‘No Romeo’ is a deeply atmospheric record, but a fickle one at that. Outright refusing to venture into the realms of predictability, each fragment of her tortured craft comes pre-loaded with a sucker punch intent on rumbling any concrete definitions of her musical makeup. Beginning with the seething ‘Never Born’, that evolves from a slow-burning ambient affair to a grandiose electro-rock hybrid, songs that share the unanimous concept of love gone wrong all become drastically different experiences.‘Shadow Flash’ peppers delicate piano balladry with joyous trumpets and spoken word samples, whereas ‘Only The Lonely’ offers up a range of euphoric synth bursts that contrast with its doleful subject matter. Even elements of the Bay Area’s brash hip-hop sound lurk within the gloomy confines of ‘Bound’ and its tale of perilous love, a combination that sounds crass on paper but works out to be a late album triumph.
'No Romeo (Deluxe Version)' by Indiana - an overview of this albums. Download 'No Romeo (Deluxe Version)' from the iTunes store. No Romeo by Indiana Album – Review by Georgina Rowe. Indiana is the stage name of Nottingham-born singer-songwriter Lauren Henson. On September 1st 2014 she will release her debut album ‘No Romeo’, featuring the hit track ‘Solo Dancing’.
With so much going on, there’s room for Indiana’s vocal presence to get lost amidst the chaos, but her conviction sears through, particularly with her spirited performance on the soaring ‘Heart On Fire’.Many an album offers up a promising early that it fails to live up to in the long run. With ‘No Romeo’, however, Indiana successfully abuses the boundaries of genre to create a melancholic tome of songs that dares to be inventive from its first steps to its dying moments.