First they Started Nothing now four years later The Ting Tings bring us Sounds From Nowheresville.
My first reaction to listening to their second album was that it didn't sound like The Tings Tings. Overall Sounds From Nowwheresville has a slower tempo, is less poppy, not as danceable or as catchy as We Started Nothing but that didn't stop me from listening to the new album again and again.
With quickly delivered lyrics and a distinctive hook the single "Hang It Up" possess a feel close to that of Blondie's hit "Rapture" so it makes sense this song is the first single off of the new album.
Along with an entire verse of lead vocals on "Hang It Up" we hear more from Jules de Martino on the track "Give It Up" which is a welcomed upgrade from their debut album where we merely hear him on back up vocals along side front woman Katie White.
With a reggae feel on the track "Soul Killing", an acoustic sound on "Help" and the melancholic "In Your Life" wrapping up the package The Tings Tings prove they can dance outside of their own lines with out falling out of step.
Nowheresville sounds different than Nothing but it does sound like The Ting Tings and this funky-fresh duo definitely have something good going!
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