Nothing Sticks

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Nothing Sticks
Pictoria Vark - Nothing Sticks.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 21, 2025 (2025-03-21)
Studio
  • Big Nice Studio, Lincoln, Rhode Island
Genre Indie rock [1]
Length33:52
Label Get Better
Pictoria Vark chronology
The Parts I Dread
(2022)
Nothing Sticks
(2025)

Nothing Sticks is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Pictoria Vark. It was released on March 21, 2025, via Get Better Records in LP, cassette, CD and digital formats.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Spectrum Culture72% [2]
Under the Radar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Taylor Ruckle of Flood remarked, "Nothing Sticks reflects on the transitory nature of everything—a blessing, a curse, or just a statement of fact depending on where you stand." [4] In a seven-star review for Under the Radar, Mark Moody commented, "Park's lyrics are sometimes openly frank and other times poetically close to the vest, but what is always clear is the depth of her sincerity." [3]

The album received a rating of 72% from Spectrum Culture's Anna Solomon, who opined, "The record feels longer than it really is, and the writing is occasionally unmemorable, but enough tracks really nail the delicate balance between raw energy and more lush arrangements to make it a worthwhile listen." [2] Assigning the album a four-star rating, Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone referred to it as a "perfect springtime road-trip indie-rock album full of soft-spoken guitar haze and emotional travelogues." [1]

Track listing

Nothing Sticks track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Sara"3:12
2."No One Left"2:27
3."San Diego"2:13
4."I Sing What I See"3:14
5."I Pushed It Down"2:19
6."Make Me a Sword"2:57
7."Lucky Superstar"4:30
8."Where It Began"4:51
9."Other Things"4:33
10."We're Musicians"3:36
Total length:33:52

Personnel

Credits adapted from Bandcamp.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sheffield, Rob (March 21, 2025). "Start Your Indie-Rock Spring Off Right With Pictoria Vark's Nothing Sticks". Rolling Stone . Retrieved October 12, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Solomon, Anna (April 10, 2025). "Pictoria Vark: Nothing Sticks". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved October 12, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Moody, Mark (March 21, 2025). "Nothing Sticks". Under the Radar . Retrieved October 12, 2025.
  4. Ruckle, Taylor (March 19, 2025). "Pictoria Vark, Nothing Sticks". Flood. Retrieved October 12, 2025.