Nothing Announce Fifth Album 'A Short History Of Decay' With First Single Cannibal World
Wednesday, 05 November 2025
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Luke Ivanovich
Nothing have shared details of their fifth studio album.
The Philadelphia shoegaze heavyweights will drop 'A Short History Of Decay' through Run For Cover Records on February 27, following up 2020's 'The Great Dismal'.
Frontman Nicky Palermo, the sole constant member of the band, teamed up with Whirr guitarist and former Nothing member Nicholas Bassett to record the new LP at Sonic Ranch in Texas. It features nine tracks that tackle ageing, illness and the burden of memories, and includes contributions from past Nothing collaborator harpist Mary Lattimore, as well as a brass section led by Jesus Ricardo Ayub Chavira.
Alongside the news, the band — completed by guitarists Doyle Martin (Cloakroom) and Cam Smith (Ladder To God, Cloakroom), bassist Bobb Bruno (Best Coast) and drummer Zachary Jones (MSC, Manslaughter 777) — have shared the record's first single, Cannibal World, which fuses crushing guitar textures, industrial-tinged distortion and looped breakbeats with ethereal melodies and hazy vocals.
Since their last studio album, Nothing joined forces with Full Of Hell for the 2023 collaborative album 'When No Birds Sing', followed by the live release 'Auditory Trauma: Nothing Isolation Sessions (Live)' last year.
They'll play two shows in Tokyo in February, including one with Envy, followed by their own Slide Away festival dates in Brooklyn, Chicago and Los Angeles in the spring. Head here for details.
The band were also recently announced as one of the first acts for next summer's 2000trees festival near Cheltenham.
'A Short History Of Decay' tracklist:
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
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