Official word is as follows: *T Schreiber Studio is proud to announce its collaboration with Cloud Cult on the first production of their 2008/09 season - William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. The comedy & drama of this gender bending play about disguises, misunderstandings, and yellow cross cut garters will be augmented by the fierce variety of Cloud Cult’s music. Songs such as ‘Everybody Here Is A Cloud’ and ‘Pretty Voice’ will contribute layers of richness and texture to the steampunk influenced production. Director Cat Parker says “when I first heard Cloud Cult’s music, I was blown away with the depth of emotion that every song had. This play runs the emotional gamut from laughter to tears and Cloud Cult has the exact same range”.* Download a Cloud Cult MP3 at bottom of post.
In spite of countless emphatic suggestions to witness the spectacle that is a Cloud Cult gig, I failed to take the endless advice until this past Saturday night at Bowery Ballroom.
Attempting to describe Cloud Cult’s 60-minute set is no easy task. The Minnesotans that comprise the collective successfully meld together all of the following (seemingly random) elements/instruments: trumpets, cellos, 2 live painters, keyboard samples, face masks, psychedelic video projections and a healthy dose of sincere, instantly pleasurable, kitsch.
While Cloud Cult is often lumped into the ‘freak folk’ or ‘experimental indie’ sub-genres, the band is truly best illustrated with no title whatsoever. In similar fashion to Clinic, Animal Collective & Man Man, Cloud Cult has written an entirely new code of their own, and perfected it to a tee over the course of the last twelve years. MP3 at bottom.
Waiting... One of the things that gets under my skin is having to wait for a music download to finish. I usually end up playing something silly, like online bingo or some other flash game, while I'm trying to kill some time. It's an easy way to kill 10 minutes while waiting.