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- Summary: The distinctive Liverpool-based band returns with a third studio LP.
- Record Label: Domino
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 19 out of 31
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Mixed: 12 out of 31
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Negative: 0 out of 31
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Here, their structures adamantly circular and their tunes less catchy but more durable, they make dandy mystagogues on an album that begins inarticulate and attains the nirvana of total nonverbality.
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New Musical Express (NME)Music as taut, spare and ominous as The Bad Seeds at their most malevolent. [21 Aug 2004, p.49]
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Although 'Winchester Cathedral' is quite obviously Clinic doing what they do best, it also represents the sound of a band who've clearly broadened their horizons.
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Every new song of theirs could be three old ones, though, and while their drummer can pound out four on the floor, their organ player still can't squeeze out that 97th tear.
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Winchester Cathedral may be a transition album, or it may just contain a few curveballs to keep discerning listeners on their toes -- only Clinic knows for certain.
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If it was pared down to its best tracks, Winchester Cathedral would make a solid EP. As it stands, it's far from bad, but it's a little boring, which is worse than bad from a band that has sounded so unique in the past.
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It’s frustrating to listen to a band run in place, especially when the expectations are so much higher.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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JesseSOct 18, 2004
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MatthewSNov 17, 2005
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