THAO has announced her first album in six years, titled Show Me, and out October 30 via Kill Rock Stars. It was co-produced by THAO and Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner of Tune-Yards, and features contributions from Neko Case, The Linda Lindas, and Black Pumas‘ Adrian Quesada.
“I learned that the point of life is not to emerge unscathed, and that I don’t want to operate as I always have — masking fear as indifference,” THAO says. “This album is a real-time record-keeping of my life evolving into a different relationship with love and desire over the last few years. For example, I came out publicly years ago but I’ve never really written a song about sex or queer identity. So, that’s in there. Some songs are snapshots of moments I’ve never felt before. Some are ruminations of what I need to keep, what I want to shear, what I want to move toward.”
The album includes her great single “Fossils” from earlier this year, and she’s just released the funky, danceable “Sick of the Times” which features Tune-Yards and The Linda Lindas. “I wanted it to be an anthem that will be used at political rallies, grass roots organizing and mutual aid events, anything that can help us emotionally prepare to activate and to stay politically engaged at all levels, but especially at the local level,” says THAO. “We need to keep each other buoyant, to remind ourselves we’ve got the numbers and the imperative.”
Watch the video, which was directed by Linda Mai Green and features some impressive choreography, below.
THAO will also be playing a few shows this fall, including Kingston, NY’s Unicorn on November 11 and NYC’s Mercury Lounge on November 12. Tickets go on sale Friday, July 31 at 10 AM local time and all dates are listed below.
Show Me
1. Fossils
2. Sick of the Times (ft. Tune-Yards & The Linda Lindas)
3. Nguyen Nguyen Lose Lose (ft. Adrian Quesada)
4. Take It Easy
5. Give & Want
6. Enemy
7. Jeans Genes
8. How I Needed You
9. Catch As Catch Can (ft. Neko Case)
10. Close Up
11. Show Me
THAO – 2026 TOUR DATES
11/3: Los Angeles @ Lodge Room
11/8: San Francisco @ The Chapel
11/11: Kingston, NY @ Unicorn
11/12: New York City @ Mercury Lounge
11/13: Providence, RI @ Alchemy
11/14: Brattleboro, VT @ Stone Church