Leeds-based noise makers Thank share their new single ‘Writing Out A List Of All The Names Of God’ along with the news of their signing to Big Scary Monsters. Thank comprises Freddy Vinehill-Cliffe (vocals/guitar), Cameron Moitt (bass), Lewis Millward (guitar/synth), and Steve Myles (drums) and were borne out of their hometowns notorious and now sadly defect DIY collective CHUNK. After the release of their debut full-length Thoughtless Cruelty in 2022 and a smattering of EPs and split releases, the band are ready to bring their journey into a new era. The band are set to perform at this year’s ArcTanGent festival at the end of August.
Their first release with Big Scary Monsters, ‘Writing Out A List Of All The Names Of God‘ was recorded in Scarborough’s Beckview Studios with long-time producer Rob Slater (Blacklisters, Mush). The track blends breakneck, jungle-inspired drumming, discordant guitar lines, and tortured commentary to fill out a firm foundation of abrasive synth noise. The band have described the song as “a diss track” yet has an uneasy urgency to it, with lyrics inspired in part by a desperate and hopeless desire to retain the memories you hold closest to you in your declining years. Expanding on the track Vinehill-Cliffe says:
“I think the recorded version might actually be the first time we successfully played the whole thing through. It’s a diss track, in response to another diss track – noise rock as a genre needs more diss tracks, I feel (see The Jesus Lizard – Mouth Breather). It’s also loosely based on something I saw pinned up in my grandpa’s study one of the final times I visited before he moved to a nursing home, he had handwritten a list of different names used to refer to God, I guess because he had become so forgetful and this was something he specifically didn’t want to forget.”
Thank Live Dates
October
16 – New Cross Inn – London, UK
17 – Les Vieux de la Vieille – Reims, FR
18 – Waldmeister – Solingen, DE
19 – Magasin 4 – Brussels, BE
November
4 – Yes – Manchester, UK (w/Cherubs)
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