Highly anticipated 2007 debut album from the Britpop trio. What?s The Time Mr. Wolf? is a collection of tracks written and recorded over an 18-month period between London and LA. The Noisettes made a deliberate decision ... more »to keep their music stripped down and performance based. The songs are a reflection of their different musical moods and influences which are constantly changing and morphing. Rolling Stone tipped them in their coveted ?Top 10 for 2007? list. Plus they have also just finished a mammoth tour with the mighty Muse after being hand-picked as main to be main support on their recent UK and European dates. The Noisettes have been described by the NME as ?One of rock n roll?s best kept secrets? and by The Guardian as ?Britain?s best live band?. 10 tracks.« less
Highly anticipated 2007 debut album from the Britpop trio. What?s The Time Mr. Wolf? is a collection of tracks written and recorded over an 18-month period between London and LA. The Noisettes made a deliberate decision to keep their music stripped down and performance based. The songs are a reflection of their different musical moods and influences which are constantly changing and morphing. Rolling Stone tipped them in their coveted ?Top 10 for 2007? list. Plus they have also just finished a mammoth tour with the mighty Muse after being hand-picked as main to be main support on their recent UK and European dates. The Noisettes have been described by the NME as ?One of rock n roll?s best kept secrets? and by The Guardian as ?Britain?s best live band?. 10 tracks.
Shane Carpenter | Los Angeles, CA USA | 05/02/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"So I was at my local record store and I was intrigued by the Billie Holliday and Yeah Yeah Yeahs reference. The album was cheap enough to take a chance on and I'm very glad that I did. There are so many musical styles and theories going on in this album but they all equate to a rockin' good time! Imagine a band that can rock like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs but with a front woman who has a great voice to boot. This is a solid album from beginning to end, not one bad song, and I can't say enough good things about it."
Eclecticism of the finest (dis)order
Joshua Alexander | Washington, DC | 04/24/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The noisettes are a conceptual approach to sound that escapes the confines of pop music. They defy any single paradigm or set of assumptions, instead drawing upon multiple theories, styles, and ideas to gain complementary insights, leading us into a new dimension of sounds and thrills. To put it plainly, which is impossible with this trio - they rock!
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Sparkling debut
michael esse | England | 02/21/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
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The Noisettes debut is a breath of fresh air in the music market place. Only a trio, yet they can create a wild wall of discordant thrash in one moment and then be as tender and gentle as a baby in the next, with the vocals to match. In this respect, they remind me somewhat of Nirvana. Style wise, they've got the chops to do simple rock n roll like Don't Give Up through to the breathtaking musical gymnastics of Mind the Gap (jazz, blues, heavy rock, punk...). Highly recommended.
A great debut album and I'm looking forward to the next one having a little more consistency in the songwriting (not that there's a filler on this one) and maybe stronger production, especially to make the most of Shingai Shoniwa's truly fantastic voice.
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It's time to rock; THAT'S what time it is
Anthony Rupert | Milwaukee, WI | 01/04/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)
"The band Noisettes represents another case where I see an artist in a list of my albums to listen to but I don't remember where I heard of them. At any rate, their full-length debut album What's the Time, Mr. Wolf is pretty solid.
You normally wouldn't expect a black woman to be fronting a rock band, especially since it doesn't always work right (Wicked Wisdom, anyone?). But frontwoman Shingai Shoniwa does a great job leading the rest of the band through these songs. One reviewer described the band as Billie Holiday fronting the White Stripes, and although I don't know if I would necessarily say THAT, I can say that there are plenty of rockin' tunes like "Cannot Even (Break Free)", "Don't Give Up" and "Scratch Your Name". Mellow songs also work, as shown by "Hierarchy" and the hidden track, "Never Fall in Love Again".
I didn't really care for "IWE", and "Nothing to Dread" made me say the opposite (well, the chorus, anyway). But What's the Time Mr. Wolf still proves that Noisettes are one of the most interesting bands out there right now, so check it out.
Anthony Rupert"
They're reeeeeeeal good.
w i l l i a m | Brooklyn, NY | 09/29/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I saw the 'Scratch Your Name' music video and although I couldn't hear a thing I was completely intrigued. It so happened I had the oppurtunity to see them live and I loved them. I haven't felt so much energy from a band in a long time; the Noisettes are amazing."