Clinic - 'Free Reign'

ClinicFree ReignDomino RecordsA common criticism about Clinic is that their songs are too similar and redundant to warrant listening to more than one of their albums. However, their newest release Free Reign has several new tricks up its sleeve — tricks the band may very well have acquired by traveling back to the late 70s UK post-punk scene and listening to bands such as Cabaret Voltaire and Fad Gadget. Sounding more like an artifact from post-punk’s heyday than a new collection of songs from this past year, Free Reign is able to maintain a super-cool vintage sound while still entering uncharted experimental territories, particularly evident on the album’s best songs “Cosmic Radiation” and “See Saw.” —Jacob Eckert[soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/67113983" params="" width=" 100%" height="166" iframe="true" /]