Cloud Nothings - Turning On [Digipak]

Artist:

Cloud Nothings

UPC:

677517005523

Description:

Photographer: Laura Ladwig.
Turning On collects the early EPs from Cloud Nothings` Dylan Baldi, and even though they span little over a year`s worth of work, they show how quickly his music progressed. Baldi`s collisions of tunes and noise falls somewhere between Wavves` stoned mischief and Tapes `n` Tapes` early lo-fi output, but his way with melodies and his emotional directness are all his own. "Old Street"` is a jumble of feelings and guitars, its muddiness capturing how hard it is to figure out what to do with leftover love. "Can`t Stay Awake" is brashly honest about why lots of people make music in the first place: "I need a picture in a magazine/So I know that you will talk to me." That Baldi was still in his teens when he recorded these songs lends extra authenticity to "Hey Cool Kid"`s brilliantly surly outsider lament and "Morgan"`s giddiness. Adolescent awkwardness also shows in how some of these songs feel gangly and a little indulgent (neither "Water Turns Back" nor "Strummin`" really needed to be over four minutes long). Still, Baldi`s innate melodic skill rings true, especially on "I Am Rooftop" and the title track, making Turning On as charming as it is promising. ~ Heather Phares

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Can`t Stay Awake
2. Old Street
3. You Are Opening
4. Turning On
5. Hey Cool Kid
6. Water Turns Back
7. Whaddya Wanna Know
8. Real Thing
9. Strummin`
10. My Little Raygun
11. I Am Rooftop
12. Morgan
13. Another Man

Album Information

Release Date:

10/12/2010

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Lo Fi

Label:

Carpark Records

Catalog Number:

55

Original Release Year:

2010

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Runtime:

42 : 38

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