On Thou’s new full-length album, Umbilical, they’re taking aim at a band they hold in extreme disdain: themselves. “Essentially, it’s a diss record,” says vocalist Bryan Funck. “But I’m dissing Thou.” ...
Back in the day, when Thou had a problem with a crowd, they’d play pain sets. “We’d come out and play all of our longest, slowest songs to punish the audience,” guitarist Andy Gibbs remembers. These ...
The first-ever metal band at the Tiny Desk is a little bit of a head fake. Make no mistake, Thou makes some of the heaviest, most tortuous music around; but the band also constantly experiments with ...
There's a lyric on Thou's new album that sums up their 11-plus year existence pretty succinctly: "We are vast unknowable beings without the confines of your perception." That song, "Transcending ...
Providence-to-Portland duo the Body's second of two collaborations with New Orleans’ Thou is a match made of mania and menace. During the last decade, both of these doom metal squads have issued ...
Sometimes it pays to have a prolific, diverse discography. Right before showtime on August 27 at the Black Cat in Washington, D.C., I overheard Thou vocalist Bryan Funck say that the ...
With such a rich family history in the industry, it’s no surprise that Dylan has found his calling behind the camera. But for him, filmmaking isn’t just about legacy. It’s about telling stories that ...
We are currently witnessing a new wave of systems enthusiasm among philanthropic and development organizations eager to be identified as system leaders, with a host of implementing organizations and ...