Clinic - Fantasy Island

Released 22nd October 2021.

Referencing H.G. Wells Things to Come, Marshall McLuhans The Medium is the Massage and Sombrero Fallout by Richard Brautigan, the themes Clinic explore on Fantasy Island are time, music and entertainment. In a (coco) nutshell, Clinic have gone funky disco, broadening their sonic palette with the addition of several new gadgets including an electronic acid bass machine, a 1970s cocktail rhythm unit, a Casio digital horn and space drum.

On their vibrant and eclectic ninth studio album Clinic, the band who woresurgical masks before it was a matter of urgency, are taking you to FantasyIsland, where you will find yourself transported to tropical climes.

In Hartleys words: Clinic look to a brighter future, [Fantasy Island] its a verypositive album, it's more about what you can make happen rather than beingdefeatist.

Their last album, 2019s Wheeltappers and Shunters, found the band