Atta Boy’s “Full Cloud” is a song from an LA indie rock quartet that started in high school, and the time between the first rehearsal and the album Silt is the cloud. The single arrives with vintage footage from those early days, and the footage is what the cloud looked like when it was still empty. The third single from the upcoming album, due June 26, lands at the moment the band’s past catches up to the band’s present, and the song is the cloud tipping over.
“Full Cloud” dialogues with the album´s name. The title says the cloud is full, the album is called Silt, and silt is what a full cloud leaves behind when the rain has done its work. Atta Boy, who started in high school, has been filling the cloud since the first rehearsal, and the single is the moment the cloud tips. The vintage footage in the video is the cloud before the rain. The album Silt is what the rain leaves when the band is done with it.
“Full Cloud” leaves the listener in the rain the band has been promising since high school, with the cloud now lighter for the loss. The album Silt is the bottom of the rain, and the bottom is where the song is heading. Atta Boy’s decade-long arc from the high school garage to the third single of an upcoming album is the cloud, and the song is the moment the band stops waiting and starts letting go. The video, the single, the album, and the high school footage are all one cloud seen from four different places.
