Nothing released new album a short history of decay on February 27 through Run For Cover. I’ve not really been a huge fan of shoegaze and I’m still not, although I have a lot of respect for Nothing.
The album opens with never come never morning, a partial acoustic that gets straight into the vulnerability of frontman Domenic ‘Nicky’ Palermo’s life, which is the focal point of the album. It speaks of troubles at a young age and in more recent times. It’s delivered really well.
Whilst I enjoyed the opener, I didn’t enjoy its follow up, cannibal world. I felt like the trippy synths overshadowed the lyrics too much and found it difficult to listen to them.
The rain don’t care is another nice track, it starts with an acoustic sound and has lovely lyrics too, particularly ‘the rain don’t care for the life of a puddle.’ Purple strings is another nice one.
Listening to a short history of decay made me realise that I do not like shoegaze at all. It’s just not the genre for me, at times it just felt like trippy noise with mumbled lyrics (like I was listening to Post Malone experimenting after he’d taken LSD). I did quite enjoy the acoustic tracks though, where the vocals are the focal point. And think Nicky has a lovely voice.
