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, dream pop, chillwave, synthpop, new wave, shoegaze, post-punk revival
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).

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". 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 and 36th best album of 2010 by Amazon.com music editors. Blogcritics wrote, "While I wasn't totally convinced with Gemini as a whole, I adored it in chunks".

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.