Clinic – Distortions

Album

Internal Wrangler is the debut studio album by British indie rock band Clinic. It was released on 1 May 2000 through Domino Records. Distortions was inlcuded in it.

Background

The band signed to Domino Records following the release of several self-financed singles. The song "The Return of Evil Bill" is a follow-up to the song "Evil Bill" that appeared on the Clinic compilation album, and remains a fan favorite in live shows. The band, particularly lead singer Ade Blackburn, are superstitious and chose not to include a song on the 13th track; instead a four-second silence is heard before the album's final song, "Goodnight Georgie". This is believed to be why the subsequent albums have been no more than 12 songs long until 2010's Bubblegum.

The short interlude track "DJ Shangri-La" is an excerpt of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Moonlight" Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor played on a highly overdriven organ, although here it is played in standard 4/4 time, while the original piano motif was in 3/4 time. The song "The Second Line" was used prominently in a Levi's Jeans television advertisement in late 2000, which then led to it being re-issued. It also features an interpolation of the song "Cavern" by Liquid Liquid.

The album cover was inspired by Ornette Coleman's 1961 album Ornette!

Critical reception

The Independent wrote that

"this short, sweet and sour debut album packs more imaginative strategies into half an hour than most bands manage in entire careers."

Artist

I Clinic sono un gruppo musicale britannico originario di Liverpool e attivo dal 1997.

I'd like to know completely
What others so discreetly
Talk about when they leave me
Not that I notice when they're gone

It's eery and so scary
I don't know who to worry
Your sister came to beat me
Oh your sister came to beat me
But I'll love it when you blink your eyes

Oh I
I want to know my body
I want this out not in me
I want to know no secrets yet
I'll leave
Oh I'll leave care

It's saved me once too often
You'll never know her often
I've pictured you in coffins
My baby in a coffin
But I'll love it when you blink your eyes

Oh I'd
I want to know my body
I want this out not in me
I want no other leakage
I want to know no secrets yet
I'll leave
Oh I'll leave
No I'll leave care

Free of distortions (x6)

Vorrei saperlo completamente
Ciò che gli altri sono così discreti
Parla di quando mi lasceranno
Non che mi accorga quando se ne sono andati

È inquietante e spaventoso
Non so di chi preoccuparsi
Tua sorella è venuta a picchiarmi
Oh, tua sorella è venuta a picchiarmi
Ma mi piacerà quando sbatterai le palpebre

Oh io
Voglio conoscere il mio corpo
Voglio che questo fuoriesca da me
Non voglio ancora conoscere segreti
partirò
Oh, lascerò le cure

Mi ha salvato una volta di troppo
Non la conoscerai mai spesso
Ti ho immaginato nelle bare
Il mio bambino in una bara
Ma mi piacerà quando sbatterai le palpebre

Oh, lo farei
Voglio conoscere il mio corpo
Voglio che questo fuoriesca da me
Non voglio altre perdite
Non voglio ancora conoscere segreti
partirò
Oh, me ne andrò
No, lascerò l'assistenza

Privo di distorsioni (x6)