No Shouts No Calls

Rating

Album: No Shouts No Calls
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Greater Times	More Info...	0:03
2)	To the East	More Info...	0:05
3)	After the Call	More Info...	0:03
4)	Tram 21	More Info...	0:04
5)	In Berlin	More Info...	0:04
6)	At Sea	More Info...	0:04
7)	Between the Wolf and the Dog	More Info...	0:04
8)	Saturday	More Info...	0:04
9)	Five	More Info...	0:06
10)	Cut and Run	More Info...	0:03
11)	The Lighthouse	More Info...	0:04

Album: No Shouts No Calls
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Greater Times	More Info...	0:03
2)	To the East	More Info...	0:05
3)	After the Call	More Info...	0:03
4)	Tram 21	More Info...	0:04
5)	In Berlin	More Info...	0:04
6)	At Sea	More Info...	0:04
7)	Between the Wolf and the Dog	More Info...	0:04
8)	Saturday	More Info...	0:04
9)	Five	More Info...	0:06
10)	Cut and Run	More Info...	0:03
11)	The Lighthouse	More Info...	0:04

Performer Notes

Electrelane: Ros Murray, Emma Gaze, Mia Clarke, Verity Susman.
Personnel: Verity Susman (vocals, guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Mia Clarke (guitar, background vocals); Ros Murray (ukulele, cello, organ, background vocals); Emma Gaze (drums).
Audio Mixers: Jessica Ruffins; Bill Skibbe.
Recording information: Key Club, Benton Harbor, MI (09/2006).
NO SHOUTS NO CALLS is the most assured and mature album of the Brighton, England, band's career. While it doesn't contain the rawness and improvisatory glee of 2005's AXES, it shows the songwriting and instrumental skills of the all-female quartet to have improved by leaps and bounds, with more immediate pop structures (not to mention more manageable song lengths) and tight playing supplanting the sloppy charms of previous outings. Electrelane still like to work it on out, though, and many of the songs drift off into fuzzed-out, Velvets-like outros, but in general, NO SHOUTS NO CALLS is the most compact and straightforward release of the band's career.

Professional Reviews

Spin (p.92) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "'The Greater Times' coaxes sunlight from murk, imagining Stereolab without the detached cool; and 'After the Call' teases with sweet nothings before smashing with indie-fried guitars."

Q (p.124) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Stop-start rock attacks such as 'Five' are balanced by moments of euphoria and emotion, as on the Proustian, Joy-Division-like romancer 'Saturday'..."

The Wire (p.47) - "Electrelane's fourth offering sashays firmly towards pop song euphoria, while retaining an interest in Sonic Youth-type rock Improv."

The Wire (p.35) - Included in The Wire's "50 Records of the Year 2007".

CMJ (p.41) - "Electrelane's sound is one of beautiful but bittersweet longing, and there's no other peer that could pull it off quite the same."

Mojo (Publisher) (p.114) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The results are urgent, direct yet cerebral, drawing on some familiar touchstones."