Thursday release their first song in over a decade. Will this be a comeback for the New Jersey Post-Hardcore band?
After 25 years of legal disputes Thursday are finally free to “Turn this band into whatever we dream it to be” says the band over on Twitter, and their first step in this new journey is releasing their new single ‘Application For Release From The Dream’ - their first release in since ‘Summer Tour ‘99’ without a record label - and it’s clear that they’re not stopping there. With upcoming shows across the US and Europe, and the excitement expressed over on Instagram and Twitter for this new release, I’m sure we’ll be hearing more from them in the future.
The song debuted at their show in Albany last night (April 11th), where a 7” vinyl of the song was also for sale at the merch table, before being able to stream on all streaming platforms at midnight local time, and fans are going crazy for it. Following their previous release ‘No Devolución’, we can see how Thursday are once again exploring new sounds and directions, with their new release, as evident by frontman Geoff Rickly who described this new freedom era as “Our DIY collective era”. He also goes on to say how he feels that the band is “Underground again, with the freedom that comes from the hardcore scene we grew up in.”. They have also recruited a new guitarist Norman Brannon, formally of Texas Is The Reason, who was also previously a touring member for the band, and he is smashing it.
Thursday, have once again depicted a heart-shattering, life changing story through their lyricism, something we see a lot of from this band. According to Rickly “‘Application For Release From The Dream’ is a meditation on mortality and the seamlessly endless cycle of death and rebirth that we all pass through so many times, even in just one lifetime. It’s also a plea to stay in the living world, even when things are painful.”, and from the lyrics we can see how the song tells a story possibly about a painful time in life where the only solution seems to be death, and then realising that you still have life ahead of you and this is just a moment in it, and that death isn’t the solution.
‘Application For Release From The Dream’ now available to stream on all platforms.