Wheeltappers and Shunters
by Clinic
  • Record Label: Domino
  • Release Date: May 10, 2019
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  1. charliequaker
    Oct 5, 2019
    8
    This English band returns with their 8th album—a gathering of short, rhythmic songs with hauntingly addictive melodies in a dark psychedelic pop stew. The music mixes electronics and unexpected sounds with quirky, British-sounding pop melodies. Clinic is a band that entertains you with an itch—you can’t and don’t want to stop listening, but you know it’s a brain-scratcher. Members haveThis English band returns with their 8th album—a gathering of short, rhythmic songs with hauntingly addictive melodies in a dark psychedelic pop stew. The music mixes electronics and unexpected sounds with quirky, British-sounding pop melodies. Clinic is a band that entertains you with an itch—you can’t and don’t want to stop listening, but you know it’s a brain-scratcher. Members have played in Pure Morning, Higher Authorities. RIYL: The Legendary Pink Dots, Television Personalities, ½ Man ½ Biscuit, Syd Barrett, The Soft Boys. “Wheeltappers and Shunters” is a very strange album. It will make you smile and make you think, all while tripping through your mind. This one is a keeper! Recommended.… Expand

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79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  1. Dusted Magazine
    Aug 19, 2019
    80
    With Wheeltappers and Shunters Clinic are back, sounding like Clinic, and it’s a very welcome return. ... Clinic don’t so much sound reinvigorated from their break as they have issued a bracing reminder of just how distinctively compelling they’ve always been.
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  2. Under The Radar
    May 21, 2019
    80
    As with all of its predecessors, Wheeltappers and Shunters doesn't outstay its welcome, clocking in at just over two minutes short of half an hour. For a band who've been all but impossible to pigeonhole from the outset, this represents another genre transcending excursion into territories many of their peers would never consider.
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  3. The Quietus
    May 17, 2019
    80
    Any fears that the band is skimping after such a delay between releases are soon allayed once the music starts, for what we have here is a high concentration of ideas that punch well above their supposed weight.
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