Thursday, December 12, 2013

Albums of 2012 - 11. Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory

11. CLOUD NOTHINGS - ATTACK ON MEMORY 
Where I come from, if you like screams in your music you'd be called a "mosher." I have never been one of those but this album may change that. We have eight tracks here that are fuzzy, scuzzy that are perfect to fall into.

"Fall In" for example is a jolly good example of an upbeat number that would perhaps even get this writer in a mosh-pit.  However it's not really representative of the overall sentiment on display here, and that is self-hatred, self-disgust and the like. The epic, epic "Wasted Days" displays the amazing line "I thought I would be more than this" as Dylan Baldi wails over and over again.

Steve Albini produced this album and the sound opus he has made is magnificent. I hope he works with the band again to make such colossal music.


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