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May 8, 2013If the album can be considered R&B proper, it’s one of the most consistent and fulfilling longplayers the genre has yet birthed.
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Feb 19, 2013No World is a heady mix of opaque beats and Romy Madley Croft guitar lines that reverberate throughout the band's 41-minutes of modest club bangers.
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Mar 1, 2013While indebted to the music that came before it, No World is very much of the here and now.
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Feb 20, 2013Their hooks sink deep, but you'll be more likely to hum than sing along, simply because their words so often disappear into the ether like messages traced with your fingertips on a fogged mirror.
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Feb 19, 2013Their debut album is 11 whispered R&B songs, all textured, considered and thoughtfully constructed.
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Feb 13, 2013The results are dark and slinking, but also highly exquisite, as No World boasts a moody set of tracks that are neither loud nor aggressive, but still possess a very raw and beautiful power lurking behind the whispers.
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Feb 12, 2013These gifted siblings have come of age. You’ll want what they’re having.
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MojoFeb 12, 2013Inc. have taken pop-R'n'B out of the cynical genre tourism and into somewhere far more interesting. [Mar 2013, p.94]
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Mar 15, 2013With major-label R & B still getting a bad rap for being too verbose and sappy, in slides inc. with a tactical and tactful blend of seductive strains framed by minimal instrumentation.
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Mar 7, 2013Overall, there is a very cloud-like vibe, reticent of stammering into a mysterious blend of genres.
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Feb 19, 2013inc. is both faithful to its source material and clever enough to twist it into new shapes, but at least for the time being, no world is unlikely to bring the Ageds out of the shadows.
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Feb 19, 2013The fearful funk of inc. isn't just summarised as another outlet for meditative reflection--every song on this record showcases unbeatable quirk-pop perfection.
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Feb 14, 2013Though it tails off, it starts wonderfully, and how much you enjoy No World’s second half will entirely depend on whether you thought the successes of its first were so great that they were worth repeating within the following 20 minutes.
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UncutFeb 12, 2013It's a guarded affair, drawing from the same muted palette of emotions throughout. [Mar 2013, p.73]
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Mar 18, 2013No world expands the EP’s sound into a slow-burning stew of low bass, nervously ricocheting ticks, and rim shots. The synths circle woozily, usually providing more of the atmosphere than the lead melody. The vocals aren’t hiding, but they’re not out in front either.
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Feb 21, 2013It is a subtle work that may not blow you away but provides lovely succour if you care to wallow in a soulfully translucent daze.
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Feb 21, 2013The overall effect is pleasantly daydreamy, though the album quickly settles into one gear.
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Mar 13, 2013It's really unfortunate that Inc. hasn't been able to elevate beyond these very basic production mistakes; they give an impression that No World was either unmastered or mastered haphazardly.
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Mar 1, 2013None [of the tracks], however, are particularly distinctive from the rest, and while that’s not always a bad thing, it can get frustrating fast when an artist’s single weapon is a certain narrow, half-awake affect.
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Feb 19, 2013Much of No World is so slight, tentative, and ill-defined that it easily slips into pleasant background listening for intimate encounters and soul searching.
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Q MagazineFeb 12, 2013The suspicion is that, in parts at least, No World was more satisfying to make than it is to listen to. [Mar 2013, p.104]