
Cloud Nothings plays lo-fi basement pop - his parents’ basement to be exact. There is plenty of this stuff about and a brief disinterested listen might not immediately hook you into Cloud Nothings - like the above slim and uninformative biog perhaps? However perseverance is recommended.

"Turning On" is a hugely likeable fizzying ball of energy - but not consistently so. Its flaws are exposed by its origins: it is a compilation of an EP, a single and some cassette-only releases, all the product of a prolific twelve month outpouring. So listening I want to break it back down into its constituent parts and cherish the brief rush of a vinyl single or enjoy the tape hiss setting as a Cloud Nothings song leaps out of a mixtape. Sometimes the sum is not greater than the parts.
Not necessarily a cohesive whole, there are still plenty more hits than misses here, a healthy sprinking of infectious scuzz-pop gems. And Baldi is already recording his first album proper due early next year. If can translate the momentum he has generated thus far on individual songs and singles into a full-length format, now that could be an album that really turns heads.
Cloud Nothings is touring the UK in a double header with Scottish indie-poppers Veronica Falls. A clever pairing and well worth heading out to Brighton, Bristol, Sheffield, Glasgow and Edinburgh to catch. The Manchester date is 9 November at the Deaf Institute. Further UK dates for Cloud Nothings supporting Les Savy Fav are here.
Clound Nothings - Turning On by FollyOfYouth
4 comments:
Think I might well owe you an apology, Mr Archivist, sir.
I spent a couple of evenings skimming around Blogs I like (including your excellent organ) and got the idea that Cloud Nothings would be worth a look.
Bought their record and I love it and wrote a post on Partly Porpoise about it. Probably looked like I was nicking ideas from you. Apologies.(Your piece is better than mine anyway)
Nonetheless, their a great band and I'm very jealous that you're going to get a chance to see them in Manchester - they're in Bristol tonight (my nearest city) but I shall miss them.
Let me know how it goes.
Sweeny
http://partlyporpoise.wordpress.com/
No ideas nicked, no apology needed! Glad you're enjoying the record - and hadn't seen the Daytrotter sessions so thanks for the link.
PS The H Hawkline photo is one I took at Green Man! Again no 'nicking': he's using it on myspace, Shape Recs etc with full blessing
Small world eh?
Particularly annoyed I missed H Hawkline at Green Man - he sounds interesting.
Adding a link to your esteemed Blog on PP, if you felt able to reciprocate...
Cheers
Sweeny
Link to PP already there!
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