When No Birds Sang
Studio album by
Full of Hell and Nothing
ReleasedDecember 1, 2023 (2023-12-01)
Length33:49
LabelClosed Casket Activities
ProducerWill Putney
Full of Hell chronology
Suffocating Hallucination
(2023)		 When No Birds Sang
(2023)
Nothing chronology
The Great Dismal B-Sides
(2021)		 When No Birds Sang
(2023)
Singles from When No Birds Sang
  1. "Spend the Grace"
    Released: October 11, 2023
  2. "Like Stars in the Firmament"
    Released: November 8, 2023

When No Birds Sang is a collaborative studio album by American grindcore band Full of Hell and shoegaze band Nothing. It was released on December 1, 2023, through Closed Casket Activities.

Background

The bands have known each other since the 2010s and stayed in contact ever since.[1] The connection was strengthened through sharing stages together and eventually led to the recording of a collaborative project.[2] Production was handled by Fit for an Autopsy guitarist Will Putney. Domenic Palermo of Nothing shared that both bands "deal with the same genre-phobia" but will only come together to create "soul crushers". Full of Hell's Dylan Walker added that there is a common "identity" that allowed them to meet where "it's lush and beautiful, but also sad and ugly".[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Kerrang!4/5[4]
Pitchfork7.6/10[5]

Olly Thomas of Kerrang! drew comparisons to the "spectral sound" of early Mogwai and My Bloody Valentine, as well as the "driving heaviness" of Swans. Thomas concluded that the album bears the "imprint of both bands" but sounds like "nothing from either back catalogue", citing the "overwhelming finale to an impressively varied team-up".[4] Danielle Chelosky at Stereogum awarded the project the accolade "album of the week", saying that When No Birds Sang morphs "tragedy into devastating beauty". It transcends "mortality" and stares at it at the same time, creating "an endless fall into the unknown". Chelosky called it a clash "in the perfect middle".[6] Reviewing the album for Pitchfork, Sadie Sartini Garner stated that it "highlights the depression that's always lurking within both bands' heaviness", calling it "the rare metal album whose greatest virtue is its delicacy".[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by David Bland, Domenic Palermo, Doyle Martin, Dylan Walker, Samuel DiGristine and Spencer Hazard

When No Birds Sang track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Rose Tinted World"8:11
2."Like Stars in the Firmament"5:24
3."Forever Well"4:07
4."Wild Blue"4:32
5."When No Birds Sang"5:48
6."Spend the Grace"5:47
Total length:33:49

References

  1. ↑ "News: Full of Hell and Nothing Announced Collaborative LP". New Noise. October 13, 2023. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
  2. ↑ Gonzalez, Ramon (October 11, 2023). "Full of Hell and Nothing Join Forces for Joint LP, When No Birds Sang". Knotfest. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
  3. ↑ Slingerland, Calum (October 11, 2023). "Full of Hell and Nothing Ready Collaborative Album When No Birds Sang". Exclaim!. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
  4. 1 2 Thomas, Olly (November 29, 2023). "Album review: Full of Hell and Nothing – When No Birds Sang". Kerrang!. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
  5. 1 2 Garner, Sadie Sartini (December 7, 2023). "Full of Hell / Nothing: When No Birds Sang Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  6. ↑ Chelosky, Danielle (November 28, 2023). "Album of the Week: Full of Hell & Nothing When No Birds Sang". Stereogum. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
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