Clinic - Fantasy IslandOn their vibrant and eclectic ninth studio album Clinic, the band who wore surgical masks before it was a matter of urgency, are taking you to Fantasy Island, where you will find yourself transported to tropical climes. In Hartleys words: Clinic look to a brighter future, [Fantasy Island] its a very positive album, it's more about what you can make happen rather than being defeatist. Their last album, 2019s Wheeltappers and Shunters, found the band

'Telling the Trees' and it's every bit as bold

exchanging ideas and philosophies over days spent listening to records in his home studio

hacked through the dense weeds

Enter Dillinger

It gave me a great deal of pleasure working on these remixes and I think they’re a fitting a companion piece to the album

and it sounds as powerful today as it did back upon its original commitment to tape

" "I Crave My Pig Meat

The LP version contains extensive sleeve notes with new interviews

the self-titled "Pink Album" deftly embodied the tough-yet-danceable outsider aura of The Ramones

in Holland

it's primarily a showcase of Simon Booth's lyrical guitar-playing

Robert is accompanied here by The Sensational Space Shifters