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重生的青春烈火，Cloud Nothings

“这位从地下室走出的Lo-fi少年英雄洗尽了一身的晦暗忧郁，在密集的音墙中展露出了那颗日渐纯粹和澄澈的本心。” – Pitchfork

8年时间，足够使一个只敢独自面对地下室的湿冷角落，拨动琴弦，录下粗糙录音带的音乐宅，成长为踩下失真按钮，在高速驰骋的吉他电流中单挑整个世界的摇滚英雄。

始于2009年，克里夫兰干瘦苍白的四眼青年Dylan Baldi没有同龄人正享受着的色彩斑斓，肆意玩乐的周末。他扎进父母家的地下室里，把自弹自唱，未加修饰的低保真短歌录进GarageBand中，再化去自己的本名，在Myspace上变身成多支不存在其他乐手的虚构乐队，Cloud Nothings便是其中之一，那时的Dylan Baldi并没有想到它在未来真的会成为美国独立摇滚中一支无法忽视的乐队。

Cloud Nothings从一个网络ID成为一个真正严肃的职业选择时，Dylan Baldi刚刚满18岁。在收到为两支独立摇滚大团Woods和Real Estate的纽约专场做开场表演的邀请之后，Dylan意识到是时候做出决定了，他从自己的录音工程专业中退学，踏上了巡演、录音、灌唱片的不归路。从最初面对纽约乐迷时的忐忑不安一直到站上Fuji Rock一万人的大舞台，Cloud Nothings经历过无人问津，也终于凭借一张张专辑成为音乐媒体竞相报道的宠儿。“有时候感到沮丧，有时候又很不真实，”Dylan说，“但至少，我确信自己真的属于这支乐队了。”

听Cloud Nothings的唱片就像是在翻阅男孩的成长日记。Dylan最初上传到网络上的作品洋溢着无法掩饰的青春张力，糖水质感的吉他声响让人身心雀跃，丝毫不见90年代Lo-fi精神中的乖戾自怜，反而散发出了年少爱欲般的甜美。Dylan Baldi的自信和活力在2010年的EP《Leave You Forever》和专辑《Turning On》中俯拾皆是。平均长度不到三分钟的快速曲式里让人听到了Green Day一般渴望摧毁一切陈腐的朋克血气。此时的Cloud Nothings就像踩着Nirvana的尾巴，用一颗来自21世纪的年轻心性继承了上一代的反叛美学。

Cloud Nothings早已不是Dylan Baldi单打独斗的化身，曾经为了应付演出而草草拉来的TJ Duke和Jason Greyzc等人如今已经是乐队不可分割的重要份子。他们共同经历了巡演综合症中的困顿、迷茫，并利用这股情绪写出了与前作截然不同的新专辑。2012年的《Attack on Memory》充斥着这几个年轻人的焦虑和愤怒，两年后的《Here and Nowhere Else》又续写了这股通行于20几岁人生中的失败情绪。由Steve Albini和John Congleton分别操刀制作，这两张专辑将Cloud Nothings推向了一线独立乐团的梯队中，并双双收获来自Pitchfork、NME等媒体的高分褒赞。

2015年Cloud Nothings和同属于Noise Rock/Lo-fi大阵营的Wavves合作推出了一张1+1＞2的专辑《No Life for Me》，快速而失焦的吉他和人声有着两支乐队共通的特质——即使无目标也要坚持怀疑和反抗的心气。这一由Fugazi开启的硬核精神被重新点燃，迸发出了全新的活力。

Lo-fi从来都只是晦暗，但不沉默，即使Pavement再也没了动静，Mark Linkous和Elliott Smith都已离世多年，嘶嘶作响的磁带也总能传到下一个忧郁但坚定的男孩手里。Cloud Nothings2017年的全新专辑《Life Without Sound》还正烫手，4月14日北京Modernsky LAB，4月15日上海育音堂，请为耳朵准备好防晒霜，与我们一起迎接Cloud Nothings的青春烈阳。

演出信息

[北京]

日期：2017年4月14日 星期五

时间：20:30

场地：Modernsky LAB

地址：东城区朝阳门银河SOHO D座B1层5-108

票价：120元（预售）/ 150元（现场）

嘉宾：Backspace乐队

*预售将于2017年4月14日，中午12点结束！

相关链接 

Split Works官网：http://www.spli-t.com

Cloud Nothings官网: http://www.cloudnothings.com

关于Split Works：

Split Works开功 是一家基于上海和北京的外资音乐演出公司，一直与诸多国际品牌进行合作，始终围绕音乐、品牌、创意和青年文化组织和推广各类活动。2006年成立至今，Split Works共推出了5个音乐节品牌、覆盖30座城市的400多场巡演，并一直坚信并实践着：每一次音乐都必须是独特的。从Godspeed You! Black Emperor 到Sonic Youth，从Thee Oh Sees到Mac Demarco和Shabazz Palaces，从“黑兔”到《觉》音乐+艺术节和“无解周末“。我们热爱音乐，我们热爱中国，我们爱你。

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 Split Works Presents: 

“Some albums move you. Others push you to buy a guitar. Cloud Nothings do both.”  – Consequence of Sound

A band incapable of writing a bad song.

Just put on any Cloud Nothings trackand you’ll find something that’ll stick in your head. Their prolific lo-fi rock is fun, frenetic and crisp. Crunchy guitars, hammering drums. That sense of endless youth and a spirit of reckless abandon.

Frontman Dylan Baldi is a bit of a pop-prodigy, a man whose brain conjures hook after tuneful hook – a constant stream of impossibly catchy singalong choruses. And also the occasional full-throated scream which “continue,” he says, “the family tradition of yelling at kids.”

Except this time, the kids will be yelling alongside. On stage, Cloud Nothings are spry and jumpy and tense – pedal-to-the-floor, tension-igniting rock’n’roll. For the faithful, it’s a slice of pop-punk Nirvana. 

Friday April 14 at Modernsky Lab Beijingand Saturday, April 15 at Yuyintang Shanghai.Two thoroughly fuzzed-out evenings, with Backspace (Beijing) and Lao Ayi (Shanghai) on support.

Cloud Nothings is the brainchild of Dylan, a Cleveland, Ohio native who was still in his teens when the buzz about his music started. Baldi was majoring in audio recording at college when he dropped out to focus on the music he was making at home. After a few months, he uploaded the songs "Hey Cool Kid" and "Whaddaya Wanna Know" to his MySpace page, which led to gigs with Woods and Real Estate, and a slew of early singles. On the strength of all this music, Baldi signed to tastemakers Carpark in the U.S. and to Wichita Records in the U.K.

Along with dates with Wavves, Titus Andronicus, and Best Coast, Baldi began work on Cloud Nothings' self-titled full-length debut, which arrived in January 2011. Later that year, they went into the studio with Steve Albini, birthing 2012's much rawer, heavier Attack on Memory (which received a hipster-approved 8.6 on Pitchfork).

By this time, a few ‘basic principles’ had been established for what would become the Cloud Nothings signature: breakneck pace, chaotic instrumental landscapes and consistently noisy guitars. Every Cloud Nothings album now represented a different ‘take’ on this core ethos, Where Attack on Memory was freewheeling lo-fi, 2014’s Here and Nowhere Else added some psych and experimental stylings to the mix.

Just this month, the formula took another left turn. 2017’s Life Without Soundis being hailed as their most ‘mature’ work yet – shaving off the rougher edges of their past sound for something more like a brilliant sheen. The occasional guttural roars are still present, thankfully.

Friday, February 14 at Beijing’s Modern Sky Lab with Backspace. Saturday, February 15 at Shanghai’s YYT with Lao Ayi. We’re expecting to pogo to the stratosphere.

【Beijing】

Date: Friday, 14 April, 8:30pm

Venue: Modernsky Lab

Address: Galaxy SOHO, Chaoyangmen, B1/F, Bldg. D, Rm. 5-108, Dongcheng District 
(东城区朝阳门银河SOHO D座B1层5-108)

Tickets: 120 RMB (Presale)/150 RMB (Door)

Support: Backspace

* Pre-sales end at 12 noon, Apr.14th, 2017

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About Split Works:

Split Works has been rocking in the free (ish) world since 2006. Working with inspirational artists from across the globe, the good people at Split Works HQ have been a key contributor to the continued rise of China’s music scene.

Split Works has launched five music festivals and promoted over 400 tours to 30 Chinese cities, always striving to stay true to a familiar refrain: the music has to be special, every single time. From Godspeed You! Black Emperor to Sonic Youth, from Thee Oh Sees to Mac Demarco and Shabazz Palaces, from Black Rabbit to JUE and Wooozy to Concrete & Grass and More Music. We love music, we love China and we love you.

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