Nothing Announces New Album ‘A Short History of Decay’ + Shares New Single

Philadelphia shoegaze greats Nothing announce their new album, A Short History of Decay. Out February 27 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 unravelling.

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.

Alongside today’s announcement, Nothing has shared the album’s first single and Ben Ditto-directed music video, “Cannibal World,” featuring visuals by Berlin-based artist Icysaw. The song is a pulverizing statement of intent that fuses the band’s signature industrial-gaze intensity with the stark vulnerability that characterizes their best work. Its emotional weight is accentuated by Icysaw’s discomforting images that meditate on voyeurism, the estrangement of AI, and posthuman disembodiment.

Nothing will perform at their own festival, Slide Away, across multiple dates in New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Joined 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. Tickets are available here.

A Short History of Decay Track Listing:

1. never come never morning
2. cannibal world
3. a short history of decay
4. the rain don’t care
5. purple strings
6. toothless coal
7. ballet of the traitor
8. nerve scales
9. essential tremors

Slide Away Tour Dates:

02/08 – Tokyo, Japan @ UNIT w/ envy
02/09 – Tokyo, Japan @ FEVER
05/15 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
05/16 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
05/22 – Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
05/23 – Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
05/29 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
05/30 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium

Nothing ‘A Short History of Decay’ album artwork