funk or more conventional guitar music, whereas I was always into songs and melodies. I think that’s why Clinic works so well.”

Wild In The Streets is now set to take its place beside past triumphs like 2000’s Internal Wrangler, 2006’s Visitations and 2012’s Free Reign. “We’ve always had this absolute faith in what we do,” Blackburn adds. “It’s relatively outsider-ish music, but that’s something that’s motivated us to keep going, because it’s good to have things that are a little out on the fringes. There’s just not enough of that kind of music these days.”*

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Yup, still sound like Clinic!

And I’m still very happy about it!

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Thought Wheeltappers and Shunters was really strong but wasn’t into Fantasy Island at all. Hopefully I’ll like this one.

I really enjoyed Fantasy Island, a mutant disco take on Clinic. Seems like this is along the same lines. I like to imagine them as Blackpool entertainers, welcoming us to an outdated and kind of creepy freak show. That’s the vibe. Seems like they’re just a partnership since Wheeltappers.

These guys are still really good, unique compared to a lot of the bands they came up around. Sad to see interest fell off the cliff.

I can’t believe there’s only one other Clinic thread and it only has one reply.

Sure they have a relatively limited sound palette, but what a sound palette!

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I imagine some long gaps between albums (2012-2019 and 2021-now) didn’t help