When we posted Cloud Nothing’s gently snotty lo-fi anthem “Hey Cool Kid” I should’ve mentioned Lync, who I often hear in bands like No Age, Japandroids, to a lesser degree Wavves, etc. It’s harder to discern in that one. Things are clarified in “Can’t Stay Awake,” a great song from the Cleveland, Ohian’s eight-song debut Turning On. (While listening, keep in mind I’m talking a twee take on ’90s Olympians’ sound. Remove that post-punk/hardcore edge and replace it with a more pop punk sensibility.) The collection’s out in an edition of 50 CDs and 100 cassettes, which I imagine will go pretty fast. 2010 should be big for this guy — especially if his hooks keep hitting like these.
Turning On is out via Bridgetown. Cloud Nothings plays his first show ever tonight (12/4) at Market Hotel, Brooklyn with Woods and Real Estate.
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What a great song! I definitely think of Lync too, something in the sensibility, and also Love as Laughter’s first album (right after Lync), called “The Greks Bring Gifts”. There’s so many bands with that lo-fi pop sound, but so few of them have this kind of wonderful other-worldness to it.
After the bands I like the most featured here…This guy and Real Estate would be the things I’m most impressed by…I might even go if I really existed…
I’m willing to have a discussion about what’s going on with Ace’s make-up these days anytime you are Gene…