NEW NOISE
NOTHING, NOWHERE.
Former SoundCloud alt-rapper embraces 00s nostalgia on his star-studded new album
WORDS: YASMINE SUMMAN • PICTURES: JONATHAN WEINER
WHEN JOSEPH ‘JOE’ Mulherin’s musical project nothing,nowhere. emerged, it was as part of the 2016 SoundCloud alt-rap explosion. But unlike his SoundCloud peers, who would later help precipitate the pop-punk renaissance of 2020, nothing,nowhere. took a different – albeit similarly nostalgia-led – route. The project’s latest record, VOID ETERNAL, boasts massive collaborations with Will Ramos of Lorna Shore, SeeYouSpaceCowboy and Underoath, while also indulging Joe’s nostalgia for the music of the 2000s, revisiting elements of his favourite albums by Linkin Park, From First To Last, Anthony Green and Drop Dead, Gorgeous. It’s a bold step beyond Joe’s alt-rap roots, but reflective of his experiences growing up as an outsider in Foxborough, Massachusetts.