Name: Nights Out
Brand: Metronomy

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

BEC 5772370

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Colour

Black

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2011-05-16

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Forced Exposure

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

5060107723702

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Metronomy

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

BECAUSE MUSIC (FRANCE)

<p>Metronomy is a British electronic/alternative band that began in the bohemian market town of Totnes in Devon, UK. The brainchild of Joseph Mount, the band was formed when his father sold him a computer to pursue his passion for making electronic music. Inspired by artists such as Autechre, LFO, and Aphex Twin, Metronomy started as a creative hobby rather than a pop masterplan.</p>

For this second album Metronomy have matured into a proper, full-blown pop group, shaping their scrappy electro-rock tendencies into hook-laden mini-anthems. Once in full swing 'The End Of You Too' has to be the least in-tune pop song you'll ever fall in love with. By all rights it should be a real car pile-up of a song, but somehow it makes a virtue out of its own gleeful ineptitude. At least as good - and as wonky sounding - 'My Heart Rate Rapid' is another crossover dancefloor monster, resplendent with multi-tracked falsetto that'd make Sparks wince. It really is a joy to behold. More of the same can be heard in the wayward synths of tracks like 'Holiday', but Metronomy's brand of pop is a many-headed hydra: 'On The Motorway' and 'Back On The Motorway' take to the krautrock autobahn, displacing the iciness of the source material with fun, flamboyant disco. In addition to being a heck of a lot of fun Nights Out never feels flimsy or throwaway, and however lo-fi or whimsical the production can seem, more often than not there's an undercurrent of sincerity elevating the music beyond frivolousness. Recommended.

Nights Out

Music US

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