Cloud Nothings - Cloud Nothings

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4...according to our Business Lady on Thu 20 Jan, 2011.

Cloud Nothings main man Dylan Baldi has been a busy lad. It seems like only a few months back I was reviewing his first EP on Bridgetown and since then he's released a bunch of sweet singles, got signed to Wichita and played loads of shows all over the shop. I'm listening to Cloud Nothings debut for real and I'm enjoying it very much. It's crisp, energetic and laden with hooks galore. It sounds to me like a mix of Wavves manic style infused with the intuitive pop instincts of Guided By Voices and other classic 90's indie rock bands. With assistance from Baltimore's production wiz Chester Gwazda (who records the majority of the Future Islands stuff) Baldi has crafted an outstanding debut that will no doubt be rocking the world's ipods and hi-fi's in 2011 and beyond. Pitchfork are gonna fucking shit themselves when they hear this bad boy.

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“Scuzzy lo-fi from Cleveland: one of the year’s greatest riffs” The Sunday Times

"the effect is akin to early Libertines battling it out with fellow Ohioans Guided By Voices as filtered through a Postcard Records sensibility.” Mojo

It's been a crazy year for Cloud Nothings since they burst onto the music scene last winter. At the time main man Dylan Baldi was eighteen, living at home, and making lo-fi indie rock on a crappy computer in his parent's suburban basement outside Cleveland. Since then, Cloud Nothings has released an EP and a handful of singles, and the band has put a few North American tours under its belt.

With all the internet notoriety and their recent signing with Wichita Recordings, Cloud Nothings are now able to record somewhere besides the basement. For a producer, Dylan chose Baltimore's Chester Gwazda, known for his work with Dan Deacon and Future Islands. Recorded this past August in a warehouse studio in Baltimore's famed Copycat Building (home to the original Wham City and many of the city's best musicians and artists), the self-titled Cloud Nothings album shines through with a crispness and boldness that Dylan has always envisioned. The songs now sound as they do live: full of energy, precision, and hooks. Dylan plays all the instruments on the album, but this time without the lo-fi scuzz. The excitement and emotion are practically jumping off the grooves.

TRACKLISTING:

1. Understand It All 2. Not Important 3. Should Have 4. Forget You All The Time 5. Nothing’s Wrong 6. Heartbeat 7. Rock 8. You’re Not That Good At Anything 9. Been Through 10. On The Radio 11. All The Time

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