+Noir’s latest album Superior drops July Fourth weekend.+

here comes a time in every successful band’s evolution when the creative forces align in just the right way, culminating in a recorded work that’s hailed as that band’s magnum opus. Prominent examples abound, from rock

‘n roll pioneers such as The Beatles and “Abbey Road,” and the Rolling Stones’ “Exile on Main Street,” to more modern examples like The Pixies’ “Surfer Rosa” and Radiohead’s “O.K. Computer.” But too often, a band that’s billed as the next “It” produces a record that’s universally praised, only to fall short of expectations on their follow-up recording.

So it comes as a tremendous validation that the power duo known as Noir, who hail from Portland, Oregon’s Buckman neighborhood, avoided the trappings that befall countless other critically acclaimed artists and followed-up last year’s phenomenal “elevated” with the even more masterful release, “Superior.” As group leader M. Nickles put it, “We hope that by calling this record ‘Superior’, we aren’t limiting ourselves. We always go into the studio with the belief that we’re continuously evolving and improving.”

— N. Van Ness, Senior Music Critic

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“Noir’s ‘Superior’ is exactly that, and guaranteed to elevate the duo to new heights of stardom.”

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