Nerve Up is the debut album by Lonelady, released by Warp on 22 February 2010.
Nerve Up | ||||
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Studio album by Lonelady | ||||
Released | 22 February 2010 | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Length | 40:22 | |||
Label | Warp | |||
Producer | Julie Campbell and Guy Fixsen | |||
Lonelady chronology | ||||
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In an interview for Pop Matters with Guy Mankowski Julie Campbell stated that she wanted the album to "crackle with energy and clarity, and retain the intimacy of a home-recorded aesthetic". She elaborated on her artistic process, saying "some of those songs first existed as four-track home recordings; I was using minimal means and this informed the aesthetic. It is not, for example an intentionally bass-less record; I just didn’t, and don’t, think in terms of conservative/traditional arrangements. I started out with a crappy keyboard and a few other bits and pieces (but no bass guitar) and this small armoury of tools instilled a love of the economical, the stripped, the stark, the trebly and harsh."[1]
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NME | (9/10)[3] |
Pitchfork Media | (7.7/10)[4] |
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The Quietus | (8/10)[7] |
David Raposa of Pitchfork Media awarded Nerve Up a 7.7 rating, praising the album's "wonderful wall-to-wall skittishness" and commenting on its "nervous, contagious energy".[4]NME reviewer John Doran celebrated "the arrival of a fresh and invigorating voice" and awarded a 9 out of 10 rating.[3] Nerve Up narrowly missed out on a Guardian First Album Award.[8]
Nerve Up at Discogs (list of releases)
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