Liverpool's Clinic are one of the more interesting bands to emerge from these islands over the last twenty five years. Probably influenced by Suicide, (the New York Punk band rather than the act of extreme self-violence), as much as anyone else, they've stuck to their own cool road ever since and never failed to be less than diverting.
The same goes for latest album, Fantasy Island, their ninth in all. Boasting a similar sound, not radically different from the ones before, it holds your intrest, or at least it held mine. They're the model of quiet consitency. Content to dwell on the margins. as they always have been.
The influence of Suicide is still there. But their's is as good a shadow to labour under as any. Suicide themselves are still one of the most original and particular Rock and Roll bands there have ever been. Clinic prefer the quieter, more melodic, less attritional Suicide these days. He,y we're all getting on.
Fantasy Island sticks to its guns and is a worthy new entry to their canon. Long term fans of the band will not be disappointed. Fantasy Island is spooky and brim full of their trademark, dark wit as you'd expect. It sticks to its guns and is a worthy new entry to their story.
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