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The Shadow I Remember in Bloomington, MN
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Since
Attack on Memory
,
Cloud Nothings
have more than proven themselves as a formidable rock band. However, there's always been something special about
Dylan Baldi
's pithy, poignant pop songs. While most of the group's albums featured at least one or two of these gems,
The Shadow I Remember
is the first to focus on this side of
Baldi
's music since
moved out of his bedroom.
and company also come full circle with the album's creation: they recorded it with
Steve Albini
at his Electrical Audio studio, where they made
Attack
. In their own way,
's compact, hooky outbursts are just as potent as the slow-burning epics on
' other albums. They're so seasoned that they can shift from bouncy to crushing and back again in a blink on "The Spirit Of," or whip through a dramatic buildup, blistering choruses, and a radiant coda in 90 seconds on "It's Love."
are as searching as ever on
, and
continues to ask the essential questions that he's confronted bravely at every stage of his career. "Am I older now/Or just another age?," he wonders on "Oslo," although his yelp is evergreen; on "Am I Something," his existential angst is even deeper when he howls "Does anybody living out there really need me?" Though he doesn't find many answers, it's easy to get carried away by the way he and the rest of the band blaze through songs like "Sound of Alarm" and "The Room It Was." Paradoxically, scaling back the scope of the album's songs lets
try some new things that show how much their music has grown.
Ohmme
's
Macie Stewart
sings backup on two of the album's finest and most wistful songs, "Nothing Without You" and "Open Rain," while the synth textures electronic composer
Brett Naucke
adds to "A Longer Moon" give the song an impressively cosmic sweep. By revisiting their past,
find something new in it, as well as something timeless, and
is a full-throated, full-hearted triumph. ~ Heather Phares
Attack on Memory
,
Cloud Nothings
have more than proven themselves as a formidable rock band. However, there's always been something special about
Dylan Baldi
's pithy, poignant pop songs. While most of the group's albums featured at least one or two of these gems,
The Shadow I Remember
is the first to focus on this side of
Baldi
's music since
moved out of his bedroom.
and company also come full circle with the album's creation: they recorded it with
Steve Albini
at his Electrical Audio studio, where they made
Attack
. In their own way,
's compact, hooky outbursts are just as potent as the slow-burning epics on
' other albums. They're so seasoned that they can shift from bouncy to crushing and back again in a blink on "The Spirit Of," or whip through a dramatic buildup, blistering choruses, and a radiant coda in 90 seconds on "It's Love."
are as searching as ever on
, and
continues to ask the essential questions that he's confronted bravely at every stage of his career. "Am I older now/Or just another age?," he wonders on "Oslo," although his yelp is evergreen; on "Am I Something," his existential angst is even deeper when he howls "Does anybody living out there really need me?" Though he doesn't find many answers, it's easy to get carried away by the way he and the rest of the band blaze through songs like "Sound of Alarm" and "The Room It Was." Paradoxically, scaling back the scope of the album's songs lets
try some new things that show how much their music has grown.
Ohmme
's
Macie Stewart
sings backup on two of the album's finest and most wistful songs, "Nothing Without You" and "Open Rain," while the synth textures electronic composer
Brett Naucke
adds to "A Longer Moon" give the song an impressively cosmic sweep. By revisiting their past,
find something new in it, as well as something timeless, and
is a full-throated, full-hearted triumph. ~ Heather Phares
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