Thou has always been a force of raw energy and unapologetic dissent, defying easy categorization and pushing listeners to confront the complexities of existence. His next album, Umbilicalis the firmest nod to the intense DIY hardcore punk of the 90s. It's a record full of mosh-ready riffs, heavy breakdowns and incisive vocals. The band's aesthetic and political impulses have always been punk, and like anyone involved in the subculture, Thou has explored what it means to exist inside and outside rigid morals. This exploration takes center stage in UmbilicalHis self-assessment is as severe as that of the world around him.
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"They called us anarchists, criminals, foreign meddlers, lunatics, dispossessed, relativists, utilitarians, egoists, maximizers of passion, ascetics, deniers of everything. Clearly, the "Thou" experiment will never appeal to audiences who demand that art rigorously impose a coherent and just world.
And yet, aren't we ourselves limited by our own rigid morals? In those moments of deep contemplation, when agreements and concessions are scrutinized, when we give in before the Judging Eye - what is the sum of our choices? If the immaculate self beyond the immensity of time could express itself, what pronouncements would be made? What undeniable revelations of character would be revealed?
This record is for the radicals, the eccentrics, the exiles who have escaped the wasteland of capitulation. This record is for the militants and fanatics who refuse to surrender to comforts, to practicalities, to thirty pieces of silver. And this record is especially for the weak and lazy, weighed down by capricious indulgences, bowed down by the deep wounds of compromise, reeling from a weak approach, reaching desperately back to integrity and conviction."
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List of Umbilical Bands:
1 - The Narcissist's Prayer
2 - Emotional Terrorist
3 - Solitary Vigil
4 - House of Ideas
5 - I Feel Nothing When You Cry
6 - Unexpected Guest
7 - Return as Chained and Tied to You
8 - The Promise
9 - Terrorized by Panic, I Flee
10 - Dangerous Site
Umbilical is the first full release of original music from Thou na Sacred Bones since their label debut in 2018 with Magusand the 2020 collaborative division with Emma Ruth Rundle, May Our Chambers By Full.
Umbilical will be released on all digital platforms and will be available in stores from May 31 via Sacred Bones.
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