Nothing Hurts

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Nothing Hurts
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Studio album by
Male Bonding
ReleasedMay 11, 2010
RecordedFall of 2009
Genre Indie rock, noise pop, punk rock
Label Sub Pop
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club (B) [3]
BBC (positive) [4]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Drowned in Sound (9/10) [6]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
NME (8/10) [8]
One Thirty BPM (65%) [9]
The Phoenix Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Pitchfork Media (8.5/10) [11]
Popmatters (8/10) [12]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Tiny Mix Tapes TMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT empty.svg [15]

Nothing Hurts is the debut album by noise-pop band Male Bonding. It placed number 72 in NME magazine's 75 best albums of 2010.

Track listing

  1. "Year's Not Long" – 2:34
  2. "All Things This Way" – 1:28
  3. "Your Contact" – 1:44
  4. "Weird Feelings" – 2:17
  5. "Franklin" – 2:45
  6. "Crooked Scene" – 2:23
  7. "T.U.F.F." – 1:54
  8. "Nothing Remains" – 1:41
  9. "Nothing Used to Hurt" – 2:41
  10. "Pirate Key" – 2:10
  11. "Paradise Vendors" – 2:38
  12. "Pumpkin" – 2:15
  13. "Worse to Come (featuring Vivian Girls)" – 2:34

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  1. ↑ "Nothing Hurts by Male Bonding". Metacritic . Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Nothing Hurts at AllMusic
  3. ↑ "Male Bonding: Nothing Hurts". The A.V. Club . 11 May 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  4. ↑ Gardner, Noel. "BBC - Music - Review of Male Bonding - Nothing Hurts" . Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Album Review: Male Bonding – Nothing Hurts". 6 May 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Album Review: male bonding - Nothing Hurts". Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  7. ↑ Hann, Michael (13 May 2010). "Male Bonding: Nothing Hurts". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  8. ↑ NME.COM (7 May 2010). "Album Review: Male Bonding - 'Nothing Hurts' (Sub Pop) - NME.COM". NME . Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Album Review: Male Bonding – Nothing Hurts". Archived from the original on 15 August 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  11. ↑ "Male Bonding: Nothing Hurts Album Review - Pitchfork". Pitchfork . Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "Male Bonding: Nothing Hurts" . Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  13. ↑ "Male Bonding - Nothing Hurts - The Skinny" . Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  14. ↑ "Male Bonding Nothing Hurts - Album Review - Slant Magazine". Slant Magazine . 10 May 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  15. ↑ "Music Review: Male Bonding - Nothing Hurts" . Retrieved 19 September 2016.
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