{"id":7296,"date":"2017-03-03T06:40:11","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T06:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spli-t.com\/?p=7296"},"modified":"2017-04-21T01:24:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T01:24:02","slug":"split-works-presents-cloud-nothings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spli-t.com\/splitworks2016\/pastevents\/split-works-presents-cloud-nothings\/","title":{"rendered":"[:en]Split Works Presents: Cloud Nothings[:zh]Split Works\u5f00\u529f\u5448\u73b0: \u91cd\u751f\u7684\u9752\u6625\u70c8\u706b\uff0cCloud Nothings[:]"},"content":{"rendered":"

[:en]\u201c<\/em><\/b>Some albums move you. Others push you to buy a guitar. Cloud Nothings do both.\u201d \u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Consequence of Sound<\/em><\/p>\n

A band incapable of writing a bad song.<\/p>\n

Just put on any\u00a0Cloud Nothings<\/b>\u00a0track and you\u2019ll find something that\u2019ll stick in your head. Their prolific lo-fi rock is fun, frenetic and crisp. Crunchy guitars, hammering drums. That sense of endless youth and a spirit of reckless abandon.<\/p>\n

Frontman Dylan Baldi is a bit of a pop-prodigy, a man whose brain conjures hook after tuneful hook \u2013 a constant stream of impossibly catchy singalong choruses. And also the occasional full-throated scream which \u201ccontinue,\u201d he says, \u201cthe family tradition of yelling at kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

Except this time, the kids will be yelling alongside. On stage, Cloud Nothings are spry and jumpy and tense \u2013 pedal-to-the-floor, tension-igniting rock\u2019n\u2019roll. For the faithful, it\u2019s a slice of pop-punk Nirvana.<\/p>\n

Friday April 14<\/b>\u00a0at\u00a0Modernsky Lab Beijing\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0Saturday, April 15\u00a0<\/b>at\u00a0Yuyintang Shanghai.<\/b>Two thoroughly fuzzed-out evenings, with\u00a0Backspace<\/b>\u00a0(Beijing) and\u00a0Lao Ayi<\/b>\u00a0(Shanghai) on support.<\/p>\n

Cloud Nothings is the brainchild of Dylan,\u00a0a Cleveland, Ohio native who was still in his teens when the buzz about his music started. Baldi was majoring in audio recording at college when he dropped out to focus on the music he was making at home. After a few months, he uploaded the songs “Hey Cool Kid” and “Whaddaya Wanna Know” to his MySpace page, which led to gigs with Woods and Real Estate, and a slew of early singles. On the strength of all this music, Baldi signed to tastemakers Carpark in the U.S. and to Wichita Records in the U.K.<\/p>\n

Along with dates with Wavves, Titus Andronicus, and Best Coast, Baldi began work on Cloud Nothings’ self-titled full-length debut, which arrived in January 2011. Later that year, they went into the studio with Steve Albini, birthing 2012’s much rawer, heavier Attack on Memory (which received a hipster-approved 8.6 on Pitchfork).<\/p>\n

By this time, a few \u2018basic principles\u2019 had been established for what would become the Cloud Nothings signature: breakneck pace, chaotic instrumental landscapes and consistently noisy guitars. Every Cloud Nothings album now represented a different \u2018take\u2019 on this core ethos, Where Attack on Memory was freewheeling lo-fi, 2014\u2019s Here and Nowhere Else added some psych and experimental stylings to the mix.<\/p>\n

Just this month, the formula took another left turn. 2017\u2019s Life Without Soundis being hailed as their most \u2018mature\u2019 work yet \u2013 shaving off the rougher edges of their past sound for something more like a brilliant sheen. The occasional guttural roars are still present, thankfully.<\/p>\n

Friday, February 14<\/b>\u00a0at\u00a0Beijing\u2019s Modern Sky Lab<\/b>\u00a0with\u00a0Backspace. Saturday, February 15\u00a0<\/b>at\u00a0Shanghai\u2019s YYT with Lao Ayi.\u00a0<\/b>We\u2019re expecting to pogo to the stratosphere.<\/p>\n

Split Works Presents:\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Cloud Nothings\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

\u3010Beijing\u3011<\/b>
\nDate:\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>Friday, 14 April,\u00a08:30pm
\nVenue:<\/strong><\/b> Modernsky Lab
\nAddress: <\/strong><\/b>Galaxy SOHO, Chaoyangmen, B1\/F, Bldg. D, Rm. 5-108, Dongcheng District
\n(\u4e1c\u57ce\u533a\u671d\u9633\u95e8\u94f6\u6cb3SOHO D\u5ea7B1\u5c425-108)
\nTickets: <\/strong><\/b>120 RMB (Presale)\/150 RMB (Door)
\nPre-sale Link:\u00a0https:\/\/yoopay.cn\/event\/CloudNothingsBJ<\/a>
\nSupport:<\/strong><\/b> Backspace
\n*\u00a0Pre-sales\u00a0end at 12 noon, Apr.14th, 2017<\/b>
\nTickets once sold cannot be refunded!
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