Last year, Cloud Nothings signed to Pure Noise and released the new single “Final Summer,” and now they’ve announced their first album for the label, also titled Final Summer. It comes out on April 19, and you can pre-order it here.
The album was recorded with Jeff Zeigler (Kurt Vile, Nothing, etc), mixed by illuminati hotties’ Sarah Tudzin, and mastered by Jack Callahan. About the subject matter, Dylan Baldi says, “A lot of these songs sort of ended up being about getting by or trying to keep improving despite everything.”
Along with the announcement comes second single “Running Through The Campus,” which finds the band in breezy, jangly yet distorted indie rock territory, kinda like a ’90s Dinosaur Jr song with a distinct Cloud Nothings twist. Dylan says:
I run through a college campus near my house just about every day. Occasionally it’s after dark when I end up there, and the emptiness of it at night stands in stark contrast to the hectic and crowded early mornings. ‘Running through the Campus’ is about an intrusive thought I can have on those late-night runs, about whether or not it’s slightly depressing that I’m out running around alone while everyone else is gone and actually doing something, probably with other people. The song describes my mindset at the start of my run, goes into a reckoning with and acceptance of the late night loneliness, and ends on a positive note about just doing the things that make you feel good and not getting bogged down in comparisons.
Check out the song and its video:
Tracklist
1. Final Summer
2. Daggers of Light
3. I’d Get Along
4. Mouse Policy
5. Silence
6. Running Through The Campus
7. The Golden Halo
8. Thank Me For Playing
9. On The Chain
10. Common Mistake