For a band that's worked so carefully to discredit rock's premium on accessibility and idolatry (see: surgical-mask get-ups, cryptic song titles, singer Ade Blackburn's inscrutable delivery), Clinic's discography follows the standard pop playbook to a tee: They released a string of early EPs and the primordial, career-making debut album (2000's ), followed by a more refined, smoothed-out sophomore effort (2002's ), and then the meandering, disappointing third album (2004's ). So you don't have to listen to to know that the Liverpool foursome's fourth album is the inevitable Return to Form, a reinstatement of 's lo-fi abrasion that will be wholeheartedly welcomed by those who found themselves dozing off during 's second half.