Wild Nothing
| Wild Nothing | |
|---|---|
 Jack Tatum live at the Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City on June 8, 2013 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Blacksburg, Virginia, United States |
| Genres | Indie rock, indie pop, shoegaze, synthpop, dream pop, post-punk revival, new wave |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | Captured Tracks |
| Associated acts | Jack and the Whale, FACEPAINT |
| Website | Wildnothingmusic.com |
| Members |
Jack Tatum Jeff Haley Nathan Goodman Jeremiah Johnson Matt Kallman |
| Past members | Kevin Knight |
Wild Nothing is an American indie rock/dream pop band from Blacksburg, Virginia, formed in late 2009 by Jack Tatum. During live performances, Tatum is joined by additional musicians, currently Nathan Goodman (guitar), Jeff Haley (bass), Matt Kallman (keyboards) and Jeremiah Johnson (drums).
To date, Wild Nothing has released three studio albums, Gemini (2010), Nocturne (2012) and Life of Pause (2016), and two EPs, Golden Haze (2010) and Empty Estate (2013).
History
Jack Tatum (whose full name is John Alexander Tatum) previously played in bands Jack and the Whale and FACEPAINT in the college town of Blacksburg. He began recording under the name Wild Nothing in the summer of 2009. Emerging at a time when a handful of C86-esque groups were in vogue, Tatum's demos garnered attention in indie music circles with a cover of Kate Bush's "Cloudbusting". [1] Tatum signed with the Captured Tracks record label after the success of these demos, and began touring with Haley, Goodman and drummer Max Brooks.
Wild Nothing's first single, "Summer Holiday," was released on Captured Tracks in 2009, followed by "Cloudbusting." The band's debut full-length, Gemini, was released in the spring of 2010. Gemini was ranked the 49th best album of 2010 by Pitchfork Media[2] and 36th best album of 2010 by Amazon.com music editors.[3] Blogcritics wrote, "While I wasn't totally convinced with Gemini as a whole, I adored it in chunks".[4]
Follow-up EP Golden Haze was released in October 2010.
Wild Nothing released their second album, Nocturne, on August 28, 2012, via Captured Tracks. The album was well received critically and commercially, debuting at No. 1 on both the Billboard New Artist & Alternative New Artist charts, receiving "Best New Music" from Pitchfork, and receiving top slots on the year-end lists of Under the Radar and iTunes Alternative.[5][6][7][8]
Wild Nothing's next EP, Empty Estate, was released on May 14, 2013.[9]
On October 7, 2014, Wild Nothing announced the production of their third studio album. On January 6, 2015, Tatum announced that he was en route to Stockholm to begin recording.[10][11]
On November 24, 2015, Wild Nothing announced their third studio album, Life of Pause, would be released on February 19, 2016 on Captured Tracks. A double-sided single, "To Know You"/"TV Queen", was released the same day, with accompanying music videos for both tracks.[12]
Lineup
Founding member and songwriter Tatum records Wild Nothing's albums and EPs alone, and is subsequently joined by the other members for live performances. In 2013, he stated: "I’m not really sure what we are at this point. It’s a weird grey area. On the road, it definitely feels like a band; the live show’s all about how we individually interpret the songs I made – there’s five different takes on them. But the records are all me. Gemini was all me, and so was Nocturne, save for the drums."[13]
Current
- Jeff Haley - bass guitar (2010-present)
- Nathan Goodman - guitar (2010-present)
- Jeremiah Johnson - drums (2012-present)
- Matt Kallman - keyboards (2016-present)
Former
- Kevin Knight - keyboards
- Michael Skattum - drums
- Max Brooks - drums
- Clay Violand - bass guitar
- Pete Chudzick - drums
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [14] |
US Alt. [14] |
US Heat. [14] |
US Indie [14] |
US Rock [14] |
BEL (Fla.) [15] |
BEL (Fla.) Alt. [15] | ||||||
| Gemini |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Nocturne |
|
113 | 23 | 1 | 21 | 34 | — | 23 | ||||
| Life of Pause |
|
170 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 195 | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
EPs
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Heat. [14] |
US Indie [14] | |||||||||||
| Evertide |
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— | — | |||||||||
| Golden Haze |
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— | — | |||||||||
| Empty Estate |
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8 | 41 | |||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Singles
- "Summer Holiday" (2009, Captured Tracks CT-035)
- "Cloudbusting" (2009, Captured Tracks CT-049)
- "Nowhere" (2012, Captured Tracks CT-137)
- "Shadow" (2012, Captured Tracks CT-157)
- "A Dancing Shell" (2013, Captured Tracks CT-174)
- "To Know You"/"TV Queen" (2015, Captured Tracks)
References
- ↑ Margaret Reges. "Wild Nothing | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- ↑ "Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums Of 2010". Stereogum. 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
- ↑ "Amazon Editors' Top 50 Albums Of 2010 (So Far)". Stereogum. 2010-07-07. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- ↑ "Music Review: Wild Nothing - Gemini - Blogcritics Music". Blogcritics.org. 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
- ↑ "Congratulations to Wild Nothing...". Facebook. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ↑ Cohen, Ian. "Wild Nothing: Nocturne". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ↑ "Under the Radar's Top 100 Albums of 2012". Under the Radar. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ↑ "Thanks iTunes...". Facebook. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ↑ "Wild Nothing Announce New EP, Share First Single "A Dancing Shell" and Animated Video | News". Pitchfork. 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- ↑ "Wild Nothing on Twitter: "HI - I promise I am alive. The third Wild Nothing record is nearly written and very close to being ready for the studio."". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- ↑ "Wild Nothing". Facebook. 2016-02-12. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- ↑ "Wild Nothing Announces New Album Life of Pause, Shares "TV Queen" and "To Know You"". Pitchfork Media. 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2015-11-26.
- ↑ Goggins, Joe (2016-02-17). "Interview: Wild Nothing". The Mancunion. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Margaret Reges. "Wild Nothing | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- 1 2 "ultratop.be – Wild Nothing albums". Ultratop.nl. Retrieved 16 April 2015.