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  • Summary: The latest full-length release for the Cleveland indie rock band led by Dylan Baldi was produced by Steve Albini.
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  1. Feb 26, 2021
    90
    By revisiting their past, Cloud Nothings find something new in it, as well as something timeless, and The Shadow I Remember is a full-throated, full-hearted triumph.
  2. Mar 5, 2021
    90
    The band's latest intersperses melody with mania, and it's a moment of exceptional energy and creativity which should rank near the top of their career achievements to-date.
  3. Mar 5, 2021
    90
    Maybe this is their best album.
  4. Feb 25, 2021
    80
    Raw and uncompromising, yet always harbouring a degree of melody, it’s the product of ten years of learning, and succeeds in deftly balancing subtle nuance with a sense of uncompromising aggression.
  5. Feb 26, 2021
    73
    Another perfectly solid Cloud Nothings record that expertly straddles that imaginary knife Baldi was balancing on earlier.
  6. Mar 2, 2021
    72
    Expect no left turns on The Shadow I Remember. Seven months after Baldi and Gerycz assembled The Black Hole Understands in isolation, Cloud Nothings have regained their full line-up but retained their penchant for rueful concision.
  7. Uncut
    Feb 26, 2021
    50
    The constant frenzied back and forth between power-pop hooks and furious noise, while fun, begins to feel a little repetitive. [Apr 2021, p.27]

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