So here's a Cloud Nothings thread

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Damn! If I'd heard Weezer on the first four albums I would've vomited on my stash a long time ago.

You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 October 2018 11:35 (five years ago) link

new one just made me want to revisit Life Without Sound which i definitely did not spend enough time with last year

Attack On Memory is also still great but Here And Nowhere Else still does nothing for me, not hooky enough for me and i think the lack of the second guitarist on it hurt it a fair bit

ufo, Monday, 22 October 2018 12:27 (five years ago) link

The hooks don't seem as strong on this one, but there's a higher intensity to it than the last couple. It'll me more of a grower for me I think.

husked, tonal wails (irrational), Monday, 22 October 2018 14:38 (five years ago) link

i've never gotten into these guys even though i just know i'll love them

anyway holy shit this new record

princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 3 November 2018 14:09 (five years ago) link

the drummer in this band is a fucking monster

princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 3 November 2018 14:23 (five years ago) link

lol we're just fated to disagree this month, aren't we?

I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 3 November 2018 14:39 (five years ago) link

idk what's wrong with this

princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 3 November 2018 14:40 (five years ago) link

I'd rank them:

Attack on Memory
Life Without Sound
Last Building Burning
Here and Nowhere Else

I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 3 November 2018 14:41 (five years ago) link

I love the noise -- it's their loudest album since the debut -- but I'm having trouble hearing tunes besides “Leave Him Now" and "So Right So Clean."

I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 3 November 2018 14:41 (five years ago) link

uh "another way of life" though

princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 3 November 2018 14:42 (five years ago) link

also "dissolution" is a real trip

princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 3 November 2018 14:42 (five years ago) link

The drumming is amazing but I'm with Alfred the tunes aren't quite as strong. I need to give it more time.

husked, tonal wails (irrational), Saturday, 3 November 2018 19:11 (five years ago) link

alfred's ranking otm

ufo, Sunday, 4 November 2018 01:45 (five years ago) link

i think i like the direction they went on Life Without Sound more than the direction they went on this one, which, afaict, is as simple as "airier and poppier last time" vs. "punkier and less tuneful this time"

i do like the energy on the new one. they sound pissed ... as any sane person should be.

alpine static, Monday, 5 November 2018 02:27 (five years ago) link

i love "dissolution" so much wow

princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 6 November 2018 00:18 (five years ago) link

one year passes...

quarantine album

https://cloudnothings.bandcamp.com/album/the-black-hole-understands

j., Saturday, 4 July 2020 00:56 (three years ago) link

this band sneakily rules

alpine static, Saturday, 4 July 2020 08:38 (three years ago) link

seven months pass...

most recent post itt (by me) makes me laugh, cuz today i can't decide if Cloud Nothings is a really good band that's kinda boring or a mediocre band that has more than its share of killer moments

they're the war on drugs of poppy punk rock

alpine static, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 20:01 (three years ago) link

A good band.

The new album is good.

So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 20:23 (three years ago) link

they're really remarkably consistent at this point

ufo, Saturday, 27 February 2021 02:52 (three years ago) link

I didn't like anything since "Attack On Memory" as much as that album but I do like the new one so far.

"Nothing Without You" sounds like a heartfelt Westerbergian screed which is never a bad thing.

Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 27 February 2021 21:31 (three years ago) link

Yeah I never don't like Cloud Nothings but I also don't think anything is ever going to jump into my brain the way "All The Time" did.

Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 27 February 2021 21:33 (three years ago) link

Yep can’t make up my mind whether they’re too samey in their tuneful, speedy way or impassioned and special

curmudgeon, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 03:34 (three years ago) link

Digging this a lot, Albini is a good fit for these dudes.

I didn't realize I'd missed so many albums since Life Without Sound! Which of the three after that are worth checking out?

soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 12 March 2021 20:32 (three years ago) link

this good band's new album is good

for another side of this good band's good drummer i love this tape: https://gardenportal.bandcamp.com/album/beacon

adam, Friday, 12 March 2021 20:58 (three years ago) link

five months pass...

Seeing the band for the first time Friday here in Philly. Only my second show back after COVID (and kind of my first since I saw Korn last week only because my son wanted to see them; I didn't hate it but I went primarily for him).

Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Sunday, 22 August 2021 04:58 (two years ago) link


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