31-01-2011, 13:34
much too frantic for me
thought I was hearing the Chipmunks on most of it
starting to crave a passing new album
maybe next week
Grade - 1.2
released Jan 25th 2011
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from the album - All The Time - 1.5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF6pjj3HjJ4
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Bio
The sunny, raw sounds of Cloud Nothings come from an enigmatic Clevelander named Dylan, who formerly made music under the name of Cat Killer. Like many lo-fi artists of the late 2000s (particularly Wavves, Women, and Neon Tongues), Dylan took interest in reviving cassette culture, releasing his singles on tape and embracing a maxed-out recording technique in his blissful music. Cloud Nothingsâ eight-song debut, Turn It On, was released in a limited run of 50 CDs and 100 cassettes in 2009. Those songs and those from 2010 EP were collected on Cloud Nothings' Carpark debut Turning On in October 2010. Cloud Nothings' self-titled album followed in January 2011.
Album Review
âI get old so fast,â Dylan Baldi sings at one point on Cloud Nothings. It makes sense that heâs feeling the change from adolescence to adulthood particularly strongly: Baldi has been so prolific in such a short time, cranking out several EPs and an albumâs worth of music within a couple of years, that itâs easy to forget that this is his official debut album. These tracks are more polished than what came before, but only to a point; unlike some lo-fi bands who graduated to unrecognizably slick full-fledged albums, Baldi cleans up Cloud Nothings' act only enough to get his songs across more clearly. But even if this album was produced, mixed, and mastered by professionals, thereâs still an old-school, lo-fi vibe to Baldi's music. Like Male Bonding and Best Coast, Cloud Nothings excel at noisy rock that cloaks deceptively innocent, heartfelt melodies. Baldi is young enough to get away with lyrics as simple as âI donât understand love/And I donât understand at all,â while punk putdowns like âNot Importantâ still cast him as an outsider, even if heâs no longer in high school. Though the half-baked experiments that filled out Baldi's EPs are missing this time around, quickies such as âHeartbeatâ and âRockâ show that he still has room for off-the-cuff outbursts. Though Cloud Nothings is more focused than his previous releases, Baldi still goes in lots of different directions, from the pure power pop of âAll the Timeâ to âYouâre Not That Good at Anythingâ's snarling garage punk to the surprisingly sweet and optimistic âShould Have.â Meanwhile, songs like âOn the Radioâ and âNothingâs Wrongâ serve up bouncy punk-pop without the machismo that style developed in the â90s and 2000s. However, Baldi's best songs have a thoughtful undercurrent that separate him from the noise pop pack, whether itâs âForget You All the Timeâ's heartbreak detritus, or âBeen Throughâ's empathy. The way he blazes through so many songs in such a short space is a little overwhelming, but Cloud Nothings is a solid step forward for Baldi as he gets ready for what comes after teenage wasteland.
Track Listing
1 Understand at All Baldi 2:34
2 Not Important Baldi 2:30
3 Should Have Baldi 3:09
4 Forget You All the Time Baldi 2:56
5 Nothing's Wrong Baldi 2:42
6 Heartbeat Baldi 1:10
7 Rock Baldi 1:42
8 You're Not That Good at Anything Baldi 2:36
9 Been Through Baldi 3:26
10 On the Radio Baldi 2:07
11 All the Time Baldi 3:09
thought I was hearing the Chipmunks on most of it
starting to crave a passing new album
maybe next week
Grade - 1.2
released Jan 25th 2011
from the album - All The Time - 1.5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF6pjj3HjJ4
from all music
Bio
The sunny, raw sounds of Cloud Nothings come from an enigmatic Clevelander named Dylan, who formerly made music under the name of Cat Killer. Like many lo-fi artists of the late 2000s (particularly Wavves, Women, and Neon Tongues), Dylan took interest in reviving cassette culture, releasing his singles on tape and embracing a maxed-out recording technique in his blissful music. Cloud Nothingsâ eight-song debut, Turn It On, was released in a limited run of 50 CDs and 100 cassettes in 2009. Those songs and those from 2010 EP were collected on Cloud Nothings' Carpark debut Turning On in October 2010. Cloud Nothings' self-titled album followed in January 2011.
Album Review
âI get old so fast,â Dylan Baldi sings at one point on Cloud Nothings. It makes sense that heâs feeling the change from adolescence to adulthood particularly strongly: Baldi has been so prolific in such a short time, cranking out several EPs and an albumâs worth of music within a couple of years, that itâs easy to forget that this is his official debut album. These tracks are more polished than what came before, but only to a point; unlike some lo-fi bands who graduated to unrecognizably slick full-fledged albums, Baldi cleans up Cloud Nothings' act only enough to get his songs across more clearly. But even if this album was produced, mixed, and mastered by professionals, thereâs still an old-school, lo-fi vibe to Baldi's music. Like Male Bonding and Best Coast, Cloud Nothings excel at noisy rock that cloaks deceptively innocent, heartfelt melodies. Baldi is young enough to get away with lyrics as simple as âI donât understand love/And I donât understand at all,â while punk putdowns like âNot Importantâ still cast him as an outsider, even if heâs no longer in high school. Though the half-baked experiments that filled out Baldi's EPs are missing this time around, quickies such as âHeartbeatâ and âRockâ show that he still has room for off-the-cuff outbursts. Though Cloud Nothings is more focused than his previous releases, Baldi still goes in lots of different directions, from the pure power pop of âAll the Timeâ to âYouâre Not That Good at Anythingâ's snarling garage punk to the surprisingly sweet and optimistic âShould Have.â Meanwhile, songs like âOn the Radioâ and âNothingâs Wrongâ serve up bouncy punk-pop without the machismo that style developed in the â90s and 2000s. However, Baldi's best songs have a thoughtful undercurrent that separate him from the noise pop pack, whether itâs âForget You All the Timeâ's heartbreak detritus, or âBeen Throughâ's empathy. The way he blazes through so many songs in such a short space is a little overwhelming, but Cloud Nothings is a solid step forward for Baldi as he gets ready for what comes after teenage wasteland.
Track Listing
1 Understand at All Baldi 2:34
2 Not Important Baldi 2:30
3 Should Have Baldi 3:09
4 Forget You All the Time Baldi 2:56
5 Nothing's Wrong Baldi 2:42
6 Heartbeat Baldi 1:10
7 Rock Baldi 1:42
8 You're Not That Good at Anything Baldi 2:36
9 Been Through Baldi 3:26
10 On the Radio Baldi 2:07
11 All the Time Baldi 3:09