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Nov 14, 2012Another fine example of how versatile this band actually is.
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Alternative PressNov 19, 2012This is a chilly, alienated album that sounds like it was recorded in a walk-in freezer. But a bleak, thousand-yard stare cool beats showy emotion every time, and Clinic knows it. [Dec 2012, p.88]
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Nov 21, 2012They've ironed out their eccentricities, and produced their silkiest and least combative record in the process.
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Nov 13, 2012Thanks, in part, to Sudbury native and co-mixer Daniel Lopatin (lately more well known as vibe-conjuring electronic artist Oneohtrix Point Never), the sound of Free Reign is both fantastically new and classic Clinic.
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Nov 9, 2012This is music that stretches from the decaying rain-lashed estates of their home to the stars.
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Nov 12, 2012There's a bewitching quality to it which suggests Clinic actually only exist in some form of musical vacuum. And right now, that sounds like a most spellbinding place to be.
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Nov 13, 2012Common throughout is a scorching sensuality that is destined to make Free Reign the soundtrack to a lot of smoldering affairs.
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MojoNov 21, 2012For twisted garage buffs these unsettling sounds are, again, a joy. [Dec 2012, p.89]
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Nov 13, 2012The likeable elements of Free Reign are too slight and too familiar to overcome the growing sense of inertia.
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Nov 9, 2012As Free Reign shows, when Clinic take their time, they can build up a bewitching groove.
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Nov 14, 2012All in all, Clinic lives up to the title of the album, giving itself free rein to pursue its creative impulses.
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Q MagazineNov 21, 2012Eccentric as ever then, but there's no denying the continued originality of the sound. [Dec 2012, p.102]
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Nov 12, 2012Clinic long ago proved themselves capable of startling listeners, surprising them with odd sounds, fast songs, and strange melodies; now they've proven themselves capable of persuading the listener, taking them slowly from relaxation to unease to fear.
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Nov 12, 2012Free Reign is an album finds Clinic pushing themselves in directions that wouldn't have been considered years ago and it's to their credit that they possess both the will and imagination to do so.
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Nov 9, 2012Clinic's discography is a slow refinement, a meticulous and ongoing game of Operation with frequent--and intentional-buzzing mishaps.