Sounds from Nowheresville
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| Studio album by The Ting Tings | ||||
| Released | 24 February 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2009–11, Berlin, London, Murcia and Ibiza | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, indie pop, dance-punk, synthpop, new wave, ska | |||
| Length | 33:59 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Jules De Martino | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 52/100 |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    |
| The A.V. Club | B− |
| The Daily Telegraph | |
| Drowned in Sound | 4/10 |
| The Guardian | |
| The Independent | |
| NME | 5/10 |
| Pitchfork Media | 1.8/10 |
| PopMatters | 4/10 |
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Sounds from Nowheresville is the second studio album by English indie pop duo The Ting Tings, released on 24 February 2012 by Columbia Records. It was by preceded the lead single "Hang It Up", which was released on 27 December 2011. Although their 2010 single "Hands" was originally reported not to appear on the album, the duo confirmed on Twitter that it would appear on the deluxe edition of the album. The band revealed that they scrapped an entire album after "stumbl[ing] on this new sound" during a visit to Spain.
The band launched a contest called Show Us Yours, which gave artists and graphic designers the chance to create art and videos to show the band. One piece of art by artist Milan Abad showed both Katie White and Jules De Martino as skeletons, which caught the band's attention and ultimately became the album's artwork. White stated that other entries would be placed in the album insert.
Sounds from Nowheresville debuted at number twenty-three on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 6,246 copies.
The duo began writing their second album in Paris, France. The album was recorded over a period of eight months in the basement of a former jazz club in the Friedrichshain area of Berlin, Germany. Jules De Martino stated that they chose Berlin "to have complete, crazy freedom", while Katie White also said that they wanted to "isolate themselves". According to De Martino: "We had to find a new challenge and going to hide away in Berlin was the perfect place because our friends aren't there, our families aren't there and our record company isn't there, so no one really bothered us. I think that if we'd have gone back to Manchester we'd have been a mess." It was reported that the band would collaborate with rapper Jay-Z on the new album. The duo were reportedly assisted by labelmate and Barbadian-R&B star Rihanna, who contributed vocals to a track.
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