Clinic

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About Clinic

One of indie's most distinctive and mysterious acts, Clinic combine decades' worth of familiar sounds in surprising ways. At any given moment, it's possible to hear shades of the Seeds' churning garage rock, the Velvet Underground's chugging cool, Suicide's icy pulse, Ennio Morricone's spaghetti Western drama, or Augustus Pablo's moody dub within their style. On 2000's Internal Wrangler, Clinic led with the raw strangeness of their music, then emphasized its sophistication on 2002's chilly Walking with Thee. Later, they explored folk (on 2006's Visitations), '60s pop (on 2010's Bubblegum), and experimental electronics (on 2012's Free Reign). Despite their accomplishments over the years -- touring with Radiohead, a Grammy nomination -- Clinic remained firmly outside of the mainstream with the acerbic political commentary of 2019's Wheeltappers and Shunters and the dreamy disco of 2021's Fantasy Island.

ORIGIN
Liverpool, England
FORMED
1997
GENRE
Alternative

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