Guilty of Everything

Guilty of Everything is the debut studio album by the American shoegaze band Nothing. It was released on March 4, 2014, by Relapse Records.[1]

Guilty of Everything
Studio album by
Nothing
ReleasedMarch 4, 2014
RecordedDecember 2012; Uniform Recording, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GenreShoegaze, alternative rock, dream pop, noise rock, slowcore
Length38:41
LabelRelapse
ProducerJeff Zeigler, Dominic Palermo, Brandon Setta
Nothing chronology
Downward Years to Come
(2012)		 Guilty of Everything
(2014)		 Whirr / Nothing
(2014)
Singles from Guilty of Everything
  1. "Dig"
    Released: August 8, 2013

Musical style

The band's musical style has been described as a mixture of 1990s shoegaze, noise rock and slowcore,[2][3][4] and also as "heavy dream pop" and "billowy alt-rock."[5] Nevertheless, the band's sound differs from other shoegaze acts' in its loudness and heaviness,[6] leading to comparisons to My Bloody Valentine's Loveless (1991), Smashing Pumpkins and Dinosaur Jr.[1][3] Nothing has also been said to stay "current by also giving nods to the post-Brand New indie rock sound."[3] According to Stephen Carlick of Exclaim!, Nothing's use of "towering distorted guitars, soaring falsettos and slamming, snare-heavy percussion" evoke "Slowdive's biggest moments, albeit with a little more passion."[4] The vocals of lead singer Domenic Palermo, which are "hushed and buried in the mix," have been compared to Chapterhouse in terms of harmony.[1]

Release and promotion

Prior to the album's release, the first single, "Dig", debuted on August 8, 2013 via Stereogum.[7] A music video for the track "Bent Nail", directed by Don Argott, was released on March 31, 2014,[8] featuring a cameo appearance by singer-songwriter Kurt Vile.[8] On May 26, 2015, a special LGBT vinyl edition was released, available only on Relapse Records' web store. This version featured alternate artwork, with the standard white flag altered to a Rainbow Pride flag and "electric blue with rainbow splatter" vinyl. With each purchase, 50 cents each was donated to the LGBT charities New Alternatives (an organization dedicated to helping homeless LGBT youth in New York City) and the It Gets Better Project.[9]

Reception

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[10]
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk8.0/10[11]
AllMusic[1]
Alternative Press[12]
The Boston Globefavorable[2]
Exclaim!7/10[6]
Pitchfork(6.9/10)[5]
PopMatters8/10[4]
Rock Sound9/10[3]

The aggregate review site Metacritic assigned an average score of 77 out of 100 to the album based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[10]

AbsolutePunk staff critic Blake Solomon stated that "Guilty of Everything is the sort of first album that takes itself too seriously in the most endearing way--it's something that must be purged before a band can move on."[11] Tim Sendra of AllMusic wrote: "Forget about shoegaze or metal or noise rock or any other genre; this is stark, dramatic music that comes from pain and has been crafted into high art that will move and inspire listeners lucky enough to hear it."[1] At Alternative Press, Brian Shultz rated the album 4 stars out of 5, saying that "occasionally, this style of music gives way to too much meandering or noise for the sake of it, but Nothing's melodic and encompassing LP debut is guilty of neither."[12] The Boston Globe critic Michael Andor Brodeur described the album as "a storm of shoegaze, noise-rock, and slow-core, surging together into something lovely and lethal."[2]

Stephen Carlick of Exclaim! commented that "Guilty of Everything is thus an emotional affair, but it's balanced by moments of grandness."[6] Pitchfork critic Ian Cohen described the album as "loud, distorted and heavy, but not aggressive."[5] Gary Suarez of PopMatters wrote that "Guilty of Everything offers shockingly little beyond what was already on offer by the mid-'90s", but added, "Yet as it so happens, the record fares remarkably better than most of those moldy oldies they’ve already been compared with, albeit for banal reasons."[4] Rock Sound critic Andy Richie stated: "Individually, tracks like 'Hymn to the Pillory' and 'Somersault' aren’t particularly staggering, but as a whole body of work it really is something else."[3]

Naomi Zeichner of BuzzFeed described the track "Endlessly" as "Built to Spill bruised up and melted into a puddle."[13]

Accolades and lists
Publication Country Work Accolade Year Rank
Spin[14] US Guilty of Everything The Best Overlooked Albums of 2014 So Far 2014 —
Rolling Stone[15] US "Bent Nail" Top 25 Songs of 2014 So Far 2014 24
BuzzFeed[13] US "Endlessly" 73 Songs You Need In Your Life This Spring 2014 49

Track listing

All tracks are written by Domenic Palermo and Brandon Setta.

No.TitleLength
1."Hymn to the Pillory"4:41
2."Dig"4:02
3."Bent Nail"2:57
4."Endlessly"4:13
5."Somersault"4:30
6."Get Well"4:32
7."Beat Around the Bush"4:05
8."B&E"5:18
9."Guilty of Everything"4:23
Total length:38:41

Personnel

Guilty of Everything album personnel adapted from CD liner notes.[16]

Nothing
Additional personnel

Charts
Charts (2014) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[1] 195
US Independent Albums[1] 37
US Top Heatseekers[1] 5
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References
  1. Sendra, Tim. "Guilty of Everything - Nothing Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  2. Brodeur, Michael Andor (March 4, 2014). "Nothing, 'Guilty of Everything'". Boston Globe. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  3. Ritchie, Andy (March 20, 2014). "Nothing - Guilty Of Everything". Rock Sound. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  4. Suarez, Gary (March 25, 2014). "Nothing: Guilty Of Everything". PopMatters. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  5. Cohen, Ian (March 6, 2014). "Nothing: Guilty Of Everything - Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  6. Carlick, Stephen (February 28, 2014). "Nothing - Guilty of Everything". Exclaim!. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  7. Claire Lobenfeld (August 8, 2013). "Nothing - "Dig" (Stereogum Premiere)". Stereogum. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  8. Dan Reilly (March 31, 2013). "Kurt Vile Eggs Band in Nothing's 'Bent Nail' Video". Spin. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  9. Relapse Records. "Nothing - Guilty Of Everything Deluxe LGBT Edition LP". relapse.com.
  10. "Guilty of Everything Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  11. Solomon, Blake. "Nothing - Guilty of Everything". Absolutepunk.net. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  12. Shultz, Brian (2014). "Nothing – Guilty of Everything". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine. April 2014 (309): 92. ISSN 1065-1667.
  13. Zeichner, Naomi (April 3, 2014). "73 Songs You Need In Your Life This Spring". BuzzFeed. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  14. McGovern, Kyle (June 17, 2014). "The Best Overlooked Albums of 2014 So Far". Spin. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  15. Sheffield, Rob (June 19, 2014). "Rob Sheffield's Top 25 Songs of 2014 So Far". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  16. Guilty of Everything (CD liner). Nothing. Relapse Records. 2014.CS1 maint: others (link)
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