NOTHING UNVEILS HAUNTING “PURPLE STRINGS” VIDEO AND ANNOUNCE EXPANSIVE WORLDWIDE TOUR

Few bands capture the beauty of collapse with as much precision and poetry as Nothing, the Philadelphia outfit whose music has long existed in the liminal space between shoegaze haze and post-hardcore abrasion. Today, the band returns with “Purple Strings,” a spellbinding new single accompanied by a cinematic video that deepens their reputation for crafting art that feels both wounded and transcendent. Alongside the release, Nothing have announced an expansive worldwide tour, marking their most ambitious run in years.

“Purple Strings” is Nothing at their most atmospheric and emotionally unguarded. The track unfolds like a half-remembered dream, built around drifting guitar lines that shimmer at the edges of distortion and vocals that sound as though they’re echoing up from the bottom of a memory. The band’s trademark melancholy is unmistakable, but here it feels newly sharpened — a meditation on longing, distance, and the invisible threads that tether us to the past. Each verse seems to fray, unravel, then reassemble itself in a haze of reverb and aching melody.

The accompanying video amplifies that emotional undercurrent with a stark, slow-burning visual narrative. Bathed in violet hues, the film lingers in empty rooms, trembling light, and the ghostlike presence of figures moving through spaces that feel both intimate and abandoned. Nothing have always understood the cinematic potential of isolation, and “Purple Strings” turns that sensibility into a reverent quiet — a study of beauty found in stillness, and meaning found in what remains unsaid.

For fans waiting to experience that intensity live, the band’s announcement of a global tour comes as a welcome jolt of electricity. Spanning North America, Europe, the UK, and select dates in Asia and Australia, the tour signals a fully reawakened Nothing — a band ready to bring their cavernous sound back to the stage, where their songs take on a visceral, almost tidal force.

Since their early days in the Philadelphia scene, Nothing have carved out a singular space in modern rock music — merging shoegaze’s dense atmospherics with hardcore’s bruised honesty, all while maintaining an undercurrent of existential ache. “Purple Strings” feels like the newest chapter in that evolution: bigger, deeper, more self-assured, yet still steeped in the fragility that makes their music so unforgettable.

With a new video, a revitalized creative spark, and a world tour on the horizon, Nothing enters this next era not quietly but confidently — reclaiming the global stage while continuing to craft some of the most emotionally resonant music in the genre.

Tour dates, ticket info, and the “Purple Strings” video are below. This is the sound of a band returning not simply intact, but transformed.