Following news of their new album, Nothing returns to announce an extensive tour that takes them across North America as well as to Japan and the UK before performing at their own Slide Away Festival. Supporting Nothing across North American dates are Full Body 2, Cryogeyser and Violent Magic Orchestra.
Alongside the tour announcement, the band has released a new song and video ‘Purple Strings’ which presents a different side of the band from the previously released ‘Cannibal World’.
While ‘Cannibal World’ was a pulverizing 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 absent. 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 27th 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 unraveling.
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. See below for the full touring schedule.
Upcoming tour dates:
February 8th – UNIT – Tokyo Daikanyama, JP
February 9th – FEVER – Tokyo Shindaita, JP
March 4th – Baltimore Soundstage – Baltimore, MD
March 5th – Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC
March 6th – Eulogy – Asheville, NC
March 7th – Masquerade – Heaven – Atlanta, GA
March 8th – Saturn – Birmingham, AL
March 10th – Trees – Dallas, TX
March 11th – Mohawk – Austin, TX
March 13th – Lowbrow Palace – El Paso, TX
March 14th – Crescent Ballroom – Phoenix, AZ
March 15th – SOMA Sidestage – San Diego, CA
March 18th – Belasco – Los Angeles, CA
March 19th – The Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA
March 21st – Revolution Hall – Portland, OR
March 22nd – Crocodile – Seattle, WA
March 26th – Fine Line – Minneapolis, MN
March 27th – Metro – Chicago, IL
March 28th – Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH
March 29th – El Club – Detroit, MI
March 30th – Opera House – Toronto, ON
March 31st – Bar Le Ritz – Montreal, QC
April 2nd – The Sinclair – Cambridge, MA
April 3rd – Warsaw – Brooklyn, NY
April 4th – Union Transfer – Philadelphia
April 9th – Button Factory – Dublin, IE
April 10th – Oh Yeah Centre – Belfast, UK
April 12th – Stereo – Glasgow, UK
April 16th – Brudenell Socila Club – Leeds, UK
April 15th – Clwb Ifor Bach – Cardiff, UK
April 16h – Moth Club – London, UK
May 15th – Brooklyn Paramount – Brooklyn, NY
May 16th – Brooklyn Paramount – Brooklyn, NY
May 22nd – Aragon Ballroom – Chicago, IL
May 23rd – Aragon Ballroom – Chicago, IL
May 29th – Hollywood Palladium – Los Angeles, CA
May 30th – Hollywood Palladium – Los Angeles, CA