Nothing Talks Tired of Tomorrow

Tired Of Tomorrow, a look back. This is an interview from a show in which Nothing is touring to promote Tired of Tomorrow. Filmed/recorded in parts, was easier to do that because it was very soon after their set and they were regrouping in different parts around venue. I chose to ask for an interview for a couple reasons. I am a fan of their music. Also after following them I notice drummer Kyle is a fan of Samhain and I love geeking out over that band with people because they are basically the slower, moodier version of The Misfits. Somehow that night I did not ask Kyle questions but I was able to this year over internet. To read what he has to say about Samhain (2020 commentary) go here https://meatsheetfanzine.com/misfits-samhain-danzig/

Also I thought this may be my only chance as they are getting more and more attention and although they are down to earth, approachable guys their growth seems to be inevitable.

I cannot imagine what it must be like to have lots of people trying to reach out so this show was a good chance to chat. Time had proven me correct. Their fan base grows. Part one is with singer Dominic Palermo. The video is filming in hands of a stranger, friend of a friend who was drunk and thought it was funny to sabotage the footage. My other friend could not be here to film. Looking at this footage my eyes are all bagged out. Dominic and band are touring , partying, and could be tired from the road and my eyes look like I have groceries under them. I most likely had an issue but pushed through it to go see them play and bother them with nerd questions.

Additionally I am a serious fan at this time and I’m not hanging out with Nothing so I’m not trying to be a clown. So whomever that dude that holding tablet is.. Thanks for holding the tablet, but screw you. I kid. It was a time I will remember. This will most likely be a companion feature that will appear in my printed zine. So keep your eyes on that and if you support that I will be ecstatic.

By the time you are reading this the LP ‘The Great Dismal” will be out.

JohnMeat: What track is most surprising about on Tired of Tomorrow as far as how it evolved or came out?

Dominic : The main one I would think from that would be Tired of Tomorrow the title track because it was an original acoustic song that I had written. And then we got into the studio and Brandon did “Spell”. He happened to record it first so Spell is an acoustic song. Listen to it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw8K30qtdiY

So I didn’t want to be redundant so.. I was kind of set on that being the album closer. I was playing around on guitar and Nick was sitting at the piano and kind of starts playing along with me with the chords and we turned it into piano ( audio cuts out) Once we had the piano laid down we decided to bring in string section to kind of you know. (pauses)

JM: Cello?

D: Yeah we added a cello, violin we tried to make that be a little bit different

JM: Aside from musical artists what provokes and inspires you. Other forms of expression that inspire you to keep playing?

D: Literally everything. This band has been about ( pause ) this band has been..  very similar to like a diary of what’s been going on in my life here and there. So you know it started off like a manic depressive nervous breakdown type of thing.

I lose my mind. I had this demo and then it became therapeutic and that’s why we kind of kept moving along we just keep writing different things.

The songwriting is heavily inspired by what’s going on around all of us all the time.

JM: Before you know it you have an LP. 

D: We have an LP and that was my plan to get one LP done.  It did well.

D: I keep getting tricked into doing more so here we are.

JM:  Tired of Tomorrow’s lyrics. I’ve hear that they.. (“Hey can you get closer?!” – dude filming zooms in to my face and gets hella close) can be interpreted as heavy and dismal. I didn’t know the lyrics yet when I first heard it.  I think sonically it’s quiet and ethereal. Maybe slower bit somber. It could be beautiful and uplifting. As one of the creator’s what do you think of that? The sound is beautiful and uplifting but I know if you read when I read, the lyrics I saw, what you guys were talking about in the Tired Of Tomorrow documentary.

D: I just enjoy the contrast of having the music that .. (Pause) another goal of ours is to create a more thematic, dramatic kind of background to the lyrical content. So we did this record knowing it was going to be a little bit more pop but we still wanted to keep it more like the same line being slightly pessimistic not quite negative people say nihilistic. it’s not nihilistic. Just pessimistic would be appropriate. It gets overlooked a bit.

JM: Do you think from that pessimistic standpoint, you say it’s therapeutic is there a type of healing that takes place? Once that it’s like real and you’re holding it in your hand?

D: Definitely this is the therapeutic way to get through the day that’s what the game plan always is. I don’t touch the guitar normally through the course of a few months. When I’m stressing out and literally going through it that’s when I pick up guitar

Stay tuned for more Tired of Tomorrow and Nothing content, a review of “The Great Dismal” and check out the links above.