The Carpenter’s Son is the latest track from Philly outfit Nothing that is taking things down a notch.

Coming from their forthcoming new album, Dance On The Blacktop out on 24th of August, this dreamy track allows listeners to catch a glimpse into the more personal side of the band.

Written by frontman Domenic Palermo, The Carpenter’s Son is a 7-minute lullaby and an insight into the relationship with his father, loss and how it has changed him. Following previous singles Blue Line Baby and Zero Day, the song shows yet another side to the band’s every growing sound.

Palermo explains:

My Dad was a carpenter for his whole life– he built things and he built me. He struggled with addiction and anger and for a long time, and his idea of a fix was to use religion in a very similar, violent way. He left me peppered with too much reality for a young boy and subsequently also left me with an early disdain for Christianity. I often wondered how could I ever forgive a man whose sole purpose was to break everyone down around him.

I lost him two or three years ago now. He was riding his bicycle in a storm and must have fell off, hit his head, went unconscious and slid into a ditch on the side of the road, face down, where he drowned just 200 feet from his house.

I’ve lost many people at this point in my life and this only felt like another– nothing more. I think the song really just speaks of the expectations of existence and how there aren’t really many.

Catch Nothing on their UK run this December.

December

02 – Brighton, Patterns

03 – London, Oslo

04 – Oxford, The Cellar

05 – Bristol, The Fleece

06 – Manchester, Soup Kitchen

07 – Leeds, The Brudenell Social Club

08 – Glasgow, Stereo

09 – Newcastle, The Cluny

10 – Birmingham, Hare and Hounds

11 – Southampton, Joiners