Thank Announce New Album 'I Have A Physical Body That Can Be Harmed' Out November 8th on Big Scary Monsters

Cantankerous Leeds noisemakers Thank have announced their second album 'I Have A Physical Body That Can Be Harmed', set to be released on November 8th. This marks their first album with Big Scary Monsters.

New Single "Do It Badly" Released

Alongside the album announcement, Thank have shared a new single, "Do It Badly". Vocalist Freddy Vinehill-Cliffe explains, "Do It Badly has become kind of a motivational mantra in my household. If something is important to you, I think it's really helpful to acknowledge that getting it done to any standard, even a poor standard, even a total shitshow standard, is better than not doing it at all."

Album Recording Process

'I Have A Physical Body That Can Be Harmed' was recorded in late 2023 at Beckview studios in Scarborough with long-time producer Rob Slater (Blacklisters, Mush). The band effectively lived and breathed the album 24 hours a day in the studio.

Vinehill-Cliffe reflects, "Three of us studied in Scarborough, and during that time we played in a few different embryonic versions of Thank. We had barely visited for ten years, and in the meantime, our old campus has shut down, our former practice space has been demolished to make way for luxury flats, and almost everyone we knew has moved away. So we were in this ostensibly familiar place where basically every trace of our existence was gone, it was a weird headspace to be in."

Thank's Musical Style

Thank have gained momentum for their unique concoction of anxious disco grooves, harsh noise freakouts, and inscrutable sprechgesang bluster - a legacy continued on 'I Have A Physical Body That Can Be Harmed'.

Vinehill-Cliffe comments on the album's themes: "Thematically all the old classics are in there – sex, death, and Twitter brain-rot. I don't think I'm necessarily trying to say anything I haven't tried to say before, I've just gotten better at saying it. I still hate landlords, I still hate right-wing grifters, I still hate people who hide their cruelty behind progressive language. I do hate myself quite a bit less, so there's some hope and positivity in there too, as a treat."

Band's Growth

Thank are fast earning a reputation as "your favourite musician's favourite musician." Their debut album 'Thoughtless Cruelty' (2022) earned the band supporters in The Needle Drop's Anthony Fantano, BBC Radio 6's Steve Lamacq, The Quietus, Loud & Quiet, as well as fans among fellow musicians, IDLES, Yard Act, PigsX7, and McLusky.

Earlier this year, Thank signed to Big Scary Monsters and released the well-received single "Writing Out A List Of All The Names Of God". They also delivered a packed performance at ArcTanGent Festival.

'I Have A Physical Body That Can Be Harmed' promises to be a brash, satirical, and downright stomping full-length that combines the raw ferocity of the band's early work with the ambitious arrangements and electronic experimentation of their more recent output. The album is expected to blend hardware techno squelch, jungle-inspired drumming, synth-pop bombast, and anarcho-punk spartan aggression, all acid-fried and internet-poisoned with a shit-eating grin on its face.

The album is available for pre-order now, with Thank scheduled to perform shows in the UK and Europe for the rest of the year.