Nerve Up is the debut album by Lonelady

Lonelady

Julie Campbell, otherwise known as Lonelady , is a musician from Manchester, England. Her debut album, Nerve Up, appeared on Warp Records in 2010 and drew praise from Paul Morley.-Biography:...

, released by Warp on 22 February 2010.

Reception

David Raposa of Pitchfork Media

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 awarded Nerve Up a 7.7 rating, praising the album's "wall-to-wall skittishness" and commenting that the artist shows "an astonishing ability to express her voice using the sounds of others". NME

NME

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reviewer John Doran noted that "the nakedness of the music suggests a confessional nature" while celebrating "the arrival of a fresh and invigorating voice" and awarding a 9 out of 10 rating. Reviewing the album for Drowned in Sound

Drowned in Sound

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, Simon Jay Catling described it as "a fairly promising debut" but remarked that "the constant signposts can be a bit repetitive".

Track listing

1. "If Not Now"
2. "Intuition"
3. "Nerve Up"
4. "Early the Haste Comes"
5. "Marble"
6. "Immaterial"
7. "Cattletears"
8. "Have No Past"
9. "Army"
10. "Fear No More"