{"id":1440,"date":"2008-05-21T21:52:35","date_gmt":"2008-05-22T01:52:35","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-05-21T21:52:35","modified_gmt":"2008-05-21T21:52:35","slug":"clinic-lemgdo-it-l-emg-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/clinic-lemgdo-it-l-emg-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinic Do It!<\/em> Again"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An appealing sense of revenge and antisocial impulses run through the music of Clinic<\/strong>, the surgical masked quartet from Liverpool that’s been making pretty much the same passively sinister album since their first long-player in 1999. On Do It!<\/em> the band does it again, and why not? Every psychological horror movie is worth a sequel or four. Do fans of The Omen<\/em> series bother complaining that the third installment was not as good as the first one? I think not. Such films work within a narrow frame and provide a balance of tingles and giggles. As children of children of the damned, Clinic work their mystic garage magic within the pentangle.<\/p>\n

“Do It”<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

“The Witch (Made to Measure)”<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Do It!<\/em> introduces the Satanic skiffle of “Tomorrow”, which sounds like Donovan<\/strong> fronting Psychic TV<\/strong>. Singer Ade Blackburn<\/strong>‘s acidic tone recalls Malcolm McDowell<\/strong>‘s Alex character from A Clockwork Orange<\/em>. Alex and his droog buddies would have gotten off on new Clinic songs like “High Coin” and “The Witch (Made to Measure)”, the latter with it rumbling beat, spring-reverbed guitar riff, droning melodies, muted cries from the attic supplied by organ and backing vocals. If you’ve got a chip on your shoulder but are not the type to outright kick some ass in the traditional rockin’ dude sense, Clinic’s music provides a soundtrack for your stunted idea of “acting out.” Trust me.<\/p>\n