Artist: Nothing
Genre: Alt
Sub-Genres: Shoegaze, guitar noise
Label: Relapse Records
Non-Airable Tracks: None
Description:
Dance on the Blacktop is Nothing’s third album. Their frontman, singer and songwriter, Domenic Palermo, was diagnosed with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), for a previous mugging incident he fell victim to. The album takes you through what he is feeling what what it is like dealing with CTE. The disease gives migraines, dizziness, paranoia and memory loss thus the shoegaze sound that clouds over all the lyrics can be paralleled to what it is like in his head. The song I Hate the Flowers, points out the difficulty to appreciate things. They recorded with John Agnello, known for his work with Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr. It is classic shoegaze. The story behind it is really interesting but I find it lacking in variety of sound, it just blends well together. Also, the cover is really intriguing like who is she??
Sounds Like: My Bloody Valentine
Recommended Tracks:
I Hate the Flowers
Plastic Migraine
Reviewer’s Name: Javi Perez
Date of Review: 10/10/18