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We Initiated Nothing is the debut album from The Ting Tings. Tipped in the top three of the BBC's Sound of 2008 poll at the beginning of the year, seemingly they have much to prove. However, The Ting Tings aren't concerning proving themselves; they are just here to enjoy it. Making excellent British pop music - their way - is what they're concerning. Born of a desire to employ the DIY ethic from day one - Katie White and Jules De Martino escaped the industry trappings they one time experienced in a previous band and went back to basics as a duo. They stripped back everything they thought they together knew concerning making music and the industry this revolved all-around each note.

We Initiated Nothing is a debut album brimming together with intuitive pop noise. It's pure garage-pop and one time heard will in-bed itself into your subconscious for many days, weeks, months to come. Snappy choruses trade off against angular gutar work, whip smart drumming and a succession of loops this they make exist together with the use of delay pedals.

The debut album by Salford's The Ting Tings comes hot on the heels of their No.1 single "This's Not My Name", a nugget of pop gold this comes on like a genetic splicing of Toni Basil's "Micky" and The Knack's "My Sharona". The bulk of We Initiated Nothing follows a similar formula, navigating a path between the smart, angular indie of CSS, Bonde Do Role, et al and the pop mainstream. Here and there, they pull it off completely: the stutter-rap of "Fruit Machine" sees vocalist Katie White leading on some poor sap together with sultry charisma and lip-gloss sass, while the outstanding "Shut Up and Let Me Go" is snappy dance-punk in the spirit of Blondie's "Rapture" or Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love". Elsewhere, they branch out together with mixed outcomes. "We Walk" builds from quiet flourishes of piano into a surprisingly steely manifesto: "Smash the rest up/Burn it down/Put us in the corner cause we're into ideas", sneers White. Rather less good is "Traffic Light", a light, jazzy number this employs a number of somewhat forced driving metaphors to describe a relationship hit the skids. Still, it's a debut together with promise, and a string of good singles is nothing to be sniffed at. -–Louis Pattison

Customer Reviews

We Started Nothing 2010-07-21

By Guy

Got this for my kids good simple pop music,I like it, I will give it an 8 for dancability.

Just needed 2 songs 2010-07-01

By pika2000

I never pay attention to the general pop music, and didn't even realize that they sing the "Shut Up and Let Me Go" used in an iPod commercial.

I only purchased 2 tracks: "Great DJ," and "Be the One." Both are good pop tracks, with a catchy and easy to remember chorus/melody. I'm only interested in those 2 tracks because they are featured in the Japanese drama revolving around Twitter, "Sunao ni Narenakute (Hard to Say I Love You)," starring Ueno Juri (Nodame), Eita, and JaeJoong (DBSK). ;)

shut up and dance 2010-06-03

By S. Dunphy (Corte Madera, CA)

Turn it on, crank it up, and have a good time. Nothing profound, but so what, nothing that insults your intelligence either. And really excellent, catchy tunes with excellent singing that make you want to shake your money maker. Do it.

interesting original music 2010-03-19

By Jeffrey Kallis

I saw them on Sat Night Live and I was impressed. The cd is great.

sadly only one song was good 2010-03-09

By R. Spurrier

Only got for the one song anyway. Listened to the whole cd and found it had a couple with a good beat but the words made it unenjoyable. Made me pause and go "WHAT the heck are they talking about".

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