Thotcrime have announced a new album, Connection Anxiety, due August 16 via Prosthetic Records (pre-order). Band member/producer Les Beaux Plastiques says, “When we started working on a follow up to D1G1T4L_DR1FT, we decided that we wanted to explore our favourite aspects from our past while exploring more of where we were at the time. All the guitars are real, all the drums were written by our drummer, the mixing and production has taken a big step up, and there’s a lot more 90’s and 00’s rave elements, to inform a more unified direction, while still maintaining the THOTCRIME ethos of chaos and genrefluidity.”
Vocalist Hayley Elizabeth adds, “CONNECTION ANXIETY is a lot of things. This record feels like a proclamation that we’re holding out for hope. I hope the record is as fun as it is proactive. I hope that our third entry solidifies our existence in a world that is constantly changing. I also hope that our fans listening to this record resonate with it’s message: ‘a better world is possible, and it’s okay that change happens even if it’s scary.'”
The first two singles are out now, “The Wrong Way” and “Behind the Cracks.” The former is a hyperpop song that eschews the band’s heavy side entirely, and the latter is a rave/industrial/metalcore/pop hybrid, and you can hear both below.
Tracklist
1. A Better World Is Possible
2. Behind the Cracks
3. We Hope Some Good May Come of This (feat. Bottom Surgery)
4. This Podcast Could’ve Been Four Seasons
5. Garden Court (feat. bagel rabbit)
6. The Wrong Way
7. Connection Anxiety
8. Existent
9. Beyond the Journey’s End
10. My Final Escape
Thotcrime — 2024 Tour Dates
with Anita Velveeta:
August 24 – Howdy – Kansas City, MO
August 25 – Seventh Circle – Denver, CO
August 27 – Las Vegas, NV
August 29 – Knockout – San Francisco, CA
August 30 – Scribble – Los Angeles, CA
August 31 – The Nile – Phoenix, AZ
September 1 – The Minnow – Albuquerque, NM
September 2 – Andy’s Bar – Denton, TX
September 4 – LCY Media – Birmingham, AL
September 5 – Healer – Indianapolis, IN
September 6 – Pillar Forum – Minneapolis, MN
September 7 – Subterranean (downstairs) – Chicago, IL