If Clinic werent around the world would likely be a duller place. Liverpools third greatest band ever (the Beatles and the Bunnymen have a slight edge) has come out with their second album proper and its a doozy. Known for their strange costumes, singer Ade Blackburns abnormal lyrics and that distinctive melodica, Clinic knows how to make a half-an-hour interesting. Containing the spirits of Can, the Fall and Dick Dale, Clinics music is absurdist avant-garde garage surf rock with the right amount of pop mixed in to give you something to hum about. "Harmony contains a haunting echo of a backdrop, with the melodica and piano creating a tugboat in the fog-type atmosphere. Tracks like "Walking With Thee and "Pet Eunoch inhabit the ghost of the Sex Pistols snarl, while "Come Into Our Room plays like the soundtrack to a murder mystery. Its almost childish to feel this excited when you listen to a record, but Walking With Thee is one of those timeless records that will be referenced repeatedly in the years to come.
(Domino Recording Company)Clinic
Walking With Thee
BY Cam LindsayPublished Mar 1, 2002