In early November, Cloud Nothings released the first single from their forthcoming, Steve Albini-produced Attack On Memory, a track that showcased a rougher, more unhinged sound. Today they posted their second single, “Stay Useless,” a quick-hit garage jam brimming with hooks that recalls some of the band’s earliest work. Baldi explains the track to Rolling Stone:
‘Stay Nothing’ [sic] was my attempt at making a catchy pop song that was better than any other pop song I’ve written. I’m trying to take Cloud Nothings to different areas, songwriting-wise, so I figured I should try and finish off the ‘poppy’ songs with a bang.
Download the track after the jump.
(via Rolling Stone)
Attack On Memory is out 1/24 on Carpark. A little while back, Dylan Baldi made us a playlist of songs that influenced the record for an installment of the Under The Influence series.
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Song title and quote conflict. “Stay Useless” or “Stay Nothing”? Rolling Stone has it, too, so it’s not your fault that it’s a Friday afternoon, so you highlighted, copied and pasted instead of editing first…
Song is definitely “Stay Useless” but you’re right, the quote in RS says “Stay Nothing.” I put a sic in. Good catch.
…And today I finally learned what [sic] means. Thanks!
If this entire album is as great as the two songs I’ve heard from it, its going to be incredible. Like King of the Beach x 100. and I loved King of the Beach.
It’s catchy in a Superchunk-copy kind of way, but it’s hard to be catchier than “Didn’t You.” I’ve been humming that one for a year and a half.
Yeah, “Didn’t You” took catchy to a whole nother level. But that being said, the first two singles from this one are getting me pretty psyched.