Since exploding into life about nine years ago, this Liverpool quartet released a brilliant debut, Internal Wrangler in 2000, toured with Radiohead, and appeared at Scott Walker's Meltdown. In 2002, their second album, Walking With Thee earned them a Grammy nomination. Described by NME as "a stunning return to form", this release sees the band work again with Gareth Jones (Interpol, Nick Cave, Depeche Mode). Clinic are distinctive in the way that The Fall, The Residents, or Missy Elliot are distinctive - it's hard to mistake their sonic fingerprint for anyone else's, yet because they keep exploring the outer limits of their thing, they always sound fresh.