Atlanta-based darkwave duo, Now After Nothing, make their mark with the electric brooding of their debut single “Sick Fix”. Full of gothic vibes á la Bauhaus and The Cure, they manage a nice balance of electronic sounds against more traditional rock band set up.
There’s an industrial feel the band’s approach that feels massive in scale. It gradually accumulates more and more sound as it plows through longer instrumental breaks and chanting verses. If it weren’t for the “Shake, Shake / Shake your fate” line, the choruses would blend seamlessly into the crashing waves of sound all around. It feels relentless in nature which makes for a cathartic listening experience.
“I was at one of the lowest points of my life and without a musical outlet. I was damaged, defeated, and deflated” says frontman, Matt Spatial about the band’s formation. “One day in New York City, riding through Central Park with earbuds in place, I rediscovered a band that didn’t initially resonate with me. Hearing them this time was different though – I felt the spark. That emotional connection to a newly-discovered piece of music was the proverbial kick-in-the-ass I needed to ‘crawl out of cracks below.’ When I arrived home, I dusted of my studio gear and opened up files of previously unfinished song ideas, one of which was a rather bare recording of just a single bass line. It caught my ear and by the day’s end, “Sick Fix” was complete from start to finish. Listening back to it, I felt alive again. I felt the same spark I had felt that day in Central Park that inspired me and reminded me I had more music inside of me. I wasn’t going to let myself wither away. Though the band name came later, Now After Nothing was really born on that day, which is why “Sick Fix” undoubtedly needed to be our first single.”
“Sick Fix” is available now on major streaming platforms like Spotify, and Apple Music, and YouTube.
Charlie Maybee is a dancer, musician, educator, and writer based in Charleston, South Carolina who currently teaches with the Dance Program at the College of Charleston. His primary work as an artist is with his performing collective, Polymath Performance Project, through which he makes interdisciplinary performance art that centers tap dance as the primary medium of expression and research. He also currently plays rhythm guitar for the Charleston-based punk band, Anergy, and releases music as a solo artist under the name Nox Eterna.
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