Final Summer
{{Infobox album
| name = Final Summer
| type = studio
| artist = Cloud Nothings
| cover = Final_Summer.jpg
| alt =
| released = April 19, 2024
| recorded =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 29:16
| label = Pure Noise Records
| prev_title = The Shadow I Remember
| prev_year = 2021
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Final Summer
| type = studio
| single1 = Final Summer
| single1date = November 1, 2023https://www.brooklynvegan.com/cloud-nothings-sign-to-pure-noise-release-new-single-final-summer/
| single2 = Running Through the Campus
| single2date = February 28, 2024{{cite web |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2253558/cloud-nothings-running-through-the-campus/music/ | title=Cloud Nothings Announce New Album 'Final Summer', Share New Song "Running Through the Campus": Listen | date=28 February 2024 }}
| single3 = I'd Get Along
| single3date = March 19, 2024{{cite web |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2256181/cloud-nothings-id-go-along/music/ | title=Cloud Nothings Share New Song "I'd Get Along": Listen | date=19 March 2024 }}}}
}}
Final Summer is the eighth studio album by American rock band Cloud Nothings.
Background
The album was recorded and tracked in Philadelphia by Jeff Ziegler, mixed by Sarah Tudzin and mastered by Jack Callahan.https://www.brooklynvegan.com/cloud-nothings-announce-new-album-final-summer-share-running-through-the-campus/
Release
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| MC = 78/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/final-summer/cloud-nothings | title=Final Summer by Cloud Nothings | website=Metacritic }}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/final-summer-mw0004230489#:~:text=AllMusic%20Review&text=Packing%20these%20concise%20songs%20with,Daggers%20of%20Light%22%20feels%20bottomless | title=Final Summer - Cloud Nothings | Album | AllMusic | website=AllMusic }}
| rev2 = PopMatters
| rev5=Exclaim!
| rev7 = Pitchfork
| rev7score = 7.5/10{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/cloud-nothings-final-summer/ | title=Cloud Nothings: Final Summer | website=Pitchfork }}
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Final Summer 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 78 based on 9 reviews.
Pitchfork awarded the album a 7.5 while noting "With spruced-up production highlighting new subtleties in their sound, yet never abandoning their melodic fundamentals, the Cleveland indie rockers' latest radiates a renewed sense of purpose." adding "Cloud Nothings have never sounded so committed to going the distance."{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/cloud-nothings-final-summer/ | title=Cloud Nothings: Final Summer | website=Pitchfork }} Writing for FLOOD Magazine, Jeff Terich wrote "The sentiments are warmer, perhaps, but Cloud Nothings haven't softened. The band's energy level never slackens throughout Final Summer, and the entirety of the record's half-hour run time sounds massive, even at its most deceptively simple. But in moments like "I'd Get Along," a towering anthem in which Baldi wrings every last ounce of power from only two lines, Cloud Nothings reveal how much artistic growth they've undergone."{{cite web |url=https://floodmagazine.com/158930/cloud-nothings-final-summer/ | title=Cloud Nothings, "Final Summer" }} Errick Easterday of PopMatters rates the album 8/10 and declares "Cloud Nothings' 'Final Summer' is a masterclass in indie rock.
Cloud Nothings have delivered record after record of catchy, energetic songs without getting stale or repetitive. Final Summer continues that streak."{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/cloud-nothings-final-summer-review | title=Cloud Nothings' Final Summer is a Masterclass in Indie Rock | date=16 April 2024 }}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline =
| title1 = Final Summer
| length1 = 4:09
| title2 = Daggers of Light
| length2 = 2:44
| title3 = I'd Get Along
| length3 = 2:30
| title4 = Mouse Policy
| length4 = 3:06
| title5 = Silence
| length5 = 2:47
| title6 = Running Through the Campus
| length6 = 2:48
| title7 = The Golden Halo
| length7 = 2:12
| title8 = Thank Me For Playing
| length8 = 2:29
| title9 = On the Chain
| length9 = 3:25
| title10 = Common Mistake
| length10 = 3:06
|total_length = 29:16
}}
Personnel
Adapted from Allmusic.{{cite web |title=The Shadow I Remember - Cloud Nothings |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-shadow-i-remember-mw0003440640/credits |website=Allmusic |access-date=18 March 2021}}
;Cloud Nothings
- Dylan Baldi – vocals, guitar
- Chris Brown – bass
- Jayson Gerycz – drums
;Additional personnel
- Jack Callahan - mastering
- Sarah Tudzin - mixing
- Jeff Zeigler - tracking
- Chris Madak - slide guitar (1)
References
{{reflist}}{{Cloud Nothings}}