Album Details
Debut album from Salford. Manchester's Indie Pop duo, championed as 'the band to watch in 2008' by the UK music press including the NME. The Ting Tings are the Pop explosion made up of Jules De Martino and Katie White. The duo have teased and tantalized during the latter months of 2007 by releasing extremely limited singles and playing very few headline shows. The duly deposited buzz has built steadily to launch one of the most exciting British Indie-Pop acts to emerge from these shores in years. 10 tracks including the single 'That's Not My Name'. Columbia. 2008. *Only available in the U.S. on vinyl!
Album Description
We Started Nothing is the debut album from The Ting Tings. Tipped in the top three of the BBC's Sound of 2008 poll at the beginning of the year, seemingly they have much to prove. However, The Ting Tings aren't about proving themselves; they are simply here to enjoy it. Making great British pop music - their way - is what they're about.
Born of a desire to employ the DIY ethic from day one - Katie White and Jules De Martino escaped the industry trappings they once experienced in a previous band and went back to basics as a duo. They stripped back everything they thought they both knew about making music and the industry that revolved around every note.
We Started Nothing is a debut album brimming with intuitive pop noise. It's pure garage-pop and once heard will in-bed itself into your subconscious for many days, weeks, months to come. Snappy choruses trade off against angular gutar work, whip smart drumming and a succession of loops that they create live with the use of delay pedals.