Warpaint

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AlbumJan 17 / 201412 songs, 51m 16s
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Having won the heavy hearts and minds of indie rock\'s cognoscenti with their 2009 debut, *The Fool*, the L.A. quartet Warpaint set their sites higher on this self-titled follow-up. Here, they enlist veteran producer Flood (U2, PJ Harvey) to help them beef up their sensual and spooky postpunk. The band decamped to Joshua Tree to write the album, and the eerie desolation of the California desert haunts the tracks accordingly. The serpentine \"Keep It Healthy\" features fidgety guitar riffs atop the group\'s lockstep rhythm section of bassist Jenny Lee Lindberg and drummer Stella Mozgawa, while \"Teese\" layers Emily Kokal\'s hushed vocals over a creeping beat and atmospheric synths. The single \"Love Is to Die\" is a gauzy midtempo song with a persistent beat, over which Kokal incants a subtly catchy hook: \"Love is to die/Love is to not die/Love is to dance.\"

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The Los Angeles band Warpaint's three-years-in-the-making second album, featuring cover art from acclaimed video director Chris Cunningham, was produced by Flood and mixed by Nigel Godrich.

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Warpaint’s debut album, 2010’s The Fool, sounded at times like it was recorded in a dripping rainforest, from the sticky echoes on “Bees” to the slowly cranked-up pace of “Composure.” A little over three years later, the all-female quartet has slowed down even further, and thrown a bucket of ice water on the…

8 / 10

Instead of being tucked up inside anxiety, the band's second LP sees them soar in opposing directions.

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If there is something to get out of Warpaint as a whole, it is that there is strength in numbers, that these four are…

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"Undertow" was one of the highlights from Warpaint's debut album The Fool, and it still describes and defines their sneakily captivating approach and appeal.

Warpaint founder Theresa Wayman’s assertion that the follow-up to The Fool would be a minimalist affair is made flesh on this, the LA quartet’s second album. Raw and elementary, it locks down the quartet's methodology, its songs at first seeming to overlap and merge, impossible to separate. Built on a drifting bed of hazy beats and coloured by Wayman’s spidery arpeggios, it’s far less immediate than their debut and demands much of the diligent listener.

7 / 10

Warpaint have been quiet since bursting onto the scene in 2010 with The Fool, a rush of noisy, atmospheric rock that deservedly nabbed a lot of favourable looks.

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Album review: Clash rates 'Warpaint', the eponymous second album from the Los Angeles band, featuring the track 'Biggy'

<p><strong>Kitty Empire: </strong>The eagerly awaited second album from California's Warpaint has its moments, but mostly it's hip aural wallpaper</p>

Warpaint’s self-titled sophomore effort finds the Los Angeles quartet moving toward a more subdued, ethereal sound.

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Warpaint's second album is so muted and restrained as to be barely there, but close listening does reap some rewards, writes <strong>Alexis Petridis</strong>

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Warpaint, the all-female four-piece band from Los Angeles, introduced themselves to the UK in 2010, with the release of their debut album, The Fool. While not the most dynamic set of tunes, there was spirit and atmosphere, and the song-writing talents of Theresa Wayman and Emily Kokal generated fans in both the music and mainstream press. The band was even nominated for the BBC’s Sound of 2011 award after “Shadows” received plenty of airplay on Radio 1.