Brattleboro, Vermont post punk band Thus Love have announced the release of their ‘All Pleasure’ and have also aired their new single/video “Birthday Song“.
The new single finds the band roaring back to life with a grungy glam salvo that boldly celebrates their new era. The follow-up to their 2022 debut, Memorial will be out on November 1st via Captured Tracks. Pre-order your copy here.
According to the press release, ‘All Pleasure’ is a stunningly gorgeous album, full of big, arcing melodies and a whole range of kinky stylistic twists that will surprise listeners who know the group just for their first album’s chorus-drenched 80s-style psychedelia. “Birthday Song” gives grungy glam rock with a stride that’s new for the band, but fits them perfectly, via a transcendent hook that underlines Echo’s lyrical tribute to communal joy.
Vocalist/guitarist Echo Mars shares the following:
“‘Birthday Song’ is a simple song about friendship and how we sometimes don’t give those kinds of platonic relationships the respect and care they need to thrive. When it came time to select the first single, ‘Birthday Song’ felt like the perfect way to introduce the new version of Thus Love and our new friends, Ally and Shane.”
The accompanying video, directed by Augie Voss & Benni Shumlin, was shot on location in Southern Vermont. Voss and Shumlin share:
“Working with Thus Love is always a pleasure. It’s a rare and wonderful occasion where everyone on set is as big of a freak as we are. We sought to capture this new era of the band with a mishmash of lust, ruralness, yearning, pop, and queerdom. Party-girl and forager alike can get down. For this visual we were excited to lean into the ethereal gay magic that Southern Vermont in the summer can conjure – a world of moss and swamps and sun, where the line between human and creature starts to blur.”
Check out below, followed by the album’s tracklist and artwork.
THUS LOVE “All Pleasure” Tracklist:
- On The Floor
- Birthday Song
- Get Stable
- All Pleasure
- Face To Face
- Lost In Translation
- Show Me Patience
- House On A Hill
- Bread For Blood
- Losing A Friend
Photo credit: Shervin
