CLOUDS

By DAVID DAY

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As you might have heard, Clouds are making the big time and they're from here. Right now, they're traveling America opening for legendary cult-like psych rockers Boris, which concludes Friday in Cambridge. We phoned Clouds' lead freak Adam McGrath when he was literally driving the van through North Carolina.

YOU'RE ON TOUR WITH BORIS. WHAT ARE THEY LIKE?

They're awesome. Very, very polite, but I have a hard time remembering their names. The drummer went up to our bassist and said, "I'm Atsuo" and Johnny's like. "Nice to meet you, Phil."

WHAT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE TOUR SO FAR?

We've never seen this place in Denton so packed with people. It's an old building by the railroad tracks and Boris is really loud and has all these smoke machines, so all this fuckin' fog was blowing, out onto the tracks with guitar solos being shredded out into the night. It was awesome.

ANY STRANGE THINGS HAPPENING TO YOU TRAVELING DOWN SOUTH?

Yeah, and it's got a Boston connection ... In San Diego our air conditioner broke and we drove through Arizona in 120-degree heat. So in Phoenix, we had a really nice fan take us to his mechanic buddy. And he pulls up to his house in a dumptruck pulling a backhoe! Then he fixes our air conditioner like a race-car team would. Turns out he used to be the "Arizona Animal," a drag-racer, and he has all these posters of himself. He used to be on a team owned by [deceased Red Sox pitcher] Rod Beck. He was his brother-in-law.

HAVE YOU RUN OVER ANY ANIMALS ON TOUR?

Not yet ... We thought we just hit a dog, but we actually just bottomed out with the trailer hitch.

[Clouds w/ Boris and Torche. Fri 7.11.08. Middle East Downstairs. 280 Mass. Ave., Central Sq., Cambridge. 617.864.3278. 9 pm/18+/$13 adv/, $15 dos. mideastclub.com, myspace.com/cloudsrock]