Cloud Nothings
Cloud Nothings in concert, 2011
Background information
Origin	Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Genres	Indie rock, neo-grunge, noise rock
Years active	2009 (2009)–present[1]
Labels	Carpark
Associated acts	Cat Killer
Website	cloudnothings.com
Members	Dylan Baldi Joe Boyer TJ Duke Jayson Gerycz

Cloud Nothings is an American indie-rock band from Cleveland, Ohio, founded by singer-songwriter Dylan Baldi. It consists of lead singer and guitarist Baldi, drummer Jayson Gerycz, guitarist Joe Boyer, and bassist TJ Duke.

Beginning in 2009, the band originally began as a solo project, with Baldi recording both vocals and instrumentals in his parents' basement, although he performed live with the current band line-up.^[2]

The band is signed with Washington, D.C.-based Carpark Records. Their third album Attack On Memory was released on January 24, 2012.

History [edit]

In 2009, Baldi spent his first semester as a freshman at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, with a major in saxophone performance. During weekends, Baldi returned to his parents' basement in Westlake, Ohio, to record music using GarageBand.^[3] He later created several fake bands, each with their own Myspace page on which Baldi featured his original music. Baldi created the music "for personal enjoyment, to see if I could write a song that was better than the last song I wrote."^[1] One of the fake bands Baldi created was Cloud Nothings.

Cloud Nothings' music caught the attention of Bridgetown Records who offered to release the first EP Turning On. Soon after the EP release, underground rock promoter Todd Patrick, from New York City, New York, invited the band to perform at Market Hotel in Brooklyn, New York, opening for the bands Woods and Real Estate. The invitation prompted Baldi to gather a band for the performance in December 2009.

Realizing the potential success of the band, Baldi dropped out of college. He wrote a seven-page e-mail to his parents that explained his decision to work in music full-time. "They were cool with it," explained Baldi. "They trusted me. They've been supportive of me."^[4]

Carpark Records signed Cloud Nothings as a one-man band in 2010. Working with producer Chester Gwazda, the band released Cloud Nothings in January 2011.^[5] The album received favorable reviews. Pitchfork Media's David Bevan gave the self-titled album a 7.9 out of 10, writing "the result is another fantastic step forward, though not without some growing pains."^[6] Meanwhile, NME's Thomas Ward rated the album with a 7 out of 10. Cloud Nothings is "a fun, frenetic and crisp debut that is more resplendent than his lo-fi scuzz."^[7]

The band's third album, Attack On Memory, was released in January 2012.^[8][9] It was the first album in 2012 to receive "Best New Music" status on Pitchfork.com.^[10]

By December 2012, the band had already begun writing their fourth studio album. In comparison to Attack On Memory, Baldi described the new material as being noiser, less melodic and less straightforward, with at least one song sounding like early Wire.^[11]

Discography [edit]

Studio albums [edit]

• Turning On – 2009 (Bridgetown Records); October 12, 2010 (Carpark Records)
• Cloud Nothings – January 25, 2011 (Carpark Records)
• Attack on Memory – January 24, 2012 (Carpark Records)
• Body Music – TBA 2013 (Carpark Records)^[12]

Singles [edit]

• "Didn't You" – 2010 (Old Flame Records)
• "Leave You Forever" – 2010 (True Panther Sounds)
• Split with Kevin Greenspon – 2010 (Bridgetown Records)
• "No Future/No Past" – 2012 (Carpark Records)

See also [edit]

	Alternative music portal
	Biography portal
	Cleveland portal
	Punk rock portal
	Rock music portal

• List of grunge bands
• List of indie-rock musicians
• List of noise musicians
• List of post-hardcore bands
• Music of Ohio

References [edit]

External links [edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Cloud Nothings

• cloudnothings.com, the band's official website
• Cloud Nothings at Allmusic
• Cloud Nothings Pitchfork Reviews