England Without Rain, by Talk Less Say More

England Without Rain

by Talk Less Say More

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1.	I Feel Like Making A Record 03:16	buy track
2.	Atlantic 03:16	buy track
3.	England Without Rain 03:50	buy track
4.	The Something Sonata 03:21	buy track
5.	Glockenspiel 03:46	buy track
6.	The Wrong Door 03:10	buy track
7.	Like Neon 02:16	buy track
8.	Black Eyes 02:35	buy track
9.	Sky Over Everything 02:08	buy track
10.	Love Is A Vortex 02:35	buy track
11.	I Didn't Realise 03:12	buy track
12.	Double Helixxx 03:32	buy track

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37 minutes of postmodern pop perfection. England Without Rain bursts with vitality, oozing with surreal mirages and sultry pleasures, yearning for the release of a storm. Joy, sadness and frustration embodied in shimmering guzheng, exuberant synths, thumping Kompakt beats and Fleetwood Mac guitar duels.

This sonic invention is matched by subtle, affective lyrics. There’s a real sense of embodiment here: music, love and memory lingering in bone and muscle. ”The churn at the base of my chest/a body never forgets”, sings Jennings on ‘Love Is A Vortex’; whilst in ‘Atlantic’ “the moments in our throat/became real and made us choke”. There are moments of wry humour too: Glockenspiel captures the obsession required to make a record like this, with Jennings wondering if he’ll “buy a box of wine/and stay in with my glockenspiels?”.

Over the last few years artists such as Hot Chip, WhoMadeWho and Kanye West have shown what electronic pop can do. It’s testament to the brilliance of England Without Rain that we can mention it alongside them. A grand statement, perhaps – but this is a grand record.

"does for homemade electro-pop what Heston Blumenthal once did for the menu at a Little Chef off the A303 near Basingstoke: tarts it up good and proper with a combination of modern technological wizardry and impeccable taste...England Without Rain is an album with such a surfeit of ideas and imagination that one almost feels that it's not really fair"
The Quietus

"The greatest praise that can be given to 'England Without Rain' is that there really is nothing out there quite like it...a unique, yes, leftfield, but also unashamedly bedroom pop album...My friends, it's time to reclaim pop. Let 'England Without Rain' be your first step."
Contact Music

"Quite simply, this is one of the very best netlabel releases I’ve ever heard...fizzles with imagination and lyrical wit. The fact that it’s free and much better than any commercially released pop records of the last 10+ years just makes it all the better, not to mention making a mockery of the entire commercial music industry"
Fwonk*

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released February 26, 2012

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