Today’s guest is DOMENIC PALERMO of the band NOTHING.
This past February, in-between tours of Japan & the U.S., they released their 5th album, A SHORT HISTORY OF DECAY, on RUN FOR COVER RECORDS. It veers from raw downer lullabies to overdriven beat-based raptures of distortion, sometimes even within the same song.
Nothing will play their second album, TIRED OF TOMORROW, in full at all 6 dates of this year’s Slide Away Festival, which begins this Friday & Saturday (May 15th & 16th), in New York City, then moves to Chicago & L.A. the following weekends.
As everyone listening already knows, HUM are headlining those shows, marking their first live performances in almost 7 years.
Nicky started the festival in 2024, & it’s already featured a multi-generational variety of shoegaze-adjacent bands like Swervedriver, Astrobrite, Swirlies, Whirr, Knifeplay, Mo Dotti, & many others.
In this episode, we discuss the logistics of festival curation, night-capping at a pseudo-strip club, the weary routines of touring, the kaleidoscopic gloom of songwriting, & meeting Kevin Shields when you can barely stand up.
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TIMESTAMPS:
02:35: “Cannibal World” (Nothing)
04:07: Japan & M.B.V. Shows
18:24: Album Titles
22:08: Touring Logistics
24:29: Slide Away Prep & Production
32:00: Lineups, HUM, & '90s Influences
43:24: Tired of Tomorrow LP
49:39: “Vertigo Flowers” Song & Video
57:59: “Curse of the Sun” (Nothing)
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