ARTIST: No Age
TITLE: Nouns
LABEL: Sub Pop
GENRE: Noise
BITRATE: 195kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 30m total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-05-06
RIP DATE: 2008-04-29
Track List
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1. Miner 1:50
2. Eraser 2:41
3. Teen Creeps 3:25
4. Things I Did When I Was Dead 2:27
5. Cappo 2:42
6. Keechie 3:27
7. Sleeper Hold 2:26
8. Errand Boy 2:41
9. Here Should Be My Home 2:04
10. Impossible Bouget 2:09
11. Ripped Knees 2:53
12. Brain Burner 1:51
Release Notes:
No Age: the name alone suggests multiple meanings and possible
interpretationsùtimeless, ageless, anonymous, free from restriction, something
positive from something negativeà a profound strength in its simplicity.
Likewise, the Los Angeles duo consisting of drummer/vocalist Dean Spunt and
guitarist Randy Randall is many things at once even as it embraces its
minimalism. No Age issued a slew of singles on a variety of indie labels in
2007, resulting in the tellingly cohesive compendium, Weirdo Rippers on Fat Cat
Records later that year. That widely heralded release inspired such mainstream
press as The New Yorker and the L.A. Times to feature the bandÆs ties to the
underground scene surrounding the Los Angeles all-ages club The Smell.
Recorded by Pete Lyman at Infrasonic Sound in LA, Harvey Birrell at Southern
Studios in London, and at home by No Age, Nouns, the bandÆs Sub Pop debut, 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 (both Dean and Randy use samples alongside their main
instruments) and sometimes creeps, sometimes smashes through a sonic headlock
befitting Daydream Nation-era Sonic Youth, Kiwi pop, My Bloody Valentine, and
experimental noise. ôNo Age is a band,ö says Dean. ôBands should be fun and
exciting and they should push all the buttons at the same time. They should make
you feel like you are going to explode and make you utterly confused and
inspired at the same time.ö And sometimes they do.