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No Kill No Beep Beep

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No Kill No Beep Beep
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 24, 2000
RecordedJune 2000 at Inner Ear Studios
GenrePost-hardcore, post-punk, dance-punk
Length38:16
LabelDischord[1]
ProducerIan MacKaye, Don Zientara
Q and Not U chronology
No Kill No Beep Beep
(2000)
Different Damage
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Pitchfork Media7.1/10[3]

No Kill No Beep Beep is the debut album by Q and Not U.[4] It was released on October 24, 2000.[5] The album brought a slightly groovier, more dance-oriented sound to the Dischord label.[6]

Production[edit]

It was produced and engineered by Ian MacKaye and Don Zientara. The photography is by Shawn Brackbill.

Critical reception[edit]

The Washington Post wrote that "for all of Q and Not U's competence and energy, No Kill No Beep Beep is so coy and tangential that it ends up in the same place it began."[7]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "A Line in the Sand" – 3:05
  2. "End the Washington Monument (Blinks) Goodnight" – 2:21
  3. "Fever Sleeves" – 2:44
  4. "Hooray for Humans" – 3:12
  5. "Kiss Distinctly American" – 5:05
  6. "We Heart Our Hive" – 4:36
  7. "Little Sparkee" – 2:06
  8. "The More I Get the More I Want" – 4:07
  9. "Y Plus White Girl" – 2:39
  10. "Nine Things Everybody Knows" – 4:22
  11. "Sleeping the Terror Code" – 5:19

References[edit]

  1. ^ Washington, Dischord Records 3819 Beecher St NW; U.s.a. 703.351.7507, Dc 20007-1802. "Q And Not U - No Kill No Beep Beep (123)". Dischord Records.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ No Kill No Beep Beep at AllMusic
  3. ^ "Q and Not U: No Kill No Beep Beep". Pitchfork.
  4. ^ "Q And Not U No Kill No Beep Beep". exclaim.ca.
  5. ^ "Catching Up With No Kill No Beep Beep, Day 10: Behind The Lens".
  6. ^ "DeLorean: Q and Not U - "A Line in the Sand" (2000)". Tiny Mix Tapes.
  7. ^ Berger, Arion (27 Dec 2000). "Recordings; The Dischord Label, Where Sounds Don't Carry Far". The Washington Post: C1.