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UncutMain;y, though, we leave Clinic where we always find them: nervously pacing the room, waiting for something to happen. [May 2007, p.92]
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Do It! is a mediocre album, and further cements Clinic’s status as a retro novelty band.
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MojoIt's the kind of inimitably throbbing slice of neo-psychedelic unease they've knocked out with biennial constancy since 1999's Internal Wrangler. [May 2008, p.109]
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Q MagazineUniquely weird, as usual. [May 2008, p.130]
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After five albums in just eight years, you could accuse Clinic of being one-note, but in an indie world besotted with cheap revivalism, at least you can't call them a gimmick.
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Do It! is rarely dull. Uninspired? Yes. But it’s never dull.
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Yet, while it's unlikely that the previously familiar will be suddenly converted by these endeavours, it wouldn't be strictly fair to say that there's not the occasional hint of a broadened palette on display here.
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On their fifth album, they crack the window, slow the motor (except on 'Shopping Bag,' a jazz-punk binge and purge) and take side trips into primeval glades where runic rites are conducted on acoustic guitars.
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Do It! is about as radical as Clinic seem capable of, which is to say that they finally seem smothered by the borders they’ve set for themselves.
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Do It! is the first Clinic record that seems assembled from bits of old Clinic records, its personality the result of combined ideas rather than new ones.
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If you pardon our French, Clinic’s fifth album is pretty fucked up--and yet it's also their best effort to date.
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Unless you're a big fan of the group, though, you'll probably find Do It! more than a little frustrating.
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Feb 16, 2022
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LukeP.Apr 10, 2008It's already my favorite album of the year! The best since Walking With Thee!