Full Of Hell and NOTHING: “Our philosophy lies in the chaotic nature of life, with a direct emphasis on existential dread”

The New York skyline is visible from the car Domenic ​‘Nicky’ Palermo is driving. He’s currently holding his phone up to the passenger window as he crosses the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge that connects the city to the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn. He’s heading to his native Philadelphia. ​“I’ve got to give my plumber some money,” he explains, which sounds like it might be a euphemism but isn’t. Domenic is using part of this 100-odd mile drive to discuss When No Birds Sang, his band NOTHING​’s collaboration with Full Of Hell, represented today by vocalist Dylan Walker, who’s taking a break from working in his print shop to dial in. Both men had put out records on Baltimore label, A398 Recordings, while unconsciously maintaining what Dylan calls ​“one degree of separat...

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