| The Shadow I Remember | ||||
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| Released | February 26, 2021 | |||
| Studio | Electrical Audio, Chicago [1] | |||
| Length | 32:08 | |||
| Label | Carpark, Wichita | |||
| Producer | Steve Albini | |||
| Cloud Nothings chronology | ||||
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| Singles from The Shadow I Remember | ||||
The Shadow I Remember is the seventh studio album by American rock band Cloud Nothings. It was released on February 26, 2021 via Carpark Records. [5]
The album was recorded at Electrical Audio in Chicago, Illinois, with record producer Steve Albini. [6]
On October 13, 2020, Cloud Nothings announced the release of the new album, which they had written while in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic. [6]
The first single to be released from the album, "Am I Something," was announced on the same day as the album details. [6]
On November 17, 2020, "The Spirit Of" was announced as the second single. [7]
The band released the third single, "Nothing Without You," on February 3, 2021. In a press release, lead vocalist Dylan Baldi said the song "explores both the negative and positive aspects of dependency, whether it be on a person, a place, an object, or nothing at all." [8]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.3/10 [9] |
| Metacritic | 77/100 [10] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [11] |
| Beats Per Minute | 62% [12] |
| Consequence of Sound | B+ [13] |
| DIY |  [14] |
| Exclaim! | 8/10 [15] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 6/10 [16] |
| NME | [17] |
| Paste | 7.3/10 [18] |
| Pitchfork | 7.2/10 [19] |
The Shadow I Remember was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 77 based on 13 reviews. [10] At AnyDecentMusic?, the website gave the album a 7.3 out of 10 based on 10 reviews. [9]
Writing for AllMusic, Heather Phares gave the release a 4.5 out of 5, explaining "The Shadow I Remember's compact, hooky outbursts are just as potent as the slow-burning epics on Cloud Nothings' other albums. They're so seasoned that they can shift from bouncy to crushing and back again in a blink on "The Spirit Of," or whip through a dramatic buildup, blistering choruses, and a radiant coda in 90 seconds on "It's Love." [11] In a review for The Line of Best Fit , Ben Lynch gave a mixed review for the album, noting the music is "typically replete with hooks and furious one-liners", and the band should "reassess once more before they head into the studio again." [16]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Oslo" | 4:08 |
| 2. | "Nothing Without You" | 3:18 |
| 3. | "The Spirit Of" | 2:30 |
| 4. | "Only Light" | 2:37 |
| 5. | "Nara" | 2:28 |
| 6. | "Open Rain" | 3:01 |
| 7. | "Sound of Alarm" | 3:03 |
| 8. | "Am I Something" | 3:26 |
| 9. | "It's Love" | 1:31 |
| 10. | "A Longer Moon" | 2:51 |
| 11. | "The Room It Was" | 3:15 |
| Total length: | 32:08 | |
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