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Interestingly, a mutated Stereolab influence comes across at the album’s opening, with I’m Aware oozing a reclined but immediate charm. In fact, things get so gloopy that a gentle love song emerges in the shape of Baby which, in fairness, is quite lovely. This new, soupy fashion cannot last forever, though, and by the time we erupt into Lion Tamer Clinic have fully opened out and let the dark, distorted, rusty scuzz return, with brilliantly entertaining results.
They even have time for a Jarvis Cocker-esque monologue on Radiostory which, with its murk and leaden pace, makes for an involving interlude. As it progresses, Bubblegum easily stands up alongside Clinic’s best work, though anyone with a desperate hankering for their most buzzing and evil guises (live shows often see them performing in trademark medical smocks for added character) might well be left wanting. Softness is an equal weapon to imposing, feral noise – for example, the yearning thud of Evelyn channels an emotional plainness that has been absent from their work until now.
Bubblegum is Clinic at their most approachable and, importantly, shows them to be sharp and direct in their more affecting statements. In the spirit of progression they march on towards a neon-pop future, and hopefully their next effort will see them capitalise on it even further. As long as they don’t jettison too much of their musical grit and grunt, the newness of their lush pop sounds will continue to sound as fresh as it does here.
--Daniel RossFind more music at the BBC This link will take you off Amazon in a new window
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...ha! "Bubblegum" is no sell-out...it's just as captivating as any piece these young Liverpool lads have released, building upon the ballad side of the "Do it!" catchy rhythms, with a bit more wah-wah guitar pedal & slow-based hooks. "I'm Aware" is among one the bands most beautiful moments ever, while "Linda" abstracts more of Syd Barret's Pink Floyd experimental side of the moon...
...nothing stale here...Clinic moves on without selling out, proving that music can still be an art-form without the corporate mass blind-fold of a ring of radio-friendly tunes or repeating the past of what's already been done ten times and over.
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