“Shut Up and Let Me Go” made you want to listen to The Ting Tings’s We Started Nothing over and over. Their bold beat is lost in their Feb. 24 release Sounds From Nowheresville.

In the first song, “Silence,” Katie White’s voice sounds monotonous. That, plus heavier instrumentals, makes the song sound very unlike The Ting Tings.

Songs like “Hit Me Down Sonny,” “Guggenheim” and “Soul Killing” are closer to the catchy We Started Nothing Ting Tings, but these songs won’t stick in your head as easily as “That’s Not My Name” did.

They slow down and soften up for “Help,” but pick their catchy Ting Ting flair back up again for “Hands.” White sings, “Clap your hands if you’re workin’ too hard.”

Don’t pick up this album expecting something as light and appealing as We Started Nothing. Instead, expect heavier, slower sounds from the English duo.

(3 stars)

Originally published in The Buzzworthy (3/29/12).