Ahead of the release of new album Perfect Vision on August 27th, Thalia Zedek Band have shared the cathartic and resolute single "Revelation Time."

Listen to "Revelation Time" now

The song showcases Zedek's mastery of steady, powerful anthems that ring with unparalleled resilience, facing emotional and political obstacles head-on with unblinking, steadfast determination. 

Thalia Zedek Band's Perfect Vision is available to preorder now, alongside the reissue of Zedek's critically acclaimed first solo album Been Here and Gone.

Following the recent announcement of their debut collaborative album Leaving None But Small Birds, out this fall, The Body and BIG|BRAVE have shared the album's second single "Polly Gosford".

Listen to "Polly Gosford" now

An amalgamation of traditional songs from Appalachia, Canada and the British Isles, "Polly Gosford" filters the sheer weight of both ensembles' singular output through stark frameworks of earthy folk. Lyrics compiled from the originals by vocalist Robin Wattie are here reworked and precisely arranged to center the experiences of marginalized characters and victims of hardship, spinning the traditional songs' tragic tale of femicide into one of ghostly revenge.

Leavning None But Small Birds is available to pre-order now on limited-edition blue vinyl, with special merch designs also available. 

Ahead of the release of their blistering new album Venus on Friday, July 23rd, the Brooklyn trio have shared the new video for "Love Song #2".

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Combining footage of the open road, filmed by guitarist/vocalist Dan Friel's long-distance trucking cousin with shots of the band performing from lockdown, the "Love Song #2" invokes the turbulence of trying to maintain relationships across time and distance while ultimately taking a hopeful stance, highlighting our tenacity to stay connected against all odds.

 

Friel elaborates: "The song and video are inspired by an interview that the BBC did with my cousin Amy and her husband Victor about her work as a trucker in the midwest during the COVID pandemic, being away from her family in Georgia, feeling “amputated”, and finding ways to stay connected." Together, the trio embody the acceleration of life's momentum, the tempo ratcheting each time Friel intones "It's all speeding up now, It's all flying by".

Venus is available to preorder now on limited edition 'space is the place' green vinyl, and is out in stores everywhere on Friday 23 July.

 

Ahead of the August 27th release of their debut collaborative album Lost Futures, acclaimed guitarists Marisa Anderson and William Tyler have announced select U.S. shows throughout the fall. These performances will be among the first shows the duo will play in front of a live audience.

Sept. 12 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
Oct. 21 - Chicago, IL - Constellation
Oct. 22 - Milwaukee, WI - Acme Records
Oct. 23 - Galien, MI - The Storehouse

With shows finally on the horizon after months of waiting, here's a one-stop round-up of all our artists' upcoming shows:

Brokeback
Jul. 24 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall (seated & distanced)

Helen Money
Jun. 16-18 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle residency

Lightning Bolt
Sept. 23 - Salt Lake City, UT - Metro Music Hall
Sept. 24 - Boise, ID - Treefort Music Fest
Sept. 25 - Seattle, WA - The Vera Project
Sept. 26 - Portland, OR - Star Theater
Sept. 29 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel
Sept. 30 - Oakland, CA - The New Parish

Marisa Anderson/William Tyler
July 22 - Brooklyn, NY - The Bellhouse *
July 23 - Livingston Manor, NY - Catskill Brewery *
July 24 - Burlington, VT - Backside 405 *
July 25 - Peaks Island, ME - Lions Club *
July 26 - Keene, NH - Nova Arts *
July 27 - Newport, RI - Folk On *
July 29 - New Haven, CT - Cafe Nine *
Sept. 12 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
Oct. 21 - Chicago, IL - Constellation
Oct. 22 - Milwaukee, WI - Acme Records
Oct. 23 - Galien, MI - The Storehouse

* William Tyler solo, w/ Steve Gunn

Thalia Zedek Band
Jul. 17 - Boston, MA - Midway w/ full original lineup
Aug. 21 - Keene, NH - Nova Arts
Sept. 2 - Ridgewood, NY - TV Eye w/ Helen Money, Upper Wilds
Sep. 3 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East
Sept. 17 - Kingston, NY - Tubby's w/ Live Skull
Oct. 3 - Allston, MA - O'Brien's w/ Andrew Cohen, Honey Radar

Upper Wilds
Aug. 6 - Brooklyn, NY - Mama Tried w/ Savak, Maximum Ernst
Sept. 2 - Ridgewood, NY - TV Eye w/ Thalia Zedek Band, Helen Money

Kansas City trio BUMMER have announced their debut Thrill Jockey album Dead Horse, due out September 24th. BUMMER's calling card is dark humor, dejected nihilism and righteous fury, spilling out as torrents of skull-crushing riffs, gargantuan bass and caustic howls. Delivered at breakneck speed and with gleeful abandon, first single “JFK Speedwagon” sets a furious tempo and tone for the record. Guest vocals from Sean Ingram of Coalesce provide a perfect counterpoint to BUMMER vocalist and guitarist Matt Perrin’s acidic riffing and howl. 

Listen to first single "JFK Speedwagon" here

BUMMER’s self-deprecating sense of humor is steeped in their surroundings. From the Dust Bowl to the opioid epidemic and even some extraterrestrial encounters, themes of entrapment bind Dead Horse, bringing into sharp focus the harsh realities of the American dream and the places left behind by the ravages of capitalism. In eleven short vignettes, BUMMER lay waste to everything in their path, penning a vitriolic overview of life in the American Midwest - a masterclass in eviscerating hooks and incisive takedowns.

Since our very beginnings, Thrill Jockey has had a special relationship with Berlin, from some of our earliest releases working with pioneering electronic music names like Oval, Mouse on Mars,  Microstoria  and (Vienna via Berlin) Radian, to our first european partnership with Berlin-based City Slang records, to an ongoing love affair with the city’s arts scene, records stores and museums. In 2019 we finally opened an office in Berlin, and soon after moving we were lucky enough to see a mind blowing performance by one of the most vital voices in Berlin’s current new music scene: composer and producer Maya Shenfeld. We're incredibly excited to bring you her debut LP, In Free Fall, out this October.

Listen to the first single / pre-order the record

Moving in similar circles to peers like Caterina Barbieri and James Ginzburg (of Emptyset fame), Shenfeld’s music exists in liminal spaces: collapsing the boundaries between electronic synthesis and organic sound as it draws equally from classical tradition and underground experimentalism. Her lithe compositions have a distinctly three dimensional quality to them, exploring the physical nature of sound as she sculpts synthesiser and sampled instruments into dazzling constellations of sound.

In Free Fall draws together the disparate threads of her output - from composing for sound installations and writing for new music ensembles to playing in punk bands into an iridescent suite of electronic meditations that has our hair standing on end every time we listen to it. A huge tip for fans of the aforementioned Berlin TJ artists, and one that fans of Colleen, Black To Comm and The Soft Pink Truth will surely love.

 

With a mere WEEK to go until Rose City Band release their radiant new album Earth Trip, the group offer up one of the albums more wistful and introspective moments, the beautifully melancholic “In The Rain”.

Listen to "In The Rain" now

Many of you have preordered this record and know this jam already, thanks for your support! Pre-orders, porch packs, hot boxes have shipped. Thanks to your early birds for your support and patience.

Drawing deep on country music’s heart-on-your-sleeve emoting, “In The Rain” finds beauty in the melancholy and solace in the natural world. Guitarist and vocalist Ripley Johnson puts it best in his own words: "My general operating outlook is optimistic, but what a tough year. This song is highlighting the beauty in the darkness and also leaning on love to make it through. To me this song is saying in part, “Things are tough, its dark and it’s raining, but isn’t the rain also beautiful? It’s cold but your love is keeping me warm.”

Only a handful of copies of the limited-edition Hot Box pack on our webstore, and mail order colored LP stocks are running low, make sure you grip this future classic before it goes.