CLOUDS

Clouds is an EP release by Italian progressive rock act Nosound. Clouds was released in 2007 between the releases of Nosound´s debut full- length studio album Sol29 (2005) and their second full-length studio album Lightdark (2008).

There are three tracks on the EP which has a total playing time of 22:32 minutes. All tracks are exclusive to this release. The EP starts with Cold Afterall which is a great atmospheric and melancholic song with vocals. It´s actually the only song on the EP with vocals. The song is in trademark Nosound style somewhere between the spacy atmospheric rock of Pink Floyd and the melancholic and ambient pop/ rock of Porcupine Tree ( their most soft tracks). The next track Like the Elephant? is a bit of an anomaly in Nosound´s discography as it features a quite heavy riff and some toying with dissonances in the guitar solo. Nosound is usually very streamlined melodic and atmospheric. I enjoy the difference in sound on this track which shows that there is more to Nosound than they have shown up until now ( which is more than enough by the way. I enjoy every second of their album releases). The last track is the 10:34 minute long Clouds. It´s an ambient track with only floating sounds made by synth. It´s a very atmospheric song and while I wouldn´t enjoy a full album that sounded like this there´s something special about the way Nosound creates their most ambient songs that makes them enjoyable even to someone like me who usually don´t have patience for anything this ambient.

The production is grand as we´re used to from Nosound releases. I greatly enjoy their clean sound which sounds like it´s recorded on top of a mountain.

Clouds is another excellent release by Nosound. Fans of melancholic and atmospheric pop/ rock with a grand sound are adviced to check this out. Clouds is as good an introduction to Nosound as their first two full-length albums are. A deserved 4 star rating.