Marcel Winatschek

Fuzz and Longing

Should Have sounds like it was recorded in a room where the walls were caving in, which is exactly what makes it work. Dylan Baldi’s early Cloud Nothings material had that quality—lo-fi to the point of structural failure, hooks buried under tape hiss until you had to lean in to catch them. The song sits with regret the way a teenager does, which is to say badly and completely.