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After saving L.A. rock with their bracing debut WEIRDO RIPPERS, in the process putting the Silverlake underground and its hub club The Smell on the map as well as turning up in the pages of the New Yorker, No Age returned with their Sub Pop debut NOUNS in 2008 and proved all the accolades well-deserved. Recalling milestone noise epics such as DAYDREAM NATION and LOVELESS in equal measure, NOUNS is a perfect collision of impulses: anxious guitar bursts, romo soundscapes, and a pop tunesmith's sense of melody. As producer Pete Lyman rekindles the emotive possibilities of a distorted guitar chord, it's hard to believe that a mere duo--drummer/vocalist Dean Spunt and guitarist Randy Randall--are responsible for the near-symphonic clatter. Includes a 68-page booklet with pictures and art.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..." Nouns Review
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