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No Shouts, No Calls isn’t just their most song-based work, it’s also their most romantic.
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It’s a little bit adventurous, capable of surprising sidesteps, but remains safely at home in Electrelane’s own engagingly individual aesthetic.
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FilterWarmer than previous efforts. [#25, p.102]
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The British quartet is primitive, almost amateurish in its approach—the vocals waver in and out of key, the drumming can generously be described as "plodding," and the songs are kiddie-band simple. But what simplicity, what plodding, what wavering!
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At once soothing and energetic, ferocious and effeminate, beautiful and ballsy, No Shouts, No Calls is a passionate, confident effort.
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No Shouts, No Calls might be some of Electrelane's most accessible work, but it's far from safe; in fact, its sweet vulnerability is exactly what makes it so special.
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The confident arrangements throughout 'No Shouts, No Calls' are the finest Electrelane have yet committed to tape.
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It's a collection of tiny, almost unnoticeable changes that make this record so much more solid than its predecessors.
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No Shouts, No Calls is a complete statement by a band at the height of its powers.
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All the swirling riffs and overlapping repetitions might be tiresome if not for the sad, imperfect voices at their center.
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On No Shouts, No Calls, the Krautrock-esque sonics of the band's last album have been fused with The Power Out's flair for continental pop, but it's the guitars that sing loudest.
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Having eschewed the over-earnest knob-twiddling of erstwhile producer Steve Albini, Verity Susman’s vocals and Mia Clarke’s guitars now sound crisp and urgent, and when the envelope gets pushed... the band’s detached cool melts into a pleasing joi de vivre.
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UncutAggressive bursts of noise and fantastic harmonic singing make this record sound like the result of a happy accident rather than a long-pondered academic exercise. [Apr 2007, p.94]
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MojoThe results are urgent, direct yet cerebral, drawing on some familiar touchstones. [May 2007, p.114]
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Q MagazineProof positive that you can post-rock and still have a smile on your face. [May 2007, p.124]
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The band returns to The Power Out’s playground equipped with the chops their latest personnel lineup displayed on Axes. The album only benefits from it, becoming a more-than-worthy successor to both previous releases.
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SpinEven when Electrelane ditch the cheer completely, they inspire more smiles than growls. [Jun 2007, p.92]
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Their charm lies in the feeling that below the faintly twee, wistful, synthy exterior beats a feisty riot-grrl heart.
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UrbEmphasizes stripped down drums & bass. [Apr 2007, p.102]
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Under The RadarNo Shouts, No Calls has its winning moments--it's just that Electrelane's albums aren't getting better. [#17, p.84]
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If the singing improves [over the course of the CD] though, the band's penchant for turning every tune in a proggy wig-out, does not.
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HarryG.Oct 26, 2007
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shaank.Jul 17, 2007
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JTRJun 28, 2007