Rust

This is the first non-demo/EP by No, Really (Hannah Clemens), the slightly electro folk singer/songwriter, to show up on Jamendo. A lot of the tracks you may have heard before, so if you have already checked out No, Really, don't expect too much new in the way of songs. However, the recording quality is amazingly crisp and the performance is very well executed. I originally listened to her demo and EP, thinking "I see potential, but she's not there yet." She's there now.

No, Really has introduced a great new sound into this full album. You will notice an electronically induced slightly distant resonating/echoing quality in her voice as well as a slower more deliberate pace in the music. Perhaps it is just me, but I think that a few more instruments appear in this work as well. There is a little bit of violin that really adds a fine polish to the album.

Check out the first track, "Molten" to get an idea of what you are going to get in this album. This was probably her best track before the new album, so you will be able to compare the sounds and see the huge improvement.

In summary, this will really impress the fans of No, Really's Demo and EP. The improvements made are fantastic, and the sound is acoustic beauty with a touch of haunt.

Simply, calm and quiet.
Good voice, good lyrics.
Important.
I want hear more

As I listen to this album, a couple things come through immediately: clear, strong, unapologetic vocals, clean guitar lines [and a violin, too!] But mostly, I hear a person. I don't pretend to think I know them very well, or that they accurately reflect the flesh-and-blood human who penned the lyrics [as the lyrics seem to take priority over any other consideration; an approach I love dearly]. But I -do- feel confident enough to say that this person [who might not -really- exist the same way the singer does] is a weird, quirky, honest sort, who gets mad as Hell about injustice, but like anyone else, maybe doesn't know how to make anything better, but that won't stop them from saying something about it.
It sounds like a soundtrack for A Softer World, if you read that.
In particular, I liked the sultry shift in "Floodplain", and the violin on "Go" really added to the sound. "Beginning of the End" at first struck me as a little melodramatic, but on closer inspection, I heard a couple details that made it very human, such as millenial belief in the end of humanity followed immediately by going out and partying. The kind of contradiction any ordinary person might do if faced with The End. Mostly, though, I keep listening to "Citizen, Go Back to Sleep". It doesn't stop surprising me how the tone stays [facially] upbeat and friendly through most of the song, even though the lyrics blatantly describe a survailance-fuled police-state.
The only thing I don't care for is how few tracks there are. I can't wait for more.
I'll probably be listening to this album for quite a while.

WOWOWOWOWOWOW.
keep going sweetie...

this made me smile ..
love it :-D