THUS LOVE
New Album All Pleasure
Out November 1, 2024 on Captured Tracks
Shares New Single For Title Track w/ Video
WATCH “All Pleasure” HERE
CONFIRM ADDITIONAL TOUR DATES
(THUS LOVE by Shervin Lainez; L-R: Lu Racine, Shane Blank, Ally Juleen, Echo Mars)
Today Brattleboro, Vermont breakthrough outfit THUS LOVE shares the stomping, riff-driven, tambourine-infused title track from All Pleasure, the highly anticipated sophomore full-length due for release November 1st, 2024 on Captured Tracks. The release of the single for “All Pleasure” is accompanied by a video directed by Wes Sterrs.
According to vocalist/guitarist Echo Mars: "It’s no accident that we named the album after this song. ‘All Pleasure’ is the very first song we wrote collectively as a quartet and I think that collaborative spirit really comes through. The addition of Ally’s vocals as a counterpoint gives the song a very different energy and feel to it. I remember when we all listened back for the first time — it was one of those eureka moments when we all realized how special this new incarnation of Thus Love could be."
The director of the video Wes Sterrs shares: "We shot the ‘All Pleasure’ video over two days in Portland, Maine, right after THUS LOVE got back from their UK tour. Staying true to the band's surreal visual universe, we pulled from a grab bag of aesthetics: Jean Cocteau’s surrealist films, Lynch-ian oddities, Giallo dramatics, chiaroscuro-ian lighting, and even a pinch of Scooby-Doo vibes. All those influences (plus a bit of jet lag courtesy of THUS LOVE) melt together into a weirdo fever dream of satin, fingers, and flowers."
LISTEN to “All Pleasure” HERE
WATCH the Video for “All Pleasure” HERE
(A still from the video for “All Pleasure” Directed by Wes Sterrs)
“All Pleasure” follows the September single “On The Floor,” a song that concerns itself with “how we often have to look outside of formal schooling for true education and how easy it is to be complicit in systems of oppression," opening the album with a beautiful collision of guitars and resonant vocals from Echo Mars, accompanied by an electrifying video directed by frequent collaborators Augie Voss & Benni Shumlin. Treble named the song an Essential Track, stating: “With ‘On the Floor,’ they reveal just how far that ambition can go, with slinky, taut verses giving way to an infectious, eruptive chorus. Vocalist Echo Mars even evokes the abstract ’60s-era art-pop of Scott Walker in their croon, which is just one of the surprising elements that comes into play in this dynamic anthem.”
August saw the release of lead-single “Birthday Song,” a grungy glam salvo that boldly celebrates their new era, accompanied by a video also directed by Augie Voss & Benni Shumlin, shot on location in Southern Vermont. According to vocalist/guitarist Echo Mars, “‘Birthday Song’ is a simple song about friendship and how we sometimes don’t give those kinds of platonic relationships the respect and care they need to thrive. We don’t have the same language that we do for romantic partnerships but I think those relationships are every bit as important in making us feel safe, secure and validated. When it came time to select the first single, ‘Birthday Song’ felt like the perfect way to introduce the new version of Thus Love and our new friends, Ally and Shane.” Upon its release, “Birthday Song” caught the attention of Stereogum, Northern Transmissions, and Rolling Stone, who named it a Song You Need To Know, noting the band’s “heavier, glam-tinged edge” and Brooklyn Vegan, who named it one of their favorite songs of the week.
THUS LOVE recently played overseas for a run of UK festival dates, wowing audiences at Reading, Leeds, and End Of The Road, and will perform in Vermont and NYC just following the album release in early November, ahead of 2025 Tour Dates, including a run supporting The Vaccines that kicks-off in mid-January, some newly added headline shows, and additional March/April EU/UK shows. SEE ALL DATES BELOW.
THUS LOVE - Tour Dates (Newly confirmed in BOLD, onsale Friday Oct 4th)
& w/ Robber Robber
^ w/ The Vaccines
11/01/24 - Brattleboro, VT - The Stone Church &
11/08/24 - Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere Zone One &
11/10/24 - Burlington, VT - Radio Bean &
01/16/25 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer ^
01/17/25 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel ^
01/18/25 - Boston, MA - Royale ^
01/19/25 - Portland ME - Oxbow Blending and Bottling
01/20/25 - Montreal, QC - Studio TD ^
01/21/25 - Toronto, ON - Concert Hall ^
01/23/25 - Detroit, MI - El Club ^
01/24/25 - Chicago, IL - The Vic ^
01/25/25 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line ^
01/28/25 - Denver, CO - Summit ^
01/31/25 - Vancouver, BC - Hollywood Theater ^
02/01/25 - Seattle, WA - The Showbox ^
02/02/25 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom ^
02/04/25 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore ^
02/05/25 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst
02/06/25 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern ^
02/07/25 - Las Vegas NV - The Wall
02/08/25 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
02/10/25 - Houston, TX - WOMH
02/11/25 - Austin, TX - Mohawk
02/12/25 - Dallas, TX - Club Dada
02/14/25 - Nashville, TN - Drkmttr
02/15/25 - Atlanta, GA - Vinyl
02/16/25 - Boone, NC - Lily's Snack Bar
02/17/25 - Durham, NC - Pinhook
02/18/25 - Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery
02/19/25 - Troy, NY - No Fun
03/11/25 - Ghent, BE - Trefpunt
03/12/25 - Paris, FR - La Point Ephemere
03/13/25 - Belfort, FR - La Poudrière
03/14/25 - Milan, IT - Arci Bellezza
03/15/25 - Bologna, IT - Covo Club
03/17/25 - Vienna, AT - Flucc Deck
03/18/25 - Prague, CZ - Café V lese
03/19/25 - Berlin, DE - Urban Spree
03/21/25 - Copenhagen, DK - Vega Ideal bar
03/22/25 - Hamburg, DE - Nochtwache
03/23/25 - Rotterdam, NL - V11
03/24/25 - Amsterdam, NL - Tolhuistuin
03/26/25 - London, UK - The Garage
03/27/25 - Leeds, UK - The Attic
03/28/25 - Glasgow, UK - Stereo
03/29/25 - Salford, UK - The White Hotel
03/30/25 - Sheffield, UK - Delicious Clam
03/31/25 - Bristol, UK - Strange Brew
04/01/25 - Cardiff, UK - Club Ifor Bach
04/02/25 - Brighton, UK - Komedia
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