Clinic – Tomorrow – Single Review
Clinic, the Liverpudlian band who have for a long time been valiantly plugging away somewhere between the underground and the mainstream returned back in April with their new album ‘Do It!’. Clinic’s latest single from that album, “Tomorrow” is released on the 24th of November.
The single is released to coincide with the start of their new tour ‘Planetarium of the Soul’, Clinic’s collaboration with the animator Clemens Habicht to create stunning live shows.
Clinic are well known for their slightly quirky songs, that are not unlike fellow Domino labelmates Archie Bronson Outfit. They are stomping, off-kilter songs based around repetitions, vintage keyboards and strong pedal drum.
‘Tomorrow’ is precisely this. The beginning sounds like guitars being detuned and this loose-stringed sound and warping tonality continues throughout. Clinic make use of basic chord backings that are more about the throbbing rhythm than the complexity of guitars. In fact, it is really the repetition of the chords, rhythm, lyrics and tune that is the make-up of ‘Tomorrow‘.
Yet Clinic are completely hypnotising. The bitter snarl of the vocals that nasally reiterate the sentiment of doing things ‘before tomorrow comes’ is compellingly cool and, sounding like a stuck Pavement record, it has a typically laissez-faire air about it.
The B-sides are a trademark DFA remix and a brand new song called ‘Hijack’. Visit Clinic’s MySpace.
‘Tomorrow‘ is accompanied by a video by Wiz:
These are the full live dates:
18 Nov: Deaf Institute Manchester
19 Nov: The Arches Glasgow
20 Nov: Factory Club Birmingham
22 Nov: The Brudenell Social Club Leeds
23 Nov: The Scala London, London
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