Raleigh, NC band Thirsty Curses is announcing their forthcoming fifth album, Music is a Scam (due out February 27th). It was produced by John Agnello (Dinosaur Jr, Kurt Vile, Screaming Trees).
Thirsty Curses is an eclectic rock band from Raleigh, NC that pulls from various influences, including punk, alt-country/Americana, classic rock, and power pop, alongside the distinct songwriting, lyricisms, and delivery of frontman Wilson Getchell. No one sounds quite like Thirsty Curses.
Thirsty Curses currently consists of Wilson Getchell (guitar, piano, vocals), Clayton Herring (bass), and Jeremiah Rhodes (drums). Thirsty Curses has built up a dedicated and passionate following over the last several years, during which time they released four studio albums, several standalone singles, a best-of vinyl compilation (Fake Chapter Records) and a library of music videos, all the while consistently performing throughout much of the eastern United States.
Music is a Scam was engineered and co-produced by John Agnello (Dinosaur Jr., Kurt Vile, The Hold Steady, etc.), and features guest appearances from Kelley Otwell (guitar), Tee Corbett (trumpet), and Jason Froeber (saxophone). The new album consists of twelve songs, spanning gritty punk (Buried by the Wave, Bombs Away) to heart-wrenching ballads (This Time, All That’s Left of Us Now), with a show tune or two thrown in for good measure.
Today Glide is excited to premiere the standout track “All That’s Left of Us Now,” which reaffirms this band’s connection to clever, chaotic punk-pop acts like the Replacements and the Violent Femmes. Compared to their other material, this song is fairly mellow and poignant with its vivid reflective lyricism. There is almost a folksy quality to the song until we reach the final minute, which finds the band rocking out with bar band abandon.
Listen to the song and check out the video below:
