| There's No One New Around You | ||||
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| EP by | ||||
| Released | November 18, 2016 | |||
| Genre | Alternative, indie rock, indie pop | |||
| Length | 15:20 | |||
| Label | Rhyme & Reason Records | |||
| Producer | pronoun | |||
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There's No One New Around You (stylized in lower-case) is the debut studio EP from the American musician pronoun.
Content
The four-track EP was released on 10-inch vinyl, compact disc and digital download on November 18, 2016. Recorded in her Brooklyn apartment, There's No One New Around You was intended to be a full-length album, until finishing the song "Snowed In", after which, she notes "it just felt like [the record] was done."[1][2] The album production, mixing, artwork and photography is by Pronoun.[2] The album title is based on an automated message from the social search engine mobile-phone application Tinder, and as Pronoun explains in an interview with City Pulse, after "scrolling through [...] and I reached the end and that's what it said. I thought, 'this is actually really beautiful, if you take it of context.'"[3] It is described as indie rock, post-punk and soft electronic filled with delicate, deeply personal tracks.[4]
The song "Just Cuz You Can't" is about a long-term relationship that she "thought would never end".[5] Its music video was directed by Sabyn Mayfield.[6]
Reception
For the song "Just Cuz You Can't", Stereogum writes it is a "driving and urgent rock song undercut by Vellturo's mumbled, passionate delivery," and Billboard calls it an "emotionally captivating track that channels the evolving timeline of a relationship."
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "A Million Other Things" | 3:48 |
| 2. | "Til Your Legs Give Up" | 3:49 |
| 3. | "Just Cuz You Can't" | 3:15 |
| 4. | "Snowed In // There's No One New Around You" | 4:28 |
| Total length: | 15:20 | |
Note
- All tracks are stylized in lower-case
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Blake, Liza (October 18, 2016), "pronoun Makes Indie Debut With New EP, Featuring 'just cuz you can't': Exclusive Premiere", Billboard, retrieved April 3, 2019
- Chesney, Danielle (July 27, 2017), "One-woman show", City Pulse, retrieved April 3, 2019
- Hill, John (September 4, 2018), "In Conversation: pronoun, Brooklyn indie upstart on mending broken hearts", Clash, retrieved April 3, 2019
- Lerner, Rebecca (October 31, 2018), "How One-Woman Band Pronoun Is Making It Big", Forbes, retrieved April 3, 2019
- Rettig, James (December 15, 2016), "Pronoun "Just Cuz You Can't" video", Stereogum, retrieved April 3, 2019
- Smith, Emmalee (November 12, 2018), "'Bedroom pop' artist pronoun turns heartbreak into hits", WCPO-TV, retrieved April 3, 2019