News from Nowhere (Darkstar album)

News from Nowhere
Studio album by Darkstar
Released 5 February 2013
Recorded 2012
Genre Ambient, art pop, psychedelic pop, synthpop
Length 40:37
Label Warp Records
Producer Darkstar
Darkstar chronology
North
(2010)North2010		 News From Nowhere
(2013)		 Foam Island
(2015)Foam Island 2015
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork(7/10)[1]
NME(8/10)[2]
Resident Advisor[3]
Mixmag[4]
The Guardian[5]

News from Nowhere is the second album by the UK electronic music band Darkstar.[1][6] It was released in February 2013 by Warp Records.[5] The album was produced and recorded at Richard Formby's studio in Leeds, using Formby's vintage analogue synthesizers and classic tape machines.[2]

Darkstar members Aiden Whalley, James Young and new member James Buttery[7][8] returned from touring to promote their debut album North, and began writing and recording the album in rural Yorkshire. The album is named after William Morris' classic book whose subject matter combined utopian socialism and science fiction.

This album differs from their earlier album North by the addition of vocal work from Buttery.[9]

Reception

News from Nowhere received positive reviews from MOJO and The Quietus,[10] and generally positive reviews from several other reviewers.[4][5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Light Body Clock Starter"2:57
2."Timeaway"3:22
3."Armonica"3:42
4."-"2:45
5."A Day's Pay For A Day's Work"3:50
6."Young Heart's"2:57
7."Amplified Ease"4:48
8."You Don't Need A Weatherman"5:17
9."Bed Music - North View"3:41
10."Hold Me Down"7:18

References

  1. 1 2 "Darkstar News From Nowhere". Pitchfork review.
  2. 1 2 Alex Denny. "Darkstar – 'News From Nowhere'". NME review.
  3. ↑ "Darkstar - News From Nowhere" Resident Advisor.
  4. 1 2 Sean Griffiths. "DARKSTAR NEWS FROM NOWHERE". Mixmag. Archived from the original on 2013-05-08.
  5. 1 2 3 Rebecca Nicholson, "Darkstar: News from Nowhere – review". The Guardian.
  6. ↑ "Darkstar News from Nowhere". Drowned in Sound.
  7. ↑ "Electro trio travels further from the dancefloor, picking up new tricks as they go.". Louis Pattison, BBC, 2013.
  8. ↑ " Darkstar - News from Nowhere". The Line of Best Fit, Thomas Hannan, 29 January 2013.
  9. ↑ "News from Nowhere". Fact Magazine. by Lauren Martin, February 19, 2013.
  10. ↑ "REview: Darkstar News From Nowhere". The Quietus.
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