It’s been a couple of years now since the Cloud Room’s massive smash that wasn’t (and the hastily assembled record to support it) was released into the wild on Gigantic. Since then things have scaled back for the band (though the infectious “Hey Now Now” continues to spread its wings globally, currying favor with Aussies and Brazilian Pepsi execs alike), and despite a house fire that nearly incinerated the patiently crafted follow-up EP, the Brooklyn rockers are set, finally, to release the four-song cycle Please Don’t Almost Kill Me. The first track from the platter is the crazy catchy single “24 Hr Heartbreak,” giving lead vocalist J a chance to channel some Bowie/Bono bravado and Pulp-y cheek (poor guy’s reduced to being a “little comfy chair”).
The Cloud Room – “24 Hr Heartbreak” (MP3)
So far so good, but you already knew the Cloud Room could write a killer single. The better news is that the songs surrounding “24 Hr” are a resounding step up, easily eclipse the debut LP’s ephemera. Clearly, the Cloud Room have learned two valuable lessons from the fall-out of their earlier flirtation with indie fame: 1) Take your time to craft tight, anthemic pop with smart push/pull hook teases; and 2) The word “hey” is hella fun to sing along to.
Please Don’t Almost Kill Me EP is out 9/18 through Insound. We’ll get ya more listens soon. For now, take the jump for PDAKM cover art.
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I saw these guys play in Austin for SXSW a couple years ago. Guess who was on the back wall watching sneakily? It was Brit Daniels from Spoon. I ran into the lead singer of the Cloud Room the next night at the Kooks show and told him that some of Spoon came to watch his show. He was like ” Really?” with a crinkled smile. And Then I was like “really , really!” Then he was all “awesome!…really?”
These guys are highly underrated in my opinion. Give them a listen and you will not be dissapointed. The lead singer is also one of the nicest guys you will ever meet.
I couldn’t agree with Dr. Love more. I met J at one of the Arcade Fire shows at Judson Church and we chatted about recording the new tracks, the apartment fire and of course Arcade Fire. Really nice guy and pretty excellent songwriter. I’m looking forward to hearing some more tracks.
I LOVE THIS
I think we’re all about to fall in love with The Cloud Room again!
These guys are the best!
This song is great and I love TCR.
I would buy it for the cover art…(and the song too )
finally after all these years…we missed you guys
good song. i saw these guys in montreal last year. definitely one of my favorites. welcome back hope to see you here again sometime soon!
Can’t understand half the lyrics….but I like it none the less
excellent song can’t wait to hear the rest
Yet another great song from TCR. I’ll be looking out for the EP.
this song is right behind “hey now now” in catchiness-if this is a word. I wish they would tour the U.S.- Its been a while!
I would definitely recommend seeing them live when/if they tour the u.s. again I saw them twice in NY and they put on a really good show.
These guys really do rock! I am pulled in and blown away every time I hear the lead singer’s deep sexy sounding voice. Seems like there is more going on in the music that backs him up on this new song. I like it, really like it…lots of layers…Cool…so cool!
I agree..Can’t blame them for touring more overseas than here in the U.S. It seems that pepsi should be showing the “hey now now” commercial here in the states now that there appears to be more interest in soccer w/ beckham etc.. Good chance this band would explode! I do like many other songs too and cant wait to hear more.
love this new song-hope to catch the cloud room sometime soon.
These guys are awesome! And that keyboard player Steve is totally sexy and has the coolest tattoo on his leg
yay more Cloud Room!! if only they visited SF more…