No Age - Nouns (W/Book) (Dig)

The Sub Pop debut by this LA duo is succinctly all encompassing, from the faux simplicity of the title to the beautiful distortion of its sound, to the packaging that includes a 68-page full-color book packed with photos and art pieces. The record opens with a symphony of noise and sometimes creeps, sometimes smashes through a sonic headlock befitting "Daydream Nation"-era Sonic Youth, Kiwi pop, My Bloody Valentine, and experimental noise. Product Description

warm happy ambience.

I would recommend this CD to someone who isn't looking for instant satisfaction out of an album but something that grows on you with more listens. I think the out come is more enjoyable if you have to work for it. I had the same experience with weirdo rippers.

This album has a warm, fuzzy, and happy ambience. Its filled with cryptic lyrics and naive sounding vocals. The distorted noise that seems initially to be an annoyance will eventually move into the background and the melodies will start to surface.

I'm not a critic but I love music and this satisfies my fix. It never sounds too familiar. I love listening to music that isn't completely predictable and this would be that.

Listen to Teen Creeps. August 9, 2008

No Age - Nouns

Nouns (2008, Sub Pop) No Age's second studio album. ***

The sound of these indie rockers is certainly a strange one, but the word that ultimately describes it is frustrating. The music itself is good, the instrumentation isn't groundbreaking and the band members aren't geniuses with what they have in their hands, but they at least make it fit. The production, however, is what makes the album dismissable. The vocals are pushed back to such an extent that it's extremely difficult to discern them from the rest of the music. Maybe that's the point. If so, I don't get it. It's not bad, and certainly none of it is unlistenable; their punk rock, indie, and electronica influences (most notably Boards of Canada) are all high-spirited. Next time, maybe? August 7, 2008

No age...No Buy rather

Avoid!!!! This is really pretentious and horrible. In the other reviews as well as elsewhere this has been treated very very reverentially whereas it is really a lot of talentless and pointless stuffing around on instruments...A waste of time and money. Buy the original innovative stuff such as My Bloody Valentine, Loop or Sonic Youth and when you are done with them...buy them again before this...No really, this goes beyond testing my patience and I have listened to a lot of bad stuff in my life (belive my friends, parents and wife!). August 5, 2008

fantastic album

Great "indie-rock" or whatever from Los Angeles on Sub Pop Records, heavily influenced by both punk rock and the "shoegaze" bands of the late 80s/early 90s. Upbeat, some songs quicker-paced than others, with really great layered guitars, and (at times) melodic vocals.

Great variety in songs on here. The first single, "Eraser," might be the catchiest song on the LP...not sure yet. Great live band too...everyone check them out.

Fans of this, also check out: Liars, F+cked Up, Mika Miko, Jay Reatard, Health, Career Suicide, Abe Vigoda, and so on. July 17, 2008

Sucks

I always give a CD three listens before condemning it. This CD sucks. I listened at home. I listened at my desk. I listened in the car. I can listen to nearly anything and enjoy. This CD sucks. Most CD's have 1 or two songs that probably shouldn't have been published....Nothing on this CD should have ever leaked out. Sorry to be so negative but when I finally flipped off the 2ed song, when I couldn't stand it any more...I had to look and make sure that I had actually gone forward because the 3rd cut was as bad as the 2ed.

If you want to buy this CD be sure you listen to it first. June 18, 2008

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