{"product_id":"nothing-a-short-history-of-decay","title":"Nothing - A Short History Of Decay","description":"\u003cp\u003eNothing have always been rule-breakers. Shoegaze renegades who've rebuilt the stereotypically lightweight genre in their own bloody-knuckled American image. Outlaw poets spilling existential dread on mile-wide canvases of fuzz and reverb.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeginning as a Philly-born bedroom solo project in 2010, Nothing's music has always captured the full scale of the human condition, both the blaring anger and the whispering sadness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*a short history of decay*, Nothing's fifth studio album and first for Run For Cover Records, widens that aperture even further, providing the most hi-def rendering of Nothing to date. The band have never sounded this colossal, never felt this intimate, never been this honest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the strongest arsenal in Nothing's ever-shifting lineup locked in—guitarist Doyle Martin (Cloakroom), bassist Bobb Bruno (Best Coast), drummer Zachary Jones (MSC, Manslaughter 777), and third guitarist Cam Smith (Ladder To God, also of Cloakroom)—singer-songwriter Domenic \"Nicky\" Palermo knew he had the manpower to make the band's most ambitious record yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCo-written and produced with Whirr guitarist Nicholas Bassett, and with additional production and mixing work from Sonny Diperri (DIIV, Julie), *a short history of decay* is the most evolved musical statement in Nothing's catalog.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSongs like \"Cannibal World\" and \"Toothless Coal\" are cataclysmic lashings of mechanized industrial-gaze that sound like My Bloody Valentine—except more extreme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the other end of the spectrum, the ornately morose \"Purple Strings\" boasts a beautiful string arrangement that includes harpist—and two-time Nothing contributor—Mary Lattimore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat baroque delicacy permeates other *a short history of decay* highlights, particularly \"The Rain Don't Care,\" a lilting ballad that channels the worn-down elegance of Mojave 3, and \"Nerve Scales,\" a pattering bop that resembles Radiohead in its marriage of otherworldly atmosphere and mortal precision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePalermo calls the new record \"a final chapter.\" Not the end of Nothing, but the conclusion of a story that began with Nothing's 2014 debut, *Guilty of Everything*—another album about time, regret, and confronting uncomfortable truths—and now resolves with *a short history of decay*.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs much a snapshot of Palermo's past as it is a leap into Nothing's future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/7euwYFDlezb1aLOvEE4p2P?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Run For Cover","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50749948723446,"sku":"199438001526","price":27.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/2922\/3414\/files\/Nothing-AShortHistoryOfDecay.png?v=1780545720","url":"https:\/\/residentvinyl.com\/en-ca\/products\/nothing-a-short-history-of-decay","provider":"Resident Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}