Following news of their forthcoming album, NOTHING returns to announce an extensive world tour that takes them across North America as well as to Japan and the UK before performing at their own Slide Away Festival. Alongside the tour announcement, the band has released a new song and video, “purple strings,” which presents a dramatically different side of the band from the previously released single, “cannibal world.”
While “cannibal world” was a pulverising statement of intent that fused the band’s signature industrial-gaze intensity with a loose fit breakbeat plucked from the heyday of Madchester, “purple strings” is a stripped-down, acoustic guitar-led track where the band’s typical vocal filters are notably absent. Dramatic turns in the song are lifted by a full string ensemble, including performances from harpist Mary Lattimore, along with Jason Adams on cello and Camille Getz on violin.
Taken as a pair, the two tracks lay the foundation for the wide-ranging sound that defines their forthcoming album, a short history of decay. Out February 27 via Run For Cover Records, the band’s fifth studio album stands 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.
NOTHING will embark on tour dates in Japan this February, where they will share the stage with Whirr before they return stateside for an extensive North American headline tour, followed by a UK run. Shows culminate at the band’s own festival, Slide Away, which takes place across multiple dates in New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Joined on Slide Away by bands such as Hum, Chapterhouse, Swirlies, and more, NOTHING will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their seminal album, Tired of Tomorrow, with special guest lineups in each market.
