Quick Facts
Biography
Nick Bassett is an American musician and composer from Modesto, California. He is the bassist of alternative rock band Nothing and lead guitarist of Shoegaze band Whirr. He also played guitar in the original lineup of blackgaze band Deafheaven.
Career
Bassett formed Whirl in October 2009. The band changed its name to Whirr after a musician also named Whirl trademarked the name and threatened legal action. Bassett wrote demo versions of songs and showed them to the other members, after which they decided to play shoegazing-influenced music.
Bassett has played bass for Philadelphia shoegaze band Nothing since 2013. Prior to his joining, Whirr had toured with Nothing in the spring of 2013, during which he collaborated with Nothing frontman Domenic Palermo on a goth-influenced side project called Death of Lovers.
Bassett formed the indie pop duo Camera Shy with ex-Whirr singer Alexandra Morte in 2014. They released their debut EP, Jack-O-Lantern, on June 24, 2014 and their eponymous debut album on July 14, 2015.
In 2016 Bassett composed the score for Bret Easton Ellis' television series The Deleted.
Discography
With Nothing
- Tired of Tomorrow (2016, Relapse)
With Whirr
- Demo (2010, self-released)
- Distressor EP (2011, Graveface)
- June (2011, Tee Pee)
- Pipe Dreams (2012, Tee Pee)
- Whirr / Anne (split with Anne) (2012, Run For Cover)
- "Color Change"/"Flat Lining" (split with Monster Movie) (2012, Graveface)
- Around (2013, Graveface)
- Part Time Punks Sessions (2013, Run For Cover)
- Sway (2014, Graveface)
- Whirr / Nothing (split with Nothing) (2014, Run For Cover)
With Camera Shy
- Jack-O-Lantern (2014, Run For Cover)
- Whirr / Crying / Makthaverskan / Camera Shy (2014, Run For Cover)
- Crystal Clear (2015, Run For Cover)
- Camera Shy (2015, Run For Cover)
With Death of Lovers
- Buried Under a World of Roses (2014, Deathwish)
With Deafheaven
- Roads to Judah (2011, Deathwish)
- Deafheaven / Bosse-de-Nage (2012, Deathwish)
In Film and Television
- The Deleted (Credited as Composer of Theme & Score, 2016, Directed by Brett-Easton Ellis)