Clinic release new single “Energies”

Ahead of the release of their tenth album, Wild In The Streets on October 30th, Clinic have shared new single “Energies”. Indicative on the many surprises to be found on Wild In The Streets, “Energies” builds from a great blues riff to something altogether funkier and is as close to the dancefloor as Clinic have ever ventured.

Talking about “Energies”, Ade Blackburn says: “Energies has a late night party feel, a fun-filled combination of Funkadelic, Carl Douglas and Cabaret Voltaire.”

OnWild In The Streets, the Liverpool duo comprised of Blackburn and Jonathan Hartley take the current temperature of the nation in their own inimitable style. The dozen songs are marked by urgency, surreal wordplay and trademark wit.

Nearly 30 years since they first founded Clinic as a quartet, Blackburn and Hartley’s chemistry remains as potent as it ever was, perhaps even more so. “We’ve known each other since school,” says Blackburn. “Hartley was always interested in electronics and drum machines, even as a teenager. He’s into rhythms, whether it’s reggae and funk or more conventional guitar music, whereas I was always into songs and melodies. I think that's why Clinic works so well.”

Wild In The Streets is now set to take its place beside past triumphs like 2000’s Internal Wrangler, 2006’s Visitationsand 2012’s Free Reign. “We’ve always had this absolute faith in what we do,” Blackburn adds. “It’s relatively outsider-ish music, but that’s something that’s motivated us to keep going, because it’s good to have things that are a little out on the fringes. There’s just not enough of that kind of music these days.”

Watch the visualiser for previously released single “You and I” here.

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