Cloud Nothings

Cloud Nothings
Cloud Nothings
	Cloud Nothings play MTV's Hive's live in Boston
Background information
Origin	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Genres	Indie rock; noise rock; post-hardcore; post-punk revival; emo;
Years active	2009–present
Labels	Carpark; Wichita; Ghost Ramp; Pure Noise;
Members	Dylan Baldi; Jayson Gerycz; Chris Brown;
Past members	Joe Boyer; TJ Duke; Noah Depew;
Website	cloudnothings.com

Cloud Nothings is an American indie rock band from Cleveland, Ohio, United States, founded by singer-songwriter Dylan Baldi. It currently consists of lead singer and guitarist Dylan Baldi, drummer Jayson Gerycz, and bassist Chris Brown.

Beginning in 2009, the band originally started as a solo project, with Baldi recording both vocals and instrumentals in his parents' basement, although he performed live with a full band.^[3] The band was signed to Washington, D.C.–based Carpark Records. They are now signed to Pure Noise Records. Their breakthrough album, Attack on Memory, was released on Carpark in 2012. Their next LP, Here and Nowhere Else, was released on April 1, 2014. Cloud Nothings' album Life Without Sound was released on January 27, 2017. This was followed by Last Building Burning, released on October 19, 2018, the Bandcamp exclusive The Black Hole Understands on July 3, 2020, and The Shadow I Remember on February 26, 2021.

Baldi has cited numerous bands and artists as influences, including Wipers,^[4]^[5] the Lemonheads,^[6] the Forms, Life Without Buildings, Women, No Age, Deerhunter,^[7] Black Sabbath, Nina Hagen, Killdozer, Zounds, Thin Lizzy, Swell Maps.^[8]

^ Soeder, John (January 23, 2011). "Dylan Baldi's Cloud Nothings Take Cyberspace by Storm with Lo-Fi, Highly Catchy Indie rock". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
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^ Christgau, Robert (March 29, 2012). "Cloud Nothings: Touched by Grace". MSN Music. Archived from the original on April 23, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
^ Hyden, Steven (January 23, 2012). "Dylan Baldi of Cloud Nothings". A.V. Club. Archived from the original on October 3, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2024. I did, for the first time, listen to The Wipers, about a year ago, and they've since become one of my favorite bands. They were a huge influence on this record, and they have some heavier moments. And I guess I've always listened to music that is heavier, but I've never chosen to be influenced by it in what I'm writing. (...) [T]hey've influenced the songwriting, just in that I really structured those songs exactly in the way Greg Sage structures his songs. The way it flows from one part to the next is really Wipers-y. And also I got really into his guitar tone, and the way he plays guitar, and I think I may have picked up some of that. That's on our record, too.
^ Terich, Jeff (February 21, 2021). "Dylan Baldi picks the 10 best Cloud Nothings songs". treblezine.com. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2024. It reminds me of, during that time, I was basically trying to be The Wipers. That was my goal as a human—to make Wipers albums. And I wasn't really capable of doing that, but this is our take on that. It has that darkness to it, but the chorus is this big celebratory thing. To me it is a single, or could have been but isn't as obviously melodic I guess. (...) Because like I said, I was just trying to rip off the Wipers for two years of my life. I even went as far as buying guitars and amps that I saw photos of Greg Sage using in the '70s and '80s. And this was kind of like me saying I can have these influences but I can make something where someone says "that sounds like Cloud Nothings" rather than just trying to copy another band.
^ Gourlay, Dom (February 14, 2014). ""Lyrically the new album is very much about me": DiS meets Dylan Baldi of Cloud Nothings". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on April 2, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
^ Daly, Andrew (October 20, 2020). "An Interview with Dylan Baldi of Cloud Nothings". vwmusicrocks.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2024. Retrieved March 7, 2024. Recently I've been going back to the music I used to listen to 10 or so years ago and seeing which stuff I still really enjoy. I feel like those albums are the ones that really stuck with me and influenced me, whether I was really aware of it or not. Some of them are The Forms – The Forms, Life Without Buildings – Any Other City, Women – Public Strain, No Age – Weirdo Rippers, and Deerhunter – Cryptograms.
^ "MIXTAPE: Cloud Nothings: featuring Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy & Swell Maps". godisinthetvzine.co.uk. 2011. Archived from the original on March 7, 2024. Retrieved March 7, 2024.

[cleveland1-1] Soeder, John (January 23, 2011). "Dylan Baldi's Cloud Nothings Take Cyberspace by Storm with Lo-Fi, Highly Catchy Indie rock". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved January 14, 2013.

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[3] Christgau, Robert (March 29, 2012). "Cloud Nothings: Touched by Grace". MSN Music. Archived from the original on April 23, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2013.

[4] Hyden, Steven (January 23, 2012). "Dylan Baldi of Cloud Nothings". A.V. Club. Archived from the original on October 3, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2024. I did, for the first time, listen to The Wipers, about a year ago, and they've since become one of my favorite bands. They were a huge influence on this record, and they have some heavier moments. And I guess I've always listened to music that is heavier, but I've never chosen to be influenced by it in what I'm writing. (...) [T]hey've influenced the songwriting, just in that I really structured those songs exactly in the way Greg Sage structures his songs. The way it flows from one part to the next is really Wipers-y. And also I got really into his guitar tone, and the way he plays guitar, and I think I may have picked up some of that. That's on our record, too.

[5] Terich, Jeff (February 21, 2021). "Dylan Baldi picks the 10 best Cloud Nothings songs". treblezine.com. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2024. It reminds me of, during that time, I was basically trying to be The Wipers. That was my goal as a human—to make Wipers albums. And I wasn't really capable of doing that, but this is our take on that. It has that darkness to it, but the chorus is this big celebratory thing. To me it is a single, or could have been but isn't as obviously melodic I guess. (...) Because like I said, I was just trying to rip off the Wipers for two years of my life. I even went as far as buying guitars and amps that I saw photos of Greg Sage using in the '70s and '80s. And this was kind of like me saying I can have these influences but I can make something where someone says "that sounds like Cloud Nothings" rather than just trying to copy another band.

[6] Gourlay, Dom (February 14, 2014). ""Lyrically the new album is very much about me": DiS meets Dylan Baldi of Cloud Nothings". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on April 2, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2024.

[7] Daly, Andrew (October 20, 2020). "An Interview with Dylan Baldi of Cloud Nothings". vwmusicrocks.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2024. Retrieved March 7, 2024. Recently I've been going back to the music I used to listen to 10 or so years ago and seeing which stuff I still really enjoy. I feel like those albums are the ones that really stuck with me and influenced me, whether I was really aware of it or not. Some of them are The Forms – The Forms, Life Without Buildings – Any Other City, Women – Public Strain, No Age – Weirdo Rippers, and Deerhunter – Cryptograms.

[8] "MIXTAPE: Cloud Nothings: featuring Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy & Swell Maps". godisinthetvzine.co.uk. 2011. Archived from the original on March 7, 2024. Retrieved March 7, 2024.

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