Nerve Up
Nerve Up is the debut album by Lonelady, released by Warp on 22 February 2010.
Nerve Up | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 22 February 2010 | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Length | 40:22 | |||
Label | Warp | |||
Producer | Julie Campbell and Guy Fixsen | |||
Lonelady chronology | ||||
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Background
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]
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
NME | (9/10)[3] |
Pitchfork Media | (7.7/10)[4] |
The Skinny | [5] |
Q | [6] |
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]
Track listing
- "If Not Now"
- "Intuition"
- "Nerve Up"
- "Early the Haste Comes"
- "Marble"
- "Immaterial"
- "Cattletears"
- "Have No Past"
- "Army"
- "Fear No More"
References
- Mankowski, Guy (May 6, 2015). "An Artist Living in an Edgeland: An Interview With LoneLady". PopMatters. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- Phares, Heather. "Nerve Up - Lonelady". Allmusic. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- Doran, John (February 22, 2010). "Album review: LoneLady - Nerve Up". NME.com. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- Raposa, David (March 8, 2010). "Nerve Up album review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- Ferguson, Euan (3 Feb 2010). "Lonelady - Nerve Up". theskinny.co.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- Mullholland, Gary. "Album review: LoneLady - Nerve Up". www.qthemusic.com. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- Rogers, Jude. "Nerve Up - Lonelady". www.thequietus.com. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
- Hann, Michael (December 24, 2010). "Guardian First Album Award". www.Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2010.