Anderson’s elemental new album Still, Here is out in just over two weeks, and we can’t wait for you to hear this album; it is a beauty. Still Here is incredibly moving and without a doubt Marisa at the height of her powers. We can’t state enough about how much this record impacted us all - really a remarkable body of work.

Mail orders are shipping now, but fear not you impatient record hounds - we have something for you right now! The Portland-based guitarist has shared new single “The Fire This Time” - a nod to James Baldwin’s seminal civil rights essay, evoking the power and discordance of protest.

Listen to "The Fire This Time"

Marisa Anderson's Still, Here is out September 23rd and is available to preorder now limited-edition on sea glass LP.

New signing alert! We're ecstatic to welcome to the family British producers Blawan and Pariah with their new project Persher. Fans of everything from The Body to Emptyset take note - you'll wanna hear this...

Channelling both producers' chest-rattling rhythm workouts and psychotropic soundscapes into heavier (even heavier?) territory, the duo's debut Man With The Magic Soap will be out October 21st as a super-limited edition comic and CD, with suitably psychedelic illustrations from George Addy, enhancing the inherent bad-trip energy of this extremely nasty, extremely noisy record.

Listen to the first single / preorder the comic

Stick that single on, turn it WAY up, and mosh your way into the weekend*

*Thrill Jockey Records is not responsible for any damage to your office / home resulting from improptu moshing, nor any neck damage from excessive head-banging

Dewey Mahood’s latest video for Hidden Path’s title track captures the incredible beauty (quite literally) on his doorstep in Portland. Switching from scenes of teeming forests and rivers to jamming at home with collaborator Dustin Dybvig, Mahood manages to find a balance between spiritual reverence and subtle humor, aping early 70s new age and psychedelia videos.

Watch the video now

Mahood and Dybvig will both be on the road playing in Rose City Band this fall, the group’s first shows outside of the West Coast, not to be missed!

Sep. 2 - Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
Sep. 3 - Manchester, UK - Manchester Psych Festival
Sep. 4 - Glasgow, UK - Broadcast
Sep. 5 - Edinburgh, UK - Sneaky Pete’s
Sep. 6 - Newscastle, UK - The Cluny
Sep. 7 - Todmorden, UK - Golden Lion *
Sep. 8 - Belfast, UK - The Black Box *
Sep. 9 - Dublin, IRL - Pavillion Theatre *
Sep. 10 - Liverpool, UK - District *
Sep. 11 - Birmingham, UK - The Hare & Hounds *
Sep. 12 - Bristol, UK - The Lanes *
Sep. 13 - London, UK - Studio 9294 *
Sep. 14 - Norwich, UK - Arts Centre *

Nov. 14 - Boston, MA - Crystal Ballroom #
Nov. 15 - Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool #
Nov. 16 - Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool #
Nov. 17 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts #
Nov. 18 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar #
Nov. 19 - Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle Back Room #
Nov. 21 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle #

Nov. 22 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club #

* w/ Rosali
# w/ Rosali, David Nance Group

Ahead of the release of their debut duo album I get along without you very well on September 23rd, Ellen & Johan’s have shared the album's beautiful and haunting second single "Never Near".

Listen to "Never Near" now

Graden elaborates on the making of the track: "Never near was the last song to be composed for the album and the writing process differed quite significantly from how we worked with the rest of the songs. I remember it being a very intuitive process, basically us trying to follow the momentum of the chord progression’s “elastic” quality which together with this kind of eerie melody line it seemed to follow its own particular logic. We asked the other musicians to “mimic” the melody in real time while recording without them having heard the song in advance, something that both enhanced the tension between the musical elements while simultaneously weaving them together. I think this song offers a contrasting layer to the record as a whole, perhaps an alternative point of entry to the music."

I get along without you very well is available to preorder now on limited-edition light-blue vinyl, get a closer look at the gorgeous artwork for the record with unboxing video here.

Fresh from releasing one of last year’s most ripping albums with his trio Upper Wilds, Dan Friel returns with his latest collection of noise-pop headmelters on new album Factoryland. In keeping with Friel’s roots as a lifer in Brooklyn’s DIY scene, the album will be released this August as a super limited-edition cassette as part of our 30th anniversary series, grip the preorder here.

Sitting somewhere between early videogame soundtracks and punk’s first forays into electronics, Factoryland draws on the futuristic adventurism of both while completely sidestepping retro cliche. Throughout, Friel gleefully manipulates explosive drum machines, abrasive found sounds, and his trusty child-sized Casio keyboard into epic, fist-pumping anthems that’ll have you headbanging in minutes. 

Alongside the announcement, Friel has shared the album's blistering first single "Thrash Compactor".

Listen to "Thrash Compactor" now

Demonstrating his preternatural ability to warp ugliness into rapturous beauty, here Friel inverts his usual process of distorting pop until it becomes noise, instead chopping up searing feedback into samples that he arranged into the track's delectable pop hooks. This one’s guaranteed to put a huge grin on your face, pure joy.

 

Plankton Wat, aka mulit-instrumentalist Dewey Mahood has shared the video for Hidden Path track "A Window in the Mirror," directed by Madonno Productions.



Crafted using analog processors from the 90s, the video reflects the hazy textures of the track with oscillating, hypnotic pulses that invite one deeper into the music's subtle drift.

Mahood will be the touring with labelmate Rose City Band as their bassist on the upcoming tours throughout the UK, Ireland and U.S.:

Sep. 2 - Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club 
Sep. 3 - Manchester, UK - Manchester Psych Festival
Sep. 4 - Glasgow, UK - Broadcast 
Sep. 5 - Edinburgh, UK - Sneaky Pete’s
Sep. 6 - Newscastle, UK - The Cluny 
Sep. 7 - Todmorden, UK - Golden Lion *
Sep. 8 - Belfast, UK - Ulster Sports Club *
Sep. 9 - Dublin, IRL - Pavillion Theatre *
Sep. 10 - Liverpool, UK - District [*
Sep. 11 - Birmingham, UK - The Hare & Hounds *
Sep. 12 - Bristol, UK - The Lanes *
Sep. 13 - London, UK - Studio 9294 *
Sep. 14 - Norwich, UK - Arts Centre *
Nov. 14 - Boston, MA - Crystal Ballroom *
Nov. 15 - Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool *
Nov. 16 - Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool *
Nov. 17 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts *
Nov. 18 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar *
Nov. 19 - Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle Back Room *
Nov. 21 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
Nov. 22 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club *

* w/ Rosali

Happy birthday to us!

With the label turning 30 years old this year, we'll be celebrating throughout 2022 with special releases, reissues of classic titles from the catalog, limited-edition merch and special events.

We already have a number of extra-special reissues announced, with more to be announced very soon:

Jeff Parker - The Relatives (out Feb. 18)
Eternal Tapestry - Beyond the 4th Door (out Mar. 18)
Golden Void - Berkana (out now)
Glenn Jones - Fleeting (out now)

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