Call it a quarter-life crisis, but Dylan Baldi’s changed his tune drastically. Formerly a bedroom shoegaze-pop project, Cloud Nothings acquired Steve Albini production credits for the recent
Attack on Memory (Carpark), a fierce and aggressive album of bloody impulses, screamed choruses, and sprawling ambition that owes more to first-generation emo and former tourmates Fucked Up. Italy’s A Classic Education meets Austin’s the Midgetmen early.
– Austin Powell