Following the breakout success of their multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated debut, We Started Nothing, British duo the Ting Tings armed themselves with new perspectives and revitalized energy for sophomore album Sounds from Nowheresville. Its title derived from the twosome's creative process this time around, much of the album was written while on tour, then recorded in Mercia, Spain and Berlin over the course of more than eight months. Inspired by the exuberant musical freedom of the Beastie Boys' 1989 classic, Paul's Boutique, the Ting Tings made many stops on the pop music map with Sounds from Nowheresville, recalling the atmospheric shoegazing of Lush with "Silence," paying tribute to '60s girl groups with "Guggenheim," and fusing their synthy dance pop with the genre-hopping imagination of tUnE-yArDs with leadoff single "Hang It Up."|
Rovi
UKチャート1位を記録した初作から4年、待望の2作目がドロップされた! “Walk ThisWay"風の“Hang It Up"やマーチング・ドラムと鐘の音が執拗に繰り返される“Hit MeDown Sonny "、スカ風の“Soul Killing"など多彩になったトラックに、ケイティが小悪魔系のキュート・ヴォイスからロッキンなシャウト、クールなラップで応戦。“Great DJ"のような飛び抜けたキラー曲はないけど、捨て曲なしの佳作です。
bounce (C)柴田かずえ
タワーレコード(vol.342(2012年3月25日発行号)掲載)
やっぱりティンティンズ最高!!バラエティーに富んでいて、明るい曲もあればメロウもあり。
こういうアルバム待ってたよ!!
ケイティの可愛さがたまらない♪