Cloud Nothings have finished their new album

Cloud Nothings are set to release their new album before the end of the year, apparently.

In a chat with Columbus Alive, frontman Dylan Baldi has confirmed the album is finished.

“On [the first album] I’m just quietly mumbling into a microphone,” Baldi explains. “Then we made our [self-titled] record [in 2011] … and I was terrified to record my voice so I sang in a fake, high-pitched, nasally whine. Then with [Attack on Memory from 2012] I was like, ‘Maybe I’ll try to sing,’ but I still don’t think I was very good. Every record is just learning to be better at everything I do.”

The album is also set to be more political. “Within the last couple years [political and social issues] have been a little more present in my life,” says Baldi. ”In general, I think more people are becoming aware of how to treat the world, so I’m just falling in line [because] you want to be more of a global, useful citizen. We’re taking a more outward view with this record, but it’s still through an internal filter. It’s about bigger things than me complaining — in my mind, at least.”