Cleveland indie rock band Cloud Nothings will give two previously exclusive albums a wider release.
Today, the band re-released The Black Hole Understands and Life Is Only One Event on vinyl (pre-order here) and placed them on streaming services for the first time via Pure Noise Records. Both albums were exclusively released through Bandcamp during the pandemic.
Vocalist/guitarist Dylan Baldi said this about both albums:
“When these albums came out 5 years ago the world was in a pretty intense place, and when the idea of reissuing these albums initially came up I was averse to it. They felt like the product of a pandemic-influenced way of working and thinking, and it seemed okay to leave them exclusively available on Bandcamp. But listening back to them, they had a more hopeful sound than I remember, and a light and airy style that feels very singular amongst our records. The lyrics that I thought were deeply rooted in early Covid fear were actually much more universal and compelling than I realized. It feels right to give these songs a wider release on streaming so more people can hear them divorced from the context of the world at the time. The albums stand up on their own as interesting records and should be fun to listen to for newer fans, and especially so to anyone who has been following our musical trajectory from the beginning.”
Cloud Nothings will be supporting their latest studio album Final Summer on tour supporting Superheaven this fall. Tour dates can be seen below. Tickets are on sale to the general public right now here.
Cloud Nothings tour dates
09/09 Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl *
09/10 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade *
09/12 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution *
09/13 Tampa, FL @ The Ritz Ybor *
09/14 Charleston, SC @ Music Farm *
09/16 Charlotte, NC @ The Underground *
09/17 New Kensington, PA @ Preserving Underground *
09/19 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theater *
* w/ Superheaven, End It, Soul Blind
