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- Summary: This debut LP brought the much-hyped Liverpool band frequent comparisons to (and a tour with) Radiohead.
- Record Label: Domino
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 10 out of 13
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Mixed: 3 out of 13
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Negative: 0 out of 13
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Absolutely essential!... It’s a coming-out party on the level of My Bloody Valentine's Loveless.
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The true beauty of Clinic is that they have, using a relatively standard rock vocabulary, constructed a truly distinctive, energetic, and magnetically appealing sound.
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SpinSo rewind to indie-rock the way Mark E. Smith started it: reduced, smart, and dirty-sweet as used bubble gum. [Oct 2001, p.130]
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Though some of the thrashier songs like "C.Q." and "T.K." and a bottom-heavy song sequence detract from the album's flow, Internal Wrangler is still a strong debut from one of England's most promising and distinctive indie bands.
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At 31 minutes, the record is a short and bitter mind-melter.
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Part Radiohead, part Velvet Underground, Internal Wrangler is the bizarre, formless album that Thom Yorke wishes he could make.
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Though not without merit, the reliance on other people's melodies (and words on the Caroline Says-pilfering Distortions) can become trying after a while.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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Oct 5, 2014
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Feb 26, 2012
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BenjaminBunnyApr 17, 2004Play this one loud. Very loud. Seriously.
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