Cloud Nothings

Overview

It wasn't that long ago that Dylan Baldi was just a kid churning out power-pop ballads from the basement of his parents' house in Westlake, Ohio. Nowadays Baldi's copy of GarageBand is gathering virtual dust. Under the pseudonym Cloud Nothings, the now 22-year-old has replaced the mechanical-sounding backing instruments with a full live band.

The change in personnel has also rung in a change in the sound. Out are the bright and upbeat lo-fi sounds of his previous works and in is a dark and aggressive take on the genre. The new sound is prevalent across their latest LP, Attack on Memory — an album that was described by Baldi as being "an attack on the memory of what people thought the band was”.

It has taken three full-lengths, but finally Cloud Nothings are set to hit Australia in 2013. Appearing on the already immense Laneway Festival bill, the band has announced two sideshow dates for Melbourne and Sydney. And if YouTube is anything to go by, the new Cloud Nothings live show will most likely leave you sweating for days.