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Internal Wrangler: The title track. Again the usual guitars and drums combo only they've opted for a more electronic sounding theme throughout. This one sounds a lot like something The Velvet Underground might sing. Quite eerie really.
DJ Shangri La: Sounds very much like a funeral march ... Read review
From a seedy underworld of gothic malevolence and bad voodoo comes this, Clinic's ... more
long-awaited debut album. OnInternal Wrangler, these four serious young conceptual post-punkers pull on their emergency-room overalls and go about dissecting the dark und...
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From a seedy underworld of gothic malevolence and bad voodoo comes this, Clinic's ... more
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Advantages: great tracks and sounds, bit different Disadvantages: not long enough
...quite catchy.
Internal Wrangler: The title track. Again the usual guitars and drums combo only they've opted for a more electronic sounding theme throughout. This one sounds a lot like something The Velvet Underground might sing. Quite eerie really.
DJ Shangri La: Sounds very much like a funeral march at the beginning. A church organ with a bell being tolled. Although this doesn't have any lyrics and it only lasts 52 seconds ... .../> The Second Line: Slow paced and one of the more oddly sung songs. This is more drum based, but only very softly played. The Second Line slyly chants in the chorus when you're not expecting it to and ends pretty abruptly.
C Q: One of the quickly paced songs. Louder drums and guitars with more of a shouty voice but still quite softly. It's more spoken than any of the other songs but it only lasts about 1 minute.
I would never of come across this album or the band for that matter had I not of been a keen user of Spotify. As it was under the section for what you may like I clicked on it and the rest, as they say, is history.
Their first album, 3eps, was released in 1999 so The Clinics are not a newly formed band. After listening to it you can tell that their style has not changed too much. Still just as odd with slightly bizarre lyrics. "I've pictured you in coffins, my baby's in a coffin" Those few lines are part of a song which is supposed to be about love.
The actual album is pretty short considering it's got 13 songs. Only lasting about 35 minutes in total, so blink and you may miss one. It uses an eclectic mix of guitars, drums, electronics, the seaside, tambourines, mouth organs and other stringed instruments.
Although this is a good album, a lot of the songs are pretty similar to each other, only changing in tempo and occasionally throwing in a few bird cries from time to time. In a lot of them sometimes it's hard to work out what the lyrics are because the voice is quite soft and they are sung pretty quickly.
Voodoo Wop: Starts off slowly with only the sound of drums before speeding up in the middle with sounds of the seaside, a tide washing up on the sand, a bee and very few lyrics.
The Return of Evil Bill: Fast paced, mainly influenced with guitars, drums and a mouth organ. Can't really pick up on the singing but it is quite catchy.
Internal Wrangler: The title track. Again the usual guitars and drums combo only they've opted for a more electronic sounding theme throughout. This one sounds a lot like something The Velvet Underground might sing. Quite eerie really.
DJ Shangri La: Sounds very much like a funeral march at the beginning. A church organ with a bell being tolled. Although this doesn't have any lyrics and it only lasts 52 seconds it's still my favourite track on the album.
The Second Line: Slow paced and one of the more oddly sung songs. This is more drum based, but only very softly played. The Second Line slyly chants in the chorus when you're not expecting it to and ends pretty abruptly.
C Q: One of the quickly paced songs. Louder drums and guitars with more of a shouty voice but still quite softly. It's more spoken than any of the other songs but it only lasts about 1 minute.
T K: Starts off at a medium paced and has a lot of mouth organ in it. More electronic sounding as well.
Earth Angel: Another one starting off with the sea washing up on a beach with what sounds like bongo drums being played quietly in the background. This is a slower track but you hear the other singers from the band join in where it is so slow and mellow.
Distortions: This song is really quite amazing! It's slow yet not boring either. An electronic love song which resembles a lot of R.E.M in it. The singer sings about how he loves to watch his lover blink. Very quietly played music so you're mainly hearing the voice with what sounds like just an organ sounding in the background.
Hippy Death Suite: This is a quick track and is more loud than a lot of the others. It features a lot of heavy playing electric guitar and has a great riff running throughout. This is catchy, especially with the guitars. It is too short and has no lyrics.
2nd Foot Stomp: Electronic based with tambourine for percussion and bells. The voices are pretty haunting as you have the lead singer and then get the other band members coming in with a higher voices, slightly echo as well. Is medium based.
2 4: Quick pace, very electronic keyboard sounds whilst guitars are played but not very noticeable. You can pick up more of the voice on this one but not one you could sing along to yourself.
Goodnight Georgie: The final song is very slow and again a bit eerie. Only with the lead singers voice to hold onto. You have a slight bass guitar whilst a piano being played at the same time and to finish a bit of brass instrument with bells . Almost reminds me of The Shins music.
This is a very odd album and not something which I hear many bands sounding like. The Clinic have their own sound and don't appear to have copied their style from other bands throughout the years.
Although some of the songs are a bit similar I haven't been able to find one song which I dislike or tire of and I have owned this album for a couple of weeks. This was released back in 2007 so it's not particularily new. It's unlikely you'll find it the shops due to when it first came out and I don't think it's mainstream enough anyway. You can get it on Amazon though for £6.48.
Definetly an album which you should invest in. Their latest album Do It! is just as good. So they just keep getting better and better.
Advantages: ..if you like the Velvet Underground, & you should! Disadvantages: insanity
you just have to love this band.
Any band who can appear on stage dressed in full surgeon gear & masks & then create such a bizzare mish-mash of 60s Garage meets Ray Manzarek having a breakdown meets the Velvet Underground is okay by me.
I first discovered Clinic on the Evening Session (like most bands) or maybe it was Peel, with their wonderful early single "Monkey on my Back" (see album 1 Clinic - "Clinic"), a deranged Hammond stomp resembling ... ...thing). It prompted me to buy the first album, a pure delight of noise & insanity.
"Internal Wrangler" is much more polished, a mellower affair by whole, with some obvious exceptions still. A lot of it reminds me of the 3rd Velvet Underground LP (the one with "Candy Says", "Pale Blue Eyes", "Stephanie Says" etc., on it); in fact, there are some lyrics lifted from "Pale Blue Eyes" on one of the tracks - a trait Clinic are inclined to do.
All in ...
Jonny_Narcissus 20.02.2001
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Advantages: Eclectic, surprising, energetic Disadvantages: length, fails to capitalise on band's early promise
This is Clinic's first album proper after last year's hugely exciting EP collection. Where that compilation presented a hotch-potch of baffling instrumentals and buzzing low budget, home recorded psychedelic garage epics, "Internal Wrangler" consists of... erm, more of the same, actually.
The sound of the album is very rough and ready and there have been numerous negative opinions expressed about it's overwhelming similarity to the Velvet Underground's ... ...their blueprint and added helium-pitched, barking vocals (a little like Brian Molko out of Placebo being tortured with a mangler), Mary Chain thrash guitars and even Krautrock rhythms. It's an intriguing mix which can sometimes grate, but is often a revelation.
The calm after the storm is revealed in the shape of tracks like "Distortions", possibly the only maudlin love song ever to feature lyrics about imagining your partner in a coffin, and "Goodnight ...
dbryant_23 12.07.2000
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Advantages: Fans of noise will like it. Disadvantages: Won't set the world on fire.
Clinic chose to call themselves thus because they believe the current music scene is dead (true), and that they are the ones who can breathe new life into its still-twitching corpse. On the strength of this album, the miracle isn't likely to happen for quite some time but it's a promising beginning. The excellent, rollicking lead single The Return Of Evil Bill is one of the highpoints here but there's not much else that can match it, save the gentle ... ...and use the same ingredients: harmonica, ultra-distorted guitar, and muffled, high-pitched vocals. The atonal noise on dislpay is the only thing that recalls the oft-cited influence of The velvet Underground.
It's also a pity that the band have sold out by soundtracking the latest Levi jeans advert. It may earn the fans but it won't earn them respect. ...
MonkeyboyUK 24.09.2000
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Product Information for "Internal Wrangler - Clinic" »
Product details
Title
Internal Wrangler
Performer
Clinic
Genre
Rock & Pop
Release Date
01/05/2000
Original Release Year
2001
Label / Distributor
Grand Central / PIAS UK/Sony DADC
Producer
Gareth Jones; Clinic
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
5034202007821
Catalogue Number
WIGCD 078
Additional notes
Album Notes
Although there is much to admire, the real highlight of Clinic's INTERNAL WRANGLER is the voice of lead singer Ade Blackburn. While he's been compared to everyone from Lou Reed to Radiohead's Thom Yorke, none of the comparisons manage to do him any real justice. Blackburn's voice sets Clinic apart from the endless slew of Britpop bands that seem to hit it big on a regular basis; while the guitar, bass, and drums on the record are all solid, it's his vocals that provide the "love it or hate it" element. Blackburn's lyrics are often terrifyingly bleak: at one point, he sings "you cannot know how often/ I've pictured you in coffins/ my baby in a coffin." At other junctures, as on the track "The Second Line," he doesn't even try to craft a tale and simply mutters and mumbles over the music. INTERNAL WRANGLER is also not beset by the need for slick production or glossy perfection; there are plenty of little mistakes here and there, but they only serve to humanize the record, and leave more room for experimentation.
Album Reviews
Rolling Stone (8/16/01, p.106) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...They've created a new hybrid of bratty garage rock and whimsical sonic experimentation that delights in its own mutant energy..." Spin (10/01, pp.130-1) - 9 out of 10 - "...As humbly addictive as a good Hebrew National...Rewind to indie-rock the way Mark E. Smith started it: reduced, smart, and dirty-sweet as used bubblegum." Alternative Press (2/02, p.64) - Ranked #5 in AP's "25 Best Albums of 2001" - "...Eminently listenable schizophrenia..." Magnet (12-1/02, p.79) - "...Great is great no matter the source, and INTERNAL WRANGLER is little short of brilliant....easily the maddest hatters since Teardrop Explodes..."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Voodoo Wop
2.
Return Of Evil Bill
3.
Internal Wrangler
4.
DJ Shangri La
5.
Second Line
6.
CQ
7.
TK
8.
Earth Angel
9.
Distortions
10.
Hippy Death Stomp
11.
2nd Foot Stomp
12.
2/4
13.
Goodnight Georgie
14.
Goodnight Georgie
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