Joseph Edward "Joe" Mulherin, better known by his stage name Nothing,Nowhere, is an American musician, singer, rapper, songwriter and producer. While the music composed by Mulherin is entirely written and produced by Mulherin, he maintains a group of musicians which consist of friends that perform with him for live shows under the nothing, nowhere. name. The band has toured as a supporting act for Real Friends, Tiny Moving Parts, Thrice and La Dispute on multiple tours.
In 2015, Mulherin began uploading songs on SoundCloud under the name nothing,nowhere. In June of that year, he released his debut album titled the nothing,nowhere. LP onto Bandcamp. After releasing two EPs, Bummer, and Who Are You, featuring Austrian producer Oilcolor, on October 20, 2017, he released his commercial debut, Reaper, an album of guitar-based emo rap that the New York Times called "one of the most promising pop albums of the year." He produced the album with Erik Ron and Jay Vee. The track "Hopes Up" features vocals from Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional, and the track "REM" features Delaware rapper Lil West. New York Times music critic Jon Caramanica listed Reaper as his #1 album of 2017. On February 16, 2018, it was confirmed that Mulherin had signed to Fueled By Ramen as he released a new music video for his song "Ruiner", the title track for his upcoming album of the same name, which was released on April 13, 2018. In March 2018, Mulherin cancelled his tour due to chronic laryngitis and a hemorrhaged vocal fold, this included his first European show in London. From October 19 to November 9, 2018, Mulherin was on tour in Europe. Mulherin has had several different aliases outside of "nothing,nowhere.", notably: never,forever, TRAU CHOI, & Lil Tofu. never,forever was a little side project Mulherin released on SoundCloud. TRAU CHOI was a band between nothing,nowhere. and other associated artists, only releasing a demo song in 2014 and a self-titled ep of 5 tracks on Bandcamp in 2016. Lil Tofu was a parody of stereotypical Soundcloud rapper and emo culture. Joe was often inspired in his early days by school professor Mike Hunt, and before he got his first instrument he used to borrow a bass off his friend Mark Mcguire who was one of the first people to introduce him into the music industry
Personal life
Mulherin has never used alcohol, cigarettes or other recreational drugs, and in his freshman year of high school, he became vegan straight edge. In August 2018, Mulherin cancelled a string of shows, including an appearance at Reading & Leeds Festival due to severe anxiety. He had previously canceled shows due to depression and anxiety in July 2018, further admitting he was pursuing treatment. In an interview with The Fader in November 2018, Mulherin disclosed that he had felt anxiety and panic attacks regularly as a child and the effects it had on his life led to depression. Before creating music, Mulherin had an interest in filmmaking. He attended film school at Burlington College in Vermont and while in college, Mulherin co-created the short filmWatcher which won a prize at the Vermont International Film Festival. In 2013, he participated in a contest by the organization Creative Mind Group at the 66th Cannes Film Festival in France, shooting, directing and co-editing the film One Day which received three awards.
