Guilty of Everything
Philadelphia’s NOTHING have been destroying the eardrums of audiences throughout North America for the past 2 years with a magnetic blend of captivatingly dark and beautiful vocals and explosive, blown out, in the red guitar fuzz. On their debut full length 'Guilty Of Everything', recorded and produced by Jeff Zeigler (Kurt Vile, War On Drugs, etc) NOTHING seamlessly merge the huge distorted guitar sound of 90s/00s alternative rock giants My Bloody Valentine and Smashing Pumpkins with Jesu’s introspective post-metal/hardcore. This is a triumph of a debut that successfully manages to be massively loud, darkly introspective and totally beautiful all at once.
Relapse Records’ recent signee, the Philadelphia band Nothing, are fronted by ex-Horror Show vocalist Dominic Palermo. Their debut*, Guilty of Everything*, might be unusually heavy dream-pop, billowy alt-rock, or blustery shoegaze, but it is definitely not metal.
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Good shoegaze never goes out of style, and Philly outfit Nothing seem to know it.
If you think Philadelphia's NOTHING sounds more than a bit like MY BLOODY VALENTINE, it's no coincidence. Founding member Domenic Palermo (vocals/guitars) has quite a sordid story to tell, which includes MY BLOODY VALENTINE's "Loveless" album as its hypothetical soundtrack. Prior to forming NOTHING,...
A review of Guilty of Everything by Nothing, available February 28th in Europe and March 4th in North America via Relapse Records.