Pitchfork

Back with "an energized and increasingly psych-rock influenced sound" (sez a press release), the spookily surgical garage-rocking Liverpudlians of Clinic will issue Do It, their fifth LP, April 8 on Domino Records.

The disc will be preceded by the single for "Free Not Free" (wait, which is it?), which, along with B-side "Thor", will be available for free download-- complete with artwork-- through the band's website starting February 1. And here you thought the only cool schwag at the free Clinic were those glow-in-the-dark jimmy hats!

Clinic will begin accepting appointments for their bizarre brand of house calls beginning on Do It's release date, with a handful of UK dates preceding a hop over the pond for a North American trek in May. They'll preview their well-honed surgical skills over the radio a couple times before that, with a live session January 24 on Marc Riley's show on BBC Radio 6, and invite winners of a contest on their website to join them in Liverpool February 1 for a similar gig on Radio Merseyside.

Want the cold, sterile, cut-and-dry facts? They're all here, behind this thing.

Do It:

01 Memories
02 Tomorrow
03 The Witch (Made to Measure)
04 Free Not Free
05 Shopping Bag
06 Corpus Christi
07 Emotions
08 High Coin
09 Mary & Eddie
10 Winged Wheel
11 Coda

Dates:

04-08 Bristol, England - Thekla
04-09 London, England - 229 Club
04-10 Brighton, England - Audio
04-11 Leeds, England - Brudenell Social Club
04-12 Manchester, England - University
05-08 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
05-09 Boston, MA - Paradise
05-10 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rosa
05-11 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's
05-12 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
05-13 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
05-16 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richards
05-17 Seattle, WA - Neumos
05-18 Portland, OR - Doug Fir
05-19 San Francisco, CA - Independent
05-20 Los Angeles, CA - Troubador
05-23 Austin, TX - Emo's
05-24 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
05-25 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
05-26 Chapel Hill, NC - Cat's Cradle
05-27 Lancaster, PA - Chameleon Club
05-28 Washington, DC - Black Cat
05-29 Baltimore, MD - Sonar
05-30 Philadelphia - Johnny Brenda's
05-31 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom