Stateless

Stateless

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 19, 2007)
• Original Release Date: June 19, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: K7
• ASIN: B000PKG7N4
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #178,237 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars look ma, no guitars!, September 13, 2007

By	Joseph Geni (Evanston, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is one of the better and more interesting records to come out this year. I found out about this because the lead singer, Chris James (who sounds uncannily like Coldplay's Chris Martin, but writes better lyrics) collaborated with DJ Shadow on his new album "The Outsider." James fronts this Leeds 5-piece, the lineup of which is missing a noteworthy instrument: guitar. Instead they have drums, bass, vox, keyboard/programming and turntables. The result is that the band's debut full-length album captures all the Britrock melancholy of Radiohead, Coldplay or Elbow but, freed from guitars, it explores all sorts of other scapes that makes it entirely distinct from those bands. The sound is dominated by pianos, samples, strings, etc., and the drums loom large in the mix. And in hindsight, the DJ Shadow connection is natural, as the band employs some of his nostalgic sampling, subtle scratching, and especially his funky tempos and breakbeats. As with Radiohead and their ilk, I wish these guys would occasionally strike a slightly less gloomy and world-weary tone, just to change the pace, but this is an album to get by a band to watch.

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!, June 8, 2009

By	H. Van Deventer (TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I also found this band after Chris James collaborated with DJ Shadow. The self titled album has one great track after another. Any DJ Shadow fan will appreciate the mixing and the vocals sound great.

If you haven't heard the song on the DJ Shadow album - Outsider I highly recommend it.

The music just flows.

4.0 out of 5 stars sophisticated, April 22, 2009

By	Emily Gammon (Austin Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I heard one track on an tv show and had to look it up immediately. I checke d out the album on Amazon and thought, what the heck, it sounds good.
Turns out I was right.

The album isn't really comparable to anything I've heard before.
It's rich audio and cool vocals sit on a deep river of bass.

Awesome music to calm you down, even better loud. I can't help feeling like it evokes the emotions of jazz--that smooth smoky sensuality.

Great!