Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Cloud Nothings Don't Overthink Rock

Cleveland trio are better than ever on their upcoming fourth album, Here and Nowhere Else . Hear their new single “Psychic Trauma,” debuting on BuzzFeed.

Cleveland trio Cloud Nothings make raw and powerful pop punk.

They've got a new album dropping in April via Carpark and Mom + Pop.

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Here's the album's tightly-wound second single, "Psychic Trauma." It's as catchy as it is brutal.

The song's about keeping your head in the game and out of the shit.

Cloud Nothings singer and songwriter Dylan Baldi, who started the band when he was 18, explains why too much deliberation can be a bad thing: "I have a tendency to overthink things, which is generally a bad idea. 'Psychic Trauma' is an exaggerated phrase that refers to that tendency. [Here and Nowhere Else], lyrically and musically, is about simplifying and more or less discovering yourself through that simplification. Keeping thoughts simple and in the present, as opposed to the ruminating, 'Psychic Trauma' sort of zone, is a much better way to live. For me, at least."

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