Nocturne (Wild Nothing album)
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| Studio album by Wild Nothing | ||||
| Released | August 28, 2012 | |||
| Studio | Rare Book Room (Brooklyn, New York) |
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| Genre | Indie pop, dream pop | |||
| Length | 44:31 | |||
| Label | Captured Tracks | |||
| Producer | Nicolas Vernhes | |||
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Vinyl edition's 6 interchangeable inserts
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 75/100 |
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| Source | Rating |
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| The A.V. Club | B |
| Drowned in Sound | 7/10 |
| Earbuddy | 8.9/10 |
| Exclaim! | 7/10 |
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| NME | 7/10 |
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| Pitchfork | 8.3/10 |
Nocturne is the second studio album by American indie rock act Wild Nothing, released on August 28, 2012 on Captured Tracks.
The success of Wild Nothing's debut allowed Jack Tatum to record in a full studio for its follow-up, a change of pace from Gemini's exclusive use of the laptop for recording. Working with producer Nicolas Vernhes, Tatum stated: “The biggest thing was just having a producer, having somebody extremely knowledgeable to work with. I mean, obviously I had a lot of nice equipment at my disposal for the first time, too ... But I never wanted to use any of that to pursue a wholly different sound to the first album; it was just nice to have somebody to bounce ideas off, to help me tweak things.” "Shadow," the first song from Nocturne to be released, features a string section, something Tatum "never" could have done without a studio environment.
Despite the album's widespread critical acclaim and a Best New Music nod from Pitchfork, Tatum reflected on the album's recording process in 2013, stating: "[Nocturne] felt like it took a long time for me. I took my time and it was really spread out, with months in between writing songs. There was so much thought put into that record, so much of me being a perfectionist, like, 'Okay, this really has to sound a certain way.' In a lot of ways, I listen to that record now and think I thought way too hard on this. To me, it’s sort of missing something… even though I'm so proud of that record and I think a lot of the songs are good. I mean, you should like your own music, otherwise why even make it?"
Nocturne received largely positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 27 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". The album was ranked the best album of the year by Under the Radar magazine, while on DIY magazine's 2012 year-end list, it was number 25.
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