During the early 2010s, my favorite type of music — guitarish rock — was in a slump, but there were still some pearls to find among the Arcade Fire-wannabes with wax mustaches and hurdy-gurdys singing about building the Transcontinental Railroad. One of those pearls came from Cloud Nothings, a group of Cleveland kids who kinda hated themselves and wanted to get laid. Their Steve Albini-produced third album is so good that they’ve been trying to recreate it for the last decade. Listen to “Wasted Days” to see how to make an 8 minute punk rock song.