{"id":44581,"date":"2026-03-03T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=44581"},"modified":"2026-02-28T08:49:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:49:40","slug":"nothing-release-new-album-a-short-history-of-decay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=44581","title":{"rendered":"NOTHING release new album\u00a0\u2018A Short History of Decay\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Out now via Run For Cover Records<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOTHING are back with their fifth studio album,\u00a0\u2018A Short History of Decay,\u2019 out now via Run For Cover Records\u2014and it might be the most unguarded, widescreen, and emotionally heavy thing they\u2019ve ever done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This record feels like a reckoning. With time. With the body. With memory.\u00a0\u2018A Short History of Decay\u2019\u00a0expands NOTHING\u2019s already colossal sound into something more exposed and painfully human, capturing frontman Domenic \u201cNicky\u201d Palermo at his most direct and unflinching. Aging, illness, regret, survival\u2014it\u2019s all here, staring straight back at you through walls of distortion and moments of near-silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Reinforced Lineup, A Sharpened Vision<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The album arrives with a newly solidified lineup that sounds fully locked in: guitarist Doyle Martin (Cloakroom), bassist Bobb Bruno (Best Coast), drummer Zachary Jones (MSC, Manslaughter 777), and guitarist Cam Smith (Ladder To God, Cloakroom). Together, they give Palermo the most expansive sonic palette NOTHING has ever had\u2014one that allows the band to move seamlessly between pulverizing volume and stark vulnerability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Singles That Set the Tone<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Leading up to the release, NOTHING dropped four singles that hinted at just how far this album would stretch. Never Come Never Morning<\/em> and Toothless Coal<\/em> lean into a grinding, industrial edge that nods toward genre giants like My Bloody Valentine, while Cannibal World<\/em> flirts with a baggier, Madchester-tinged groove. Then there\u2019s Purple Strings<\/em>\u2014a stripped-back, acoustic-led moment where the usual vocal haze disappears entirely, leaving Palermo completely exposed. Together, these tracks laid the groundwork for an album that refuses to sit still or play it safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Touring the Decay<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

After warming things up with two Tokyo shows alongside Whirr, NOTHING return to North America for a massive headline tour, followed by a UK and EU run in April 2026. Support across North American dates comes from Full Body 2, Cryogeyser, and Violent Magic Orchestra. Grab tickets here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The tour also feeds directly into NOTHING\u2019s own Slide Away Festival, hitting New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles this May. The band will celebrate the 10th anniversary of\u00a0\u2018Tired of Tomorrow\u2019\u00a0with stacked lineups featuring Hum, Chapterhouse, Swirlies, and more\u2014an undeniable victory lap for a band that helped fuel the modern shoegaze resurgence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Record About Truth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On a deeper level,\u00a0\u2018A Short History of Decay\u2019 is about honesty\u2014brutal, sometimes uncomfortable honesty. Palermo confronts his own physical decline head-on, including his diagnosis of Essential Tremors, a neurological disorder that has subtly altered his voice. Instead of burying those changes under layers of reverb, he leaves them exposed, turning bodily fragility into part of the record\u2019s emotional core.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The album opens with Never Come Never Morning<\/em>, a raw reflection on childhood trauma and survival, and closes with Essential Tremors<\/em>, a quiet, devastating meditation on time, regret, and the creeping sense of finality. Where past NOTHING records often placed Palermo\u2019s vocals somewhere heavenly and distant, here he sounds like he\u2019s sitting right in front of you\u2014steady gaze, shaking hands, no filter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Palermo has called\u00a0\u2018A Short History of Decay\u2019\u00a0\u201ca final chapter.\u201d Not the end of NOTHING, but the closing of a long arc that began with\u00a0\u2018Guilty of Everything\u2019\u00a0and winds through\u00a0\u2018Tired of Tomorrow,\u2019\u00a0\u2018Dance on the Blacktop,\u2019 and\u00a0\u2018The Great Dismal\u2019. It\u2019s an album that looks backward and forward at once\u2014documenting what\u2019s been lost while carving out space for whatever comes next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heavy as ever. More intimate than ever. NOTHING don\u2019t just confront decay here\u2014they sit with it, learn from it, and turn it into something devastatingly beautiful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to<\/em>\u00a0\u2018A Short History of Decay<\/a><\/strong>\u2019\u00a0now and catch NOTHING on tour this spring.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Out now via Run For Cover Records NOTHING are back with their fifth studio album,\u00a0\u2018A Short History of Decay,\u2019 out now via Run For Cover […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,25,28,30,1907,5812],"tags":[13197,2603,9957,1245],"class_list":["post-44581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-live","category-music","category-new-release","category-news","category-shoegaze","tag-a-short-history-of-decay","tag-nothing","tag-run-for-cover-records","tag-tour-dates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7314.jpeg?fit=900%2C676&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-bB3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23447,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=23447","url_meta":{"origin":44581,"position":0},"title":"Weird. announces live video + teases new single","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"September 17, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"After a short summer break and the writing of material for their third album nearly complete,\u00a0WEIRD.\u00a0have announced there is a new single on the horizon first, for which they're offering a\u00a0work-in-progress teaser, a somewhat minimalistic version of the track-to-come, F F F.\u00a0Take a listen to it via YouTube below. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Wr8d-Sfk5o8\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "indie"","block_context":{"text":"indie","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?cat=23"},"img":{"alt_text":"WEIRD.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Weird._1_-_photo_credit_Broken_Frame_Pictures.jpg.png?fit=425%2C284&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":39175,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=39175","url_meta":{"origin":44581,"position":1},"title":"FACS share \u2018Constellation\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"April 8, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Chicago art-rock band\u00a0FACS\u00a0will release their monolithic new album\u00a0\u2018Still Life In Decay\u2019\u00a0via Trouble In Mind Records.\u00a0The album's opening track, Constellation, kicks things off with a squall of white noise before collapsing into the songs lumbering groove.\u00a0Guitarist Brian Case's guitar bares a ghostly presence, appearing and disappearing in washes of gauzy feedback\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "guitar rock"","block_context":{"text":"guitar rock","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?cat=22"},"img":{"alt_text":"FACS press photo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EA717542-87FB-480D-83CD-CA2DFF2C3B30.jpeg?fit=900%2C583&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EA717542-87FB-480D-83CD-CA2DFF2C3B30.jpeg?fit=900%2C583&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EA717542-87FB-480D-83CD-CA2DFF2C3B30.jpeg?fit=900%2C583&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EA717542-87FB-480D-83CD-CA2DFF2C3B30.jpeg?fit=900%2C583&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13616,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=13616","url_meta":{"origin":44581,"position":2},"title":"Drop Electric release latest track ‘Tread Lightly’","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"May 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Washington DC's Drop Electric released\u00a0their latest\u00a0single Tread Lightly,\u00a0which is lifted from their latest album,\u00a0'Lost in Decay.' 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