Nouns

Rolling Stone (p.68) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "On cuts like 'Eraser,' which take cues from BLEACH-era Nirvana, Randall whips out gnarly riffs while Spunt bashes on his drums, singing about living paycheck to paycheck and trying to escape his lot in life." Rolling Stone (p.96) - Ranked #50 in Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums Of 2008 -- "[A] thrilling string of two- and three-minute guitar rants..." Spin (p.51) - Ranked #13 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2008" -- "Randall's guitar shifts between glittering instrumental swells and diesel fuzz..." Uncut (p.94) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "NOUNS is a success: delightfully dazed, good-times punk for a new generation of California dreamers." Alternative Press (p.135) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "No Age turn the drab and grayscale into things of beauty -- whether it's noisy static, comet trails of distortion or tranquil bits of shoegaze-punk." CMJ - "NOUNS never gets tiring. It's over quickly, before you can remember much of the blissful blur you just tried to consume in one gulp..." Mojo (Publisher) (p.106) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A]n enticing tangle of frazzled noise and partly obscured melodies, playfully pulling the fluorescent din of Husker Du, My Bloody Valentine and Dinosaur Jr into fresh shapes." Clash (Magazine) (p.63) - Ranked #34 in Clash's "The 40 Best Albums of 2008" -- "The Sub Pop-released NOUNS is one of 2008's best punk long-players..."