“Somewhere across the plain of imminence, shouting into the void…”

That’s singer Nate Hardy from the 2nd track of Microwave’s latest album Let’s Start Degeneracy. Voids—of the emotional sort—are a recurring theme across the album from the cheekily self-described “adult mid-tempo psychedelic contemporary rock band from Atlanta, GA.”

It’s fitting then, that Nate has chosen to read a Nautilus classic from one of our most prolific contributors, theoretical cosmologist Paul M. Sutter.

Paul tells us, “This story about voids is deeply personal to me, as voids have always struck a chord with me and been the focus of my scientific research. But there's so much more to the concept of nothingness than just their physical manifestation, and it's beautiful to hear echoes of that search in Nate's narration.”