Who knew that 18 year old Dylan Baldi from Cleveland, Ohio could create such heart-smashing low-fi? Though, honestly, he’s probably 19 by now. Baldi started recording songs in his basement, playing every instrument on every track. After the tracks started attracting attention, he formed a band and began to tour.
I stumbled upon the music of Cloud Nothings in 2009. I was a DJ at the time for my college’s radio station, WWRM. The station’s board and I went to our local record store, Speakertree Records, and chatted with the owner about organizing a concert. He suggested we ask Cloud Nothings to perform and told us that his independant record label (Speakertree Records) was releasing Cloud Nothing’s LP, Turning On. I just about lost my shit. I had played songs from Turning On on my radio show the week before and had fallen in love.
Of course, Cloud Nothings got “big” (in the indie sense of the term) really quickly. Baldi’s sound’s popy low-fi fits perfectly into the scene but his echoing paranormal vocals and the feeling of barely held together instrumental pandemonium makes Cloud Nothings stand out.
Cloud Nothings' songs are really fresh. I mean it. Check them out.
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