Tired of Tomorrow

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Tired of Tomorrow
Nothing - Tired of Tomorrow (album cover).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 13, 2016
StudioStudio 4 Recording, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre
Length45:43
Label Relapse
Producer
  • Jeff Zeigler
  • Dominic Palermo
  • Brandon Setta
  • Will Yip
Nothing chronology
Whirr / Nothing
(2014)
Tired of Tomorrow
(2016)
Dance on the Blacktop
(2018)
Singles from Tired of Tomorrow
  1. "Vertigo Flowers"
    Released: February 23, 2016
  2. "Eaten by Worms"
    Released: March 29, 2016
  3. "A.C.D. (Abcessive Compulsive Disorder)"
    Released: May 25, 2016

Tired of Tomorrow is the second studio album by American shoegaze band Nothing. It was released on May 13, 2016, by Relapse Records. [1] It is the first Nothing album to feature bassist Nick Bassett, the guitarist of Whirr.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.3/10 [2]
Metacritic 73/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Consequence of Sound C [5]
Drowned in Sound 9/10 [6]
Exclaim! 8/10 [7]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
NME 4/5 [9]
Pitchfork 8.0/10 [10]
PopMatters 7/10 [11]
Rock Sound 7/10 [12]
Tiny Mix Tapes 3/5 [13]

Brandon Stosuy of Pitchfork praised the album's "invitingly deep sound", describing it as "familiar but new; varied but consistent; full of ambience but sturdy". [10]

Tired of Tomorrow placed at number 40 on Rough Trade's Albums of the Year list for 2016. [14] Pitchfork ranked it at number 48 on its list of "The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time". [15]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Domenic Palermo and Brandon Setta, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Fever Queen" 2:57
2."The Dead Are Dumb" 4:30
3."Vertigo Flowers" 3:25
4."A.C.D. (Abcessive Compulsive Disorder)" 3:39
5."Nineteen Ninety Heaven" 4:41
6."Curse of the Sun"
  • Palermo
  • Kyle Kimball
4:48
7."Eaten by Worms" 5:01
8."Everyone Is Happy"
4:55
9."Our Plague" 5:30
10."Tired of Tomorrow" 6:23
Total length:45:43

Personnel

Tired of Tomorrow album personnel adapted from LP liner notes. [16]

Nothing

Additional musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [17] 176
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [18] 48
US Billboard 200 [19] 128
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [20] 8
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [21] 15

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