No Floor
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| Studio album by More Eaze and Claire Rousay | ||||
| Released | March 21, 2025 | |||
| Length | 30:55 | |||
| Label | Thrill Jockey | |||
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No Floor is a collaborative album by American composer Mari "More Eaze" Maurice and Canadian-American experimental musician Claire Rousay. It was released March 21, 2025, by Thrill Jockey.[1][2]
Background
[edit]Consisting of five songs, No Floor is the first joint album by long-time collaborators, Eaze and Rousay, since their debut project in 2020, If I Don't Let Myself Be Happy Now Then When.[1]
It was first announced on December 19, 2024, followed by the release of its lead single, "Limelight, Illegally".[3] The second single, "Lowcountry", was released on February 26, 2025.[4]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Pitchfork | 7.6/10[2] |
In its review of No Floor, AllMusic wrote "Though most of the album doesn't feature the manipulated field recordings and found sounds often used in both artists' music, it still feels very localized and personal, as if they're interpreting various environments and locations through their instruments rather than direct sampling."[1]
Clash Magazine described it as "a five-track exploration of ethereal Americana atmospheres, a dose of audio painting that combines two very distinctive artists."[5] British online magazine The Quietus noted that "the album as a whole feels like a dream that’s always at risk of being interrupted by reality, where pure bliss is just out of reach."[6]
Theatrical website BroadwayWorld commented about the theme of the album, stating "Eschewing the auto-tune inflected pop-psychedelia and found sounds of their previous collaborations, No Floor is collage music as pastoral melancholia, a lush tour into their own version of Americana."[7] Pitchfork gave the album a rating of 7.6 out of 10, and described it as "an instrumental record built around collaged electro-acoustic sounds that tells the story of their friendship through portraits of bars and venues—memorialized in the track titles—that they’ve visited."[2]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by More Eaze and Claire Rousay.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Hopfields" | 8:16 |
| 2. | "Kinda Tropical" | 3:16 |
| 3. | "The Applebees Outside Kalamazoo, Michigan" | 5:57 |
| 4. | "Limelight, Illegally" | 6:38 |
| 5. | "Lowcountry" | 6:48 |
| Total length: | 30:55 | |
Personnel
[edit]- More Eaze – performance, production, mixing
- Claire Rousay – performance
- Andrew Weathers – mastering
- Grace Herndon – photography
- Daniel Castrejón – design
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Simpson, Paul. "No Floor – more eaze, claire rousay". AllMusic. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
- ^ a b c Shuttleworth, Alastair (March 24, 2025). "more eaze / claire rousay: No Floor". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
- ^ Chelosky, Danielle (December 20, 2024). "More Eaze & Claire Rousay Announce New Album No Floor: Hear "Limelight, Illegally"". Stereogum. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (February 26, 2025). "more eaze & claire rousay Share New Song "lowcountry": Listen". Stereogum. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
- ^ Murray, Robin (December 19, 2024). "more eaze, claire rousay Combine On New Album No Floor". Clash Magazine. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
- ^ Dayan, Levi (March 21, 2025). "More Eaze & Claire Rousay – No Floor". The Quietus. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
- ^ Sharpe, Josh (December 19, 2024). "More Eaze & Claire Rousay Share New Single 'limelight, illegally'". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved March 22, 2025.