More new music from emo rockers Thursday has just arrived. Following this past April’s release of their first new music in 13 years, “Application For Release From The Dream“, comes “White Bikes“. Speaking on social media today, December 05th, the band said of the song:
“SURPRISE! We’ve been blown away by your support this year: you’ve bought our merch, come to our shows, streamed our music. In April we dropped our first song in over a decade. Then in June we had the opportunity to spend some time at @hansastudios in Berlin, where David Bowie wrote and recorded Heroes, where Nick Cave, Iggy Pop, Depeche Mode and REM all made history.
There are still magical places left in this world and Hansa is one of them. The result of this session — a song called White Bikes and a @duranite / @gotobednickscholey video documenting our time in Berlin — will start to appear online as the clock strikes midnight around the world tonight / tomorrow morning.
Twenty five years to the day that we unveiled our first ever song, we are sharing our newest one. This is our gift to you this holiday season. We hope you love it as much as we do. White Bikes started with an idea from @normanbrannon , and you can hear his distinctive style all over this song. @stu_richardson had the idea to produce the track like a nostalgic, upbeat, summertime version of War All the Time.
Geoff told us that the lyrics deal with the loss of a dear friend — one of the first people he ever played music with — who disappeared one day on his bike. This one means a lot to us for a lot of different reasons. We have no record label, we have no ‘team’ behind this. But we have each and every one of you and that is all we’ve ever really needed in these 25 years… White Bikes on the side of the road.”
As mentioned above, the song features production from Stu Richardson, who also performs alongside Thursday vocalist Geoff Rickly in No Devotion.
Thursday with Silverstein, Arm’s Length & Split Chain:
01/10 Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
01/11 Boston, MA – House of Blues
01/12 Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
01/14 Buffalo, NY – Riverworks
01/15 Long Island, NY – Paramount
01/17 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
01/18 Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore
01/19 Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore
01/21 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
01/22 St Petersburg, FL – Jannus
01/24 Houston, TX – House of Blues
01/25 Dallas, TX – The Factory
01/26 San Antonio, TX – Vibes Event Center
01/28 Albuquerque, NM – El Rey Theater
01/29 Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theater
01/31 Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
02/01 San Diego, CA – House of Blues
02/02 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
02/04 Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
02/06 Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom
02/08 St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
02/10 Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room
02/11 Chicago, IL – Concord
02/12 Detroit, MI – Royal Oak
02/14 Toronto, ON – History
02/15 Montreal, QC – L’Olympia
