Battleboro, VT band THUS LOVE have announced their sophomore LP, All Pleasure, due out on November 1 via Captured Tracks. It’s the follow-up to their 2022 debut Memorial, and they made it with founding vocalist/guitarist Echo Mars and drummer Lu Racine, along with new bassist Ally Juleen and guitarist/keyboardist Shane Blank. See the cover art and tracklist below.
The first single is “Birthday Song,” a dose of glammy rock. “‘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,” Echo says. “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, who directed the accompanying video, say, “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.” Watch the video below.
THUS LOVE have also announced North American tour dates, which follow their summer UK dates. There are a few East Coast shows in November with fellow VT band Robber Robber, followed by a more extensive run in February of 2025. Tickets to all dates go on sale Friday, August 9 at 10 AM local.
The NYC show is at Elsewhere Zone One on November 8 with Robber Robber. See all dates below.
Robber Robber recently released their debut album, Wild Guess, and they’re on tour now, with an NYC show coming up at Baby’s All Right on August 11.
THUS LOVE – 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
THUS LOVE: 2024 TOUR DATES
8/24/24 – Reading, UK – Reading Festival
8/25/24 – Leeds, UK – Leeds Festival
8/26/24 – Glasgow, UK – The Hug & Pint *
8/27/24 – Birmingham, UK – Hare & Hounds *
8/28/24 – London, UK – Oslo Hackney *
8/30/24 – Brighton, UK – Brighton Psych Fest
8/31/24 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Psych Fest
9/1/24 – Salisbury, UK – End of the Road Festival
11/01/24 – Brattleboro, VT – The Stone Church &
11/08/24 – Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere Zone One &
11/10/24 – Burlington, VT – Radio Bean &
2/08/25 – Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar
2/10/25 – Houston, TX – WOMH
2/11/25 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
2/12/25 – Dallas, TX – Club Dada
2/14/25 – Nashville, TN – Drkmttr
2/15/25 – Atlanta, GA – Vinyl
2/17/25 – Raleigh, NC – Pinhook
2/18/25 – Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery
2/19/25 – Troy, NY – No Fun
* w/ Man/Woman/Chainsaw
& w/ Robber Robber