NOTHING have released their fifth studio album ‘a short history of decay’ via Run For Cover. ‘a short history of decay’ stands out as their most sonically expansive and emotionally direct work to date: a widescreen reckoning with time, truth, and the body’s slow unravelling.
Recharged by a newly solidified lineup featuring guitarist Doyle Martin (Cloakroom), bassist Bobb Bruno (Best Coast), drummer Zachary Jones (MSC, Manslaughter 777), and guitarist Cam Smith (Ladder To God, Cloakroom), a short history of decay captures frontman Domenic “Nicky” Palermo at his most unflinching, confronting aging, illness, and the weight of memory with startling clarity.
The album’s release follows a string of four singles from the band in “never come never morning,” “Toothless Coal,” “Cannibal World,” and “Purple Strings” which showcased a grinding industrial side of the band that sits closer to genre stalwarts My Bloody Valentine vs. the Madchester-indebted baggy sound of “Cannibal World” and the stripped-down, acoustic guitar-led track “Purple Strings,” where the band’s typical vocal filters are absent. Always exploring new ways to bend sound and pushing the limits of genre conventions, these singles lay the foundation for the wide-ranging sound that defines a short history of decay.
Catch NOTHING on tour
8th April – London, UK @ Rough Trade LDN
9th April – Dublin, IE @ Button Factory
10th April – Belfast, UK @ Oh Yeah Centre
12th April – Glasgow, UK @ Stereo
14th April – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
15th April – Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach
16th April – London, UK @ Moth Club
