Pool Of Sound - Clinic

Clinic

'Clinic' is a rock band formed in 1997 out of the ashes of former band 'Pure Morning' who began life in Crosby, Liverpool in 1993. They would reform as 'Clinic' in 1997 when the two long time friends Ade Blackburn on guitar, keyboards and vocals and Jonathon Hartley on guitar and keyboards got together on their new project, recruiting Brian Campbell on bass guitar, flute and vocals together with Carl Turney on drums, piano and vocals. Their initial intention was to create a sound that was less abrasive and less garage or punk sounding.
Initially they had a penchant for gathering their musical instruments from thrift shops and jumble sales, especially vintage keyboards/organs. They also decided early on that it would be a novel idea to wear surgical outfits and masks to give the band an identity of its own rather than the traditional way of focussing on the singer and the posturing that goes with that.

Their first EP, 'I.P.C. Subeditors Dictate Our Youth' was released on their own Aladdin's Cave of Golf record label and actually made John Peel's Festive Fifty at the end of 1997. Two other self-financed singles followed in 1998, 'Monkey On Your Back' and 'Cement Mixer'.

Live at the reading Festival 1997

In 1999 the band signed to Domino records and released their debut album 'Internal Wrangler' in 2000.  Album tracks 'The Second Line', 'The Return of Evil Bill' and 'Distortions' were released as singles, with 'The Second Line' later reissued after being used in a television advertisement for Levi Jeans. Their album 'Internal Wrangler' was voted No.9 in Pitchfork's best albums of the year and in the same year they toured with 'Radiohead'.

Debut album - Internal Wrangler

Two further albums followed; 'Walking With Thee', nominated for a Grammy for Best Alternative Album of 2002 and 'Winchester Cathedral' which was released in 2004. There was also an appearance on the 'Late Show with David Letterman' where they performed 'Walking With Thee'. 
The band released their fourth album 'Visitations' in October 2006 with 'Tusk', a single from the  album, being made available as a free download from their official website in February 2006.

The band have carved out a niche as Liverpool’s finest post-punk export in sometime. Four men in surgical scrubs and masks, occasionally swapping the scrubs for Hawaiian shirts, playing post-punk music with vintage organs, off-key melodies and nonsense lyrics doesn’t sound like a recipe for a good night out – but it really does seem to work.

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