It's not punk! Any time an album like Cloud Nothing's debut LP comes around, waves of "purists" can be heard complaining from tattoo chairs and dive bars about its lack of punk spirit. It's true that the 11 piss and apple cider vinegar fuelled tracks sound just like sped-up versions of indie rock, but weren't the Ramones just the Ronettes on speed (and copious amounts of booze)? Working heavily with vocal repetition and rhythmic ticks, Cloud Nothing's Dylan Baldi has already crafted a style that not only stands on its own but contrasts what so many melodic emo-ists are doing at this exact moment. On songs like "Understand at All" and " Forget You All the Time" Baldi plays the straight man, passing over his chance to snarl and sneer only to further expose the awe-shucks charisma he brings to his songwriting. With simplistic and childlike lyrics that draw comparisons to Best Coast and a sense of energy and timing that rival only early Lemonheads, Cloud Nothings represents a more sincere and Zen-like approach to four-chord rock, dropping the in-chic fuzz and lo-fi that defined his early singles. And while the world is busy arguing if Cloud Nothings is actually punk, Baldi's already getting ready to release his next album.
Daniel Sylvester
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Posted by Nameless Poseur On 2011-12-05 09:39:13Off! came out in 2010. Just sayin'
Posted by Nameless Poseur On 2011-12-06 10:35:41Well being released on December 14 leaves it alittle late to be on 2010 hit lists. Its acceptable.
Posted by Nameless Poseur On 2011-12-06 11:20:10Drunk Nor Dead was released Oct 25th 2011. Just sayin.
Posted by Nameless Poseur On 2011-12-06 13:05:05The Brains "Drunk not Dead" gets my vote... such an awesome album...
Posted by Nameless Poseur On 2011-12-06 14:34:13Where's the Omegas LP!?!
Posted by Nameless Poseur On 2011-12-07 14:02:24Crusades!
Posted by Nameless Poseur On 2011-12-08 05:46:37My top 14 punk albums:
1. Vacation- BTMI
2. Suburbia- The Wonder Years
3. Joyce Manor- Joyce Manor
4. Shed- Title Fight
5. The Dangers Of Standing Still- Red City Radio
6. North Sentinel Island- The Copy Rights
7. Delusions- Elway
8. Heart Beats Pacific- Banner Pilot
9. Knife Man- Andrew Jackson Jihad
10. Funtitled- Spraynard
11. House Parts- Two Hand Fools
12. Idle Ages- Junior Battles
13. Hieroglyphic Transmissions- Why I Hate
14. DOMESPLITTER- Direct Hit!
Posted by Scott On 2011-12-08 10:37:31Nazca Lines - Hyperventilation is a great album, but was widely overlooked. What the heck happened to Le Butcherettes - Sin sin sin though? That was easily my favourite punk album of the year.
Posted by Bjorn On 2011-12-12 04:27:30I'd just like to recommend Sex Church's GROWING OVER to everyone reading this. It got my #1 vote.
Posted by Nameless Poseur On 2011-12-15 20:34:13How did Holy Shit by living with lions not make this list??
Posted by Nameless Poseur On 2011-12-19 16:52:43This just exposes just how little "punk" anyone involved with this sad list has heard in 2011. And get off Fucked Up's jock already, it's embarrassing and that record is far from being worthy of the praise it gets around here.
Posted by Nameless Poseur On 2011-12-22 01:20:04Whoever wrote this has brilliant music taste!!!
1. Vacation- BTMI
2. Suburbia- The Wonder Years
3. Joyce Manor- Joyce Manor
4. Shed- Title Fight
5. The Dangers Of Standing Still- Red City Radio
6. North Sentinel Island- The Copy Rights
7. Delusions- Elway
8. Heart Beats Pacific- Banner Pilot
9. Knife Man- Andrew Jackson Jihad
10. Funtitled- Spraynard
11. House Parts- Two Hand Fools
12. Idle Ages- Junior Battles
13. Hieroglyphic Transmissions- Why I Hate
14. DOMESPLITTER- Direct Hit!
Posted by Nameless Poseur On 2012-01-03 11:26:46If you actually think that Fucked Up doesn't deserve praise, you're probably the kind of moron that puts Direct Hit! in their top 10 list. That band has to be the most unoriginal, unthinking amalgamation of "whoas" and "yeahs" I've ever heard.
Posted by Nameless Poseur On 2012-02-08 11:38:55fuck this list, and fuck poler bear club
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