No World
by Inc.
  • Record Label: 4AD
  • Release Date: Feb 19, 2013
Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
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  1. Tiny Mix Tapes
    May 8, 2013
    90
    If the album can be considered R&B proper, it’s one of the most consistent and fulfilling longplayers the genre has yet birthed.
  2. Filter
    Mar 15, 2013
    76
    With 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.
  3. Delusions of Adequacy
    Mar 7, 2013
    70
    Overall, there is a very cloud-like vibe, reticent of stammering into a mysterious blend of genres.
  5. Fact Magazine (UK)
    Mar 1, 2013
    80
    While indebted to the music that came before it, No World is very much of the here and now.
  6. Spin
    Feb 20, 2013
    80
    Their 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.
  7. Exclaim
    Feb 19, 2013
    90
    No 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.
  8. New Musical Express (NME)
    Feb 19, 2013
    80
    Their debut album is 11 whispered R&B songs, all textured, considered and thoughtfully constructed.
  9. Pitchfork
    Feb 19, 2013
    70
    inc. 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.
  10. DIY Magazine
    Feb 19, 2013
    70
    The fearful funk of inc. isn't just summarised as another outlet for meditative reflection--every song on this record showcases unbeatable quirk-pop perfection.
  11. The Line of Best Fit
    Feb 14, 2013
    70
    Though 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.
  12. Slant Magazine
    Feb 13, 2013
    80
    The 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.
  13. BBC Music
    Feb 12, 2013
    80
    These gifted siblings have come of age. You’ll want what they’re having.
  14. Mojo
    Feb 12, 2013
    80
    Inc. 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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  15. Uncut
    Feb 12, 2013
    70
    It's a guarded affair, drawing from the same muted palette of emotions throughout. [Mar 2013, p.73]
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