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31 October 2026 – Clinic Release Wild in the Streets and Continue Their Wonderful Campaign Against Predictable Alternative Rock
By Editorial Team - October 31, 2026
Summary
Liverpool experimental post-punk veterans Clinic release tenth album Wild in the Streets through Domino, fusing exotica, dub reggae, and garage punk.
Key Facts
- Liverpool post-punk veterans Clinic release their tenth studio album 'Wild in the Streets' via Domino.
- Integrates vintage 1950s exotica and dub reggae rhythms with their signature analog-synth garage punk sound.
- Core founding duo Ade Blackburn and Jonathan Hartley celebrate nearly thirty years of uncompromising collaboration.
- Entities: Clinic, Ade Blackburn, Jonathan Hartley, Domino, Wild in the Streets, Martin Denny, Cabaret Voltaire
- Tags: clinic, wild-in-the-streets, domino, ade-blackburn, jonathan-hartley, post-punk, psychedelic-rock, garage-rock, experimental
Liverpool experimental post-punk stalwarts Clinic have unveiled Wild in the Streets, their landmark tenth studio album, via Domino Recording Company. The twelve-track collection extends the surgical-masked band's three-decade mission of subverting conventional rock expectations through a surreal blend of vintage psychedelic garage, dub reggae rhythms, and eerie exotica.
Founding members Ade Blackburn and Jonathan Hartley have maintained their singular creative alliance since 1997, continually eluding standard indie clichés. For Wild in the Streets, the duo immersed themselves in vintage tiki exotica masters Martin Denny and Les Baxter, colliding those lush lounge textures with the raw minimalist pulse of Cabaret Voltaire, early Suicide, and 1960s garage rock. The sequence features "Model Citizen", "Back to Nature", "You and I", "Hypnotised", "The Gardener", "Mouse Trap", "Well Wisher", and the rollicking title cut.
Known for their ruthless editing philosophy, Clinic routinely jettison entire verses or traditional middle-eights if they risk dragging the musical momentum down. "You and I" incorporates barbed reflections on the modern music business, a landscape Blackburn and Hartley have observed with wry skepticism across ten studio albums.
While many veterans settle into predictable retrospective cycles, Clinic continue to treat each recording as an opportunity to dismantle familiar formulas. In a musical landscape often starved of genuine eccentricity, Clinic's surgical post-punk absurdity remains an absolute treasure. Explore more unconventional guitar sounds in our post-punk section and keep up with daily headlines in our news stream.