Vermont trio Thus Love have annoucned their sophomore LP, All Pleasure. The follow-up to their 2022 debut Memorial arrives on November 1 via Captured Tracks. It’s led by ‘Birthday Song’, which comes with a music video directed by Augie Voss and Benni Shumlin. Check it out below.
“‘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,” vocalist/guitarist Echo Mars explained in a statement. “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.”
Augie Voss and Benni Shumlin added: “Working with Thus Love is always a pleasure. It’s a rare and wonderful occasion where everyone on set is as big of a freak as we are. We sought to capture this new era of the band with a mishmash of lust, ruralness, yearning, pop, and queerdom. Party-girl and forager alike can get down. For this visual we were excited to lean into the ethereal gay magic that Southern Vermont in the summer can conjure — a world of moss and swamps and sun, where the line between human and creature starts to blur.”
All Pleasure Cover Artwork:
All Pleasure Tracklist:
1. On The Floor
2. Birthday Song
3. Get Stable
4. All Pleasure
5. FaceTo Face
6. Lost in Translation
7. Show Me Patience
8. House On A Hill
9. Bread For Blood
10. Losing A Friend
