Clinic formed in 1997, when longtime friends Ade Blackburn (vocals/guitars/keyboards) and Jonathan Hartley (guitars/keyboards) left their previous band, Pure Morning. To complete their new project's lineup, they recruited Brian Campbell (bass/flute/vocals) and Carl Turney (drums/piano/vocals). The band embellished on their punk and garage rock roots with keyboards they found at flea markets and jumble sales, as heard on their debut EP, I.P.C. Subeditors Dictate Our Youth. Released on their own Aladdin's Cave of Golf label, it reached number nine in John Peel's Festive 50 singles roundup of 1997. The following year, Clinic issued the equally well-received singles "Cement Mixer" and "Monkey on My Back." A bidding war followed, and the band signed with Domino Records in 1999 because of the label's diverse roster and independent spirit. Clinic's first release for Domino was that year's The Second Line, an EP whose title track was famously used in ads for Levi's Jeans in the U.K. The song also appeared on Clinic's acclaimed 2000 debut album, Internal Wrangler, which was over a year in the making and, like their previous releases, self-financed. In support of the album, they appeared at Scott Walker's Meltdown and All Tomorrow's Parties festivals and toured with Radiohead.
In 2001, Clinic returned to the studio and recorded their second album in less than a month. Appearing in March 2002, Walking with Thee provided a more spacious, atmospheric take on the group's sound and earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Alternative Music Album. Following Walking with Thee's success, Clinic took a different approach while making their next album. The band opted for a rougher, nearly demo-quality sound on Winchester Cathedral, which arrived in August 2004. For their fifth full-length, Clinic reunited with Gareth Jones, who mixed Internal Wrangler and helped them give 2006's Visitations a rawness that harked back to the band's early days. In June 2007, the band issued the B-sides collection Funf. Clinic then revisited their psych and garage rock leanings on Do It!, a self-produced set of songs that Domino released in April 2008.
Clinic changed gears once more on October 2010's Bubblegum, recruiting producer John Congleton for its gentler, chamber pop-inspired sound. The following April, the band delivered the covers EP Ladies Night, which featured a version of Man 2 Man's "Male Stripper," as a release for that year's Record Store Day. On their next album, Clinic made one of the biggest shifts to their distinctive style. Self-produced and featuring mixes by Oneohtrix Point Never's Daniel Lopatin, November 2012's Free Reign combined experimental electronics influenced by Kraftwerk and Yellow Magic Orchestra with psychedelia and free jazz. The band's chemistry with Lopatin was so potent that the producer remixed the album as March 2013's Free Reign II.
Following Free Reign's release, Clinic went on hiatus. During the band's time off, Blackburn and Hartley formed Higher Authorities, a side project that let them indulge their love of dub more deeply than they could with Clinic. Featuring collaborations with legendary dub producer Adrian Sherwood, the duo's debut album, Neptune, arrived in April 2016. That May, Clinic resurfaced to perform with John Cale at his Liverpool performance of the Velvet Underground's classic album The Velvet Underground & Nico. In May 2019, the band returned with their eighth album, Wheeltappers and Shunters. Taking its name from a British variety TV show from the '70s, the album combined some of Clinic's most straightforward songwriting with a satirical take on politics and nostalgia.
Biography by Heather Phares
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Clinic Lyrics
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All our boys are still in town
Hack, hack, hacking off their nose
Went and pissed on all the show
You're pollution and I know
You're pollution ?
You couldn't blow, blow into your loaf
Become one pretty tickle son
Plastic grasper is at the punch
Mummy money don't you blush
Hack, hack, hack who'd ever thought
Went and pissed on all the bores
You're pollution and I know
You're pollution ?
You couldn't blow, blow into your loaf
You couldn't blow, blow into your loaf
You couldn't blow, blow into your loaf
Each dilution wasn't slow as the
Chunks and chunks went cold
Mystic Lisper is in the pink
Why is the morning makes you blink
Hack, hack, hack who'd ever think
Went and pissed on all the stink
You're pollution and I know
You're pollution and I know
You're pollution ?
You couldn't blow, blow into your loaf
You couldn't blow, blow into your loaf
You couldn't blow, blow into your loaf
You couldn't blow or be told
The song "2/4" by Clinic features abstract lyrics that can be interpreted in various ways. The lyrics seem to have a surreal and fragmented quality that makes it difficult to understand the song's meaning. However, the song's themes revolve around pollution and disdain for conformity. The first verse of the song describes boys who are still in town, but they are disfigured, with their noses hacked off. The singer is angry and believes that these boys have ruined the show. The chorus of the song repeats the phrase "You're pollution, and I know," with the singer expressing his frustration at someone who is polluting the world around him. The second verse refers to a plastic grasper who has access to money from his mother. These lines are probably referring to someone who is manipulating things to benefit himself or herself. The singer, once again, expresses a desire to destroy this individual as they are "pissing on all the bores." The final verse of the song focuses on a "Mystic Lisper" who is feeling positive while the world is filled with problems. The singer is frustrated with this person's apparent lack of awareness and is angry that they "pissed on all the stink."
Line by Line Meaning
Come my Lucien come and gloat
Addressing someone named Lucien and inviting them to revel in a situation.
All our boys are still in town
All of the male individuals are currently present in the location.
Hack, hack, hacking off their nose
Violently cutting off the noses of others.
Went and pissed on all the show
Disrupting or degrading a performance or exhibition.
You're pollution and I know
Addressing someone as being harmful and destructive to the environment or social order.
You're pollution ?
Asking a question about someone's contamination or corrupt presence.
You couldn't blow, blow into your loaf
Being unable to inflate or expand oneself.
Become one pretty tickle son
Becoming a charming or pleasing child.
Plastic grasper is at the punch
A non-organic or fake grasp is exerting power or influence.
Mummy money don't you blush
A parent’s financial support being flaunted without shame.
Hack, hack, hack who'd ever thought
Expressing disbelief or shock at someone's violent or destructive actions.
Went and pissed on all the bores
Showing disrespect or disdain towards uninteresting or dull individuals.
Each dilution wasn't slow as the
Every weakening or thinning was rapid in pace.
Chunks and chunks went cold
Thick pieces became frigid or stale.
Mystic Lisper is in the pink
Someone named Mystic Lisper is in a good or favorable position.
Why is the morning makes you blink
Questioning why the morning causes an involuntary response of closing one's eyes.
Hack, hack, hack who'd ever think
Expressing disbelief or shock at someone's violent or destructive actions.
Went and pissed on all the stink
Showing disrespect or disdain towards something foul or unpleasant.
You couldn't blow or be told
Refusing to accept advice or instruction from others and being incapable of expanding oneself.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: BLACKBURN, CAMPBELL, HARTLEY, TURNEY
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Diachronism 01
Clinic's Happy Hardcore moment.
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