Alongside a tour announcement, Nothing have released a new song and video “Purple Strings” which presents a different side of the band from the previously released “cannibal world.”

Following news of their new album, Nothing returned to announce an extensive tour that takes them across North America as well as to Japan and the UK before performing at their own Slide Away Festival.

While “cannibal world” was a pulverising statement of intent that fused the band’s signature industrial-gaze intensity with a loose fit breakbeat plucked from the heyday of Madchester, “purple strings” is a stripped-down, acoustic guitar-led track where the band’s typical vocal filters are absent. Dramatic turns are lifted by a full string ensemble, including performances from harpist Mary Lattimore, along with Jason Adams on cello and Camille Getz on violin. Taken as a pair, the two tracks lay the foundation for the wide-ranging sound that defines their forthcoming 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 unraveling.

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