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Nothing — Dance on the Blacktop (Aug 24, 2018)

Nothing — Dance on the Blacktop (Aug 24, 2018)

                  Nothing — Dance on the Blacktop (Aug 24, 2018)
♦δ♦       Válka dělá z lidí šílence a je tou nejhloupější činností, které se mohou lidé věnovat. Z toho vycházejíc, když album začíná nezkreslenou kytarou, ke které se po čtyřech taktech připojí hodně zkreslená, je to dobrý odrazový můstek pro psychedelický zpěv. Malátný, neafektovaný, v podstatě milý a mírumilovný.  To je „Zero Day”. Třetí celovečerní záznam NOTHING — „Dance On The Blacktop”, je další kapitolou bláznivého příběhu kapely a stejně jako jeho předchůdci se táhne ze všech koutů života se zaměřením na bezútěšné a zoufalé ztroskotance. Zachycené renomovaným producentem Johnem Agnellem (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Kurt Vile) ve studiu Dreamland, Woodstock v NY, „Dance On The Blacktop” je vzrušující sbírkou písní, zdůrazňující lásku kapely ke všem zvukům 90. let na obou stranách louže. Stylově od alternativy přes shoegaze až po rytmický pop a punk. Během 45 minut NOTHING nepropojuje devět příběhů gradujícího zmatku, úzkosti, paranoie, deprese a chronické bolesti, které se vrší na hromadu proti andělským, ale spíše apokalyptickým, ozvěnám a stěnám třpytivého zvuku. Dance On The Blacktop je vzrušující, emocionální tour de force. Celkový sound skupiny je teď na vrcholu své individuality. “It’s the hour when night breaks away from the day, my dove, let me go.” NOTHING’s third full~length recording, Dance On The Blacktop, is the next chapter in the band’s tumultuous story and like its predecessors, pulls from all corners of life with a focus on the bleak and despairing. Captured by renowned producer John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Kurt Vile) at Dreamland Studio in Woodstock, NY, Dance On The Blacktop is a stirring collection of songs accentuating the band’s love for all sounds 90s from both sides of the pond; from alternative rock and shoegaze to the realms of pop and post~punk. Across the course of 45 minutes, NOTHING weave together nine tales of heightened confusion, anxiety, paranoia, depression and chronic pain juxtaposed against angelic yet apocalyptic, reverberating walls of shimmering sound. Dance On The Blacktop is a fervent, emotional tour~de~force, the sound of a band at the peak of their individuality.
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Genre: Shoegaze, Indie Rock
Album release: Aug 24, 2018
Record Label: Relapse Records Inc.
Duration:     43:34
Tracks:
01. Zero Day     3:58
02. Blue Line Baby     4:31
03. You Wind Me Up     4:01
04. Plastic Migraine     4:45
05. Us/We/are     3:35
06. Hail on Palace Pier     4:49
07. I Hate the Flowers     4:22
08. The Carpenter’s Son     7:46
09. (Hope) Is Just Another Word with a Hole in It     5:49
℗ 2018 Relapse Records Inc.
♦δ♦       Deriving beauty from a turbulent life, Nothing are a shoegaze band formed by former Horror Show member Dominic Palermo. After going through a violent period in his life that resulted in him doing two years in jail for attempted murder and aggravated assault, Palermo found himself searching for change. His internal struggles began to manifest themselves musically as Nothing, a shimmery shoegaze project that found Palermo infusing the genre with a touch of his hardcore intensity and some metal heaviness. The group’s debut EP, Downward Years to Come, was released in late 2012 by A389 Records. After signing to Relapse Records in 2013, Nothing (now including Brandon Setta on guitar, Chris Betts on bass, and Kyle Kimball on drums) made their full~length debut with Guilty of Everything, which was released on the label in early 2014. After a busy year of touring, the band released a split single with fellow noisegazers Whirr on Run for Cover Records in November. Nothing jumped to Collect Records in 2015 and began work on their second album with producer Will Yip. They, along with many others, were shocked to find that the label was funded by the notorious pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli and soon left to rejoin Relapse. The finished album, Tired of Tomorrow, was released in May of 2016. ~ Gregory Heaney
Bandcamp: https://nothing.bandcamp.com/album/dance-on-the-blacktop
Website: https://bandofnothing.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BANDOFNOTHING
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bandofnothing
Label: http://www.relapse.com/nothing


Nothing — Dance on the Blacktop (Aug 24, 2018)

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