Here and Nowhere Else

The album was initially teased on December 4, 2013 and announced on January 27, 2014.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1J0_TQQCyc |title=Cloud Nothings - New Album |date=2013-12-04 |last=Cloud Nothings |access-date=2024-11-29 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite web |last=Pelly |first=Jenn |date=2014-01-27 |title=Cloud Nothings Announce New Album Here and Nowhere Else, Share "I'm Not Part of Me" |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/53731-cloud-nothings-announce-new-album-here-and-nowhere-else-share-im-not-part-of-me/ |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} According to lead singer Dylan Baldi, the album was mostly written while on the road and, rather than continuing the more pessimistic songwriting of Attack on Memory, instead was about stuff that made Baldi happy. Elaborating on this statement, "I had nothing to be angry about really so the approach was more positive and less ‘fuck everything.’ I just sat down and played until I found something that I like, because I was finally in a position to do that.” According to Baldi, it is likely that every song was written in a different country.{{Cite web |title=Here and Nowhere Else, by Cloud Nothings |url=https://cloudnothings.bandcamp.com/album/here-and-nowhere-else |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=Cloud Nothings |language=en}}

The tracks "I'm Not Part of Me", "Now Hear In", and "Psychic Trauma" would be released as singles and have music videos shot in promotion of the record, with the two latter tracks both charting in the Mexico Ingles Airplay.{{Cite web |title=Cloud Nothings {{!}} Biography, Music & News |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/cloud-nothings/chart-history/min/ |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74TP8QhupLU |title=Cloud Nothings "I'm Not Part of Me" (Official Video) |date=2014-04-01 |last=Cloud Nothings |access-date=2024-11-29 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqd3P0Jy58w |title=Cloud Nothings "Now Hear In" (Official Video) |date=2014-09-30 |last=Cloud Nothings |access-date=2024-11-29 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxeNn_O5u5E |title=Cloud Nothings "Psychic Trauma" (Official Video) |date=2014-07-14 |last=Cloud Nothings |access-date=2024-11-29 |via=YouTube}}

Music aggregation site Metacritic gave the album a 79/100 from 29 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".{{Citation |title=Here and Nowhere Else by Cloud Nothings |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/here-and-nowhere-else/cloud-nothings |access-date=2024-11-29 |language=en}}

Philip Cosores of Consequence of Sound wrote that while the bands songs may sound like "instigators, getting people riled up for some masculine bro-down and canned beer chugging", but are rather "desperate and haunted, dealing with mental illness, instability, heartbreak, and the human condition in a very honest and direct manner, without being bogged down in self-pity". Moreover, he describes this factor of the bands music as a good thing, specific highlights included "Now Hear In", which they described as an existential number that "calls everything into question", with a tempo that "wants to rush away too fast" but is slowed down by the percussion. Other highlights include "Psychic Trauma" and "No Thoughts", which they believed sounds influenced by Kurt Cobain, and Billie Joe Armstrong on "I'm Not Part of Me". They also praised the longest track, "Pattern Walks" as surprisingly not "contrived or predictable", stating that by the end, "beauty" seeps its way into the track.{{cite web |last=Cosores |first=Philip |date=March 28, 2014 |title=Cloud Nothings – Here and Nowhere Else |url=https://consequence.net/2014/03/album-review-cloud-nothings-here-and-nowhere-else/ |accessdate=May 16, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound}}

Al Horner of NME believed that when compared to the bands previous album Attack on Memory, the record felt "tame and unimposing in comparison". Moreover, stating that it wasn't the production or talent of the members, but rather the songwriting holding back the album, stating that the tracks lacked a unique identity unique from similar bands such as Wavves. They still had specific highlights they enjoyed, such as "Quieter Today", "Psychic Trauma", and "Pattern Walks". Overall, they thought that "Cloud Nothings’ prolific work rate has caught up with them. For the first time, they sound tired and lacking in imagination."{{cite journal |last=Horner |first=Al |date=March 28, 2014 |title=Cloud Nothings – 'Here And Nowhere Else' |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/cloud-nothings/15183 |journal=NME |accessdate=May 16, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601074236/http://www.nme.com/reviews/cloud-nothings/15183 |archivedate=June 1, 2016}}

{{Music ratings

| ADM = 7.8/10{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/6242/Cloud-Nothings-Here-and-Nowhere-Else.aspx|title=Here and Nowhere Else by Cloud Nothings reviews|publisher=AnyDecentMusic?|accessdate=December 19, 2019}}

| MC = 79/100

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/here-and-nowhere-else-mw0002613970|title=Here and Nowhere Else – Cloud Nothings|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=April 1, 2014|last=Phares|first=Heather}}

| rev2 = The A.V. Club

| rev2Score = B{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/review/fourth-album-cloud-nothings-settle-sound-202653|title=On fourth album, Cloud Nothings settle into a sound|work=The A.V. Club|date=April 1, 2014|accessdate=May 16, 2016|last=Anthony|first=David}}

| rev3 = Consequence of Sound

| rev3Score = A

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/mar/27/cloud-nothings-here-and-nowhere-else-review|title=Cloud Nothings: Here and Nowhere Else review – brash, heads-down garage-rock fun|work=The Guardian|date=March 27, 2014|accessdate=May 16, 2016|last=Bakare|first=Lanre}}

| rev5 = Mojo

| rev5Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite journal|title=Cloud Nothings: Here and Nowhere Else|journal=Mojo|issue=246|date=May 2014|page=96}}

| rev6 = NME

| rev6Score = 5/10

| rev7 = Pitchfork

| rev7Score = 8.7/10

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/here-and-nowhere-else-20140401|title=Here and Nowhere Else|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=April 1, 2014|accessdate=May 16, 2016|last=Dolan|first=Jon}}

| rev9 = Slant Magazine

| rev9Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/cloud-nothings-here-and-nowhere-else|title=Cloud Nothings: Here and Nowhere Else|work=Slant Magazine|date=April 8, 2014|accessdate=April 8, 2014|last=Cataldo|first=Jesse}}

| rev10 = Spin

| rev10Score = 8/10{{cite journal|url=http://www.spin.com/2014/03/cloud-nothings-here-and-nowhere-else/|title=Cloud Nothings Hit Emo's Sweet (And Sour) Spot on 'Here And Nowhere Else'|journal=Spin|date=March 31, 2014|accessdate=May 16, 2016|last=Lobenfeld|first=Claire}}

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Pitchfork's Ian Cohen praised the record, saying that Baldi "is simply unwilling or unable to stop writing hook-filled songs, rendering Here and Nowhere Else even more tense and thrillingly conflicted than its predecessor."{{cite web |last=Cohen |first=Ian |date=March 31, 2014 |title=Cloud Nothings: Here and Nowhere Else |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19075-cloud-nothings-here-and-nowhere-else/ |accessdate=April 1, 2014 |work=Pitchfork}} In 2019, Pitchfork included "I'm Not Part of Me" on their list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s".{{cite web |title=The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-songs-of-the-2010s/ |website=Pitchfork |date=7 October 2019 |publisher=Pitchfork Media |accessdate=12 October 2019 |language=en}}

"I'm Not Part of Me" is featured in the soundtracks of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 and 2016 film Almost Friends.

On June 24, 2024, it was announced that in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the albums release, the album will be performed in full in venues across the United States, alongside a deluxe edition featuring a full live performance and two remixes of "Giving Into Seeing" and "I'm Not Part of Me".{{Cite web |last=Monroe |first=Jazz |date=2024-06-26 |title=Cloud Nothings Announce Here and Nowhere Else Anniversary Tour |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/cloud-nothings-announce-here-and-nowhere-else-anniversary-tour/ |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Here and Nowhere Else (10th Anniversary), by Cloud Nothings |url=https://cloudnothings.bandcamp.com/album/here-and-nowhere-else-10th-anniversary |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=Cloud Nothings |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Here And Nowhere Else (10th Anniversary) - A/B Blue with White & Black Splatter, C/D Clear with Blue and Black Splatter LP |url=https://purenoise.merchnow.com/collections/cloud-nothings/products/clnohaneab-lp |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=Pure Noise Records |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Cloud Nothings Celebrates 10 Years of 'Here And Nowhere Else' With Deluxe LP |url=https://idobi.com/high-life/cloud-nothings-here-and-nowhere-else-10-years-deluxe-album/ |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=idobi |language=en-US}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Cloud Nothings

| title1 = Now Hear In

| length1 = 3:30

| title2 = Quieter Today

| length2 = 3:04

| title3 = Psychic Trauma

| length3 = 2:52

| title4 = Just See Fear

| length4 = 3:08

| title5 = Giving Into Seeing

| length5 = 3:48

| title6 = No Thoughts

| length6 = 3:04

| title7 = Pattern Walks

| length7 = 7:23

| title8 = I'm Not Part of Me

| length8 = 4:35

| total_length = 31:24

}}

Cloud Nothings

• Dylan Baldi – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• TJ Duke – bass, backing vocals
• Jayson Gerycz – drums

Technical

• John Congleton – production

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