Ting Tings go 'nowhere' in a hurry

“Nowheresville” is right: In the Ting Tings’ second album, “Sounds from Nowheresville,” the English duo doesn’t quite know where in the music industry it wants to be.

The album opens with “Silence,” a bass-heavy song with ghostly vocals, before moving to fun, nonsensical pop with “Guggenheim” and then turning to a dark plea in “Help.” The album scatters about with no direct connection between the tracks.
And it seems the success of the duo’s first album, “We Started Nothing,” has frontwoman Katie White confused about her new image. In “Nothing,” White engaged us with sassy lyrics and a no-bullshit persona.

In “Nowheresville,” she mixes that persona with the need for attention:  “You love everybody else / Everybody else / Wish I was everybody else,” she sings in closing track “In Your Life.”

Still, the album isn’t a complete loss. Middle tracks “Hang it up,” “Give it Back” and “Guggenheim” live up to the catchy melodies the Ting Tings are known for. Have fun with the first half, but go ahead and skip the second.