EP FEATURES STRIPPED DOWN VERSIONS OF SONGS FROM 2019’S GONE IN YOUR WAKE + A BRAND NEW TRACKBAND SHARES VIDEO FOR REIMAGINED VERSION OF “CHEMICAL” — WATCH
During the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, Thousand Below, described as a “post-hardcore slamdown band” by their hometown paper The San Diego Reader, have used their time in quarantine wisely. The band recorded Let Go Of Your Love, a stripped down EP featuring acoustic and reworked versions of four songs from their sophomore album, 2019’s Gone In Your Wake. The EP also features a brand new song, which is the title track. The EP is available today via Rise Records.
“We had the idea to do an acoustic/remix EP for a while, and with everyone stuck in lockdown, it seemed like the perfect time to do it,” the band shared upon announcing the EP. “We all recorded our parts at home in San Diego. We liked the idea of doing a couple songs that were just acoustic guitar and singing, and a couple that were fully electronic to explore that side of the sound we added on Gone In Your Wake.”
The band has just shared the video for the reimagined version of “chemical.” Watch it here.
“When we wrote the original version of ‘chemical,’ it was one of the first songs we built from scratch with electronic instruments and production instead of coming up with guitar parts and adding the production after,” says bassist Josh Billimoria. “This version takes that idea even farther and strips out all the guitars completely. I spent the first few weeks of quarantine just messing around with sounds and trying to put a new spin on the song but still keep the same vibe.”
He finishes, “We got our good friend Sumner Peterson from the band Dead Lakes to sing on the bridge since we absolutely love his voice and the emotion he brings to every track. He even wrote a totally new part for the bridge that takes the song to a whole new level.”
Watch the video for the achingly heartfelt and disarmingly intimate “let go of your love.”
let go of your love demonstrates the softer — yet equally as powerful — side of Thousand Below, and it’s not to be missed.
LET GO OF YOUR LOVE EP TRACK LISTING:
“let go of your love”
“chemical” (Featuring Sumner Peterson of Dead Lakes)
“alone (out of my head)”
“171 xo”
“lost between”
PRESS PRAISE FOR THOUSAND BELOW
“Infectious.” —Alternative Press
“They rock. They roll. They shred. They mangle.” — San Diego Reader
The album “is emotive, compelling, and laden with elements that embed themselves into your very being, leaving a lasting impression.” — Cryptic Rock
“Gone In Your Wake is a must.” — New Noise
“Gone in your Wake takes everything we all know and love from their previous catalogue and multiplies it by… a ‘Thousand.'” — Heavy New York
