Nerve Up
| Nerve Up | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 22 February 2010 | |||
| Recorded | March-April 2009 | |||
| Studio | Ancoats, Manchester | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 40:22 | |||
| Label | Warp | |||
| Producer | Julie Campbell, Guy Fixsen | |||
| Lonelady chronology | ||||
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Nerve Up is the debut album by Lonelady, released by Warp on 22 February 2010.
Background[edit]
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[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| 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[edit]
All tracks composed by Lonelady
- "If Not Now" - 3:21
- "Intuition" - 3:28
- "Nerve Up" - 4:41
- "Early the Haste Comes" - 3:48
- "Marble" - 5:07
- "Immaterial" - 3:38
- "Cattletears" - 4:09
- "Have No Past" - 3:41
- "Army" - 3:01
- "Fear No More" - 5:35
Personnel[edit]
- Julie Campbell - artwork, photography
- Andrew Cheetham - drums
References[edit]
- ^ Mankowski, Guy (6 May 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.
- ^ a b Doran, John (22 February 2010). "Album review: LoneLady - Nerve Up". NME.com. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ a b Raposa, David (8 March 2010). "Nerve Up album review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ Ferguson, Euan (3 February 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 (24 December 2010). "Guardian First Album Award". www.Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
External links[edit]
Nerve Up at Discogs (list of releases)
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