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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The Vulture
Clinic Lyrics
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Sow them up like any other, sow them up like one you know
Sow them up like one you know, sow them up like one you know
Vulture vulture uncovered vulture vulture disclosed
And the best you left here for others, is the best the rest of us know
Gilly in the summer lazing in the warmth and in the glow
Sow them up like one you know, sow them up like one you know
Vulture vulture uncovered vulture vulture disclosed
And the best you left here for others, is the best the rest of us know
Vulture vulture in pieces, vulture vulture disclosed
And the best you left other people, is the best the rest of us know
The song 'The Vulture' by Clinic has a haunting and cryptic quality to its lyrics. The opening verse introduces Nita and her black-haired mother, sitting together in warmth and glow, and being sewn up like any other person. The repetition of the line "sow them up like one you know" is an indication of how death and loss are commonplace, and how we all get stitched up and forgotten like everyone else. The imagery of a vulture is introduced in the chorus, which suggests that the singer is observing from a distance, waiting to swoop in and feast on the remains of the dead. The vulture is an omen of death and decay, and it is said to uncover and disclose the truth behind the cover-ups and facades that people put up.
As the verse progresses, a new character is introduced - Gilly, who is similarly lazing in the warmth and glow of summertime. Again, the singer emphasizes that Gilly is no different from anyone else, and her eventual death will be no different from Nita's or her mother's. The chorus repeats, reinforcing the message that the best that we leave behind for others is the truth about ourselves, even if it is exposed by a vulture after we are gone. The final line is a variation of the earlier line, suggesting that the vulture itself is in pieces, perhaps a metaphor for how death breaks things apart and leaves nothing but fragments.
Overall, 'The Vulture' is a song that reflects on life and death, and the fragility of human existence. The cryptic lyrics leave many questions unanswered, but there is a sense of melancholy and acceptance that runs through the song, as if the singer knows that death is inevitable, and that the best we can do is to leave behind an honest record of who we were.
Line by Line Meaning
Nita and her black haired mother in the warmth and in the glow
Nita and her mother are basking in the comfort and light of their surroundings
Sow them up like any other, sow them up like one you know
Treat them like any other person, like you would treat someone you're familiar with
Vulture vulture uncovered vulture vulture disclosed
The greedy and scavenging nature of humans is exposed
And the best you left here for others, is the best the rest of us know
The only good thing you left for others to inherit is the knowledge that can be gained from your experiences
Gilly in the summer lazing in the warmth and in the glow
Gilly is enjoying the summer season and the pleasant atmosphere it brings
Vulture vulture in pieces, vulture vulture disclosed
The hidden, ugly truth about human behavior is exposed and dismembered
And the best you left other people, is the best the rest of us know
The only thing you have to offer to others is the wisdom that you've gained and can pass on to them
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