Bordeaux-based songwriter Thoineau Palis, aka TH da Freak, returns this year with a new album Negative Freaks set to be released on 21 March via French indie labels Howlin’ Banana, Flippin’ Freaks, and Les Disques du Paradis. Negative Freaks marks a new chapter as the band’s first album composed collectively by the five-member line previously reserved for live shows. Shifting from Thoineau Palis’ solo songwriting to a collaborative and free-spirited approach resulted in a raw and massive sound, blending proto-grunge influences from early Mudhoney, TAD or Nirvana. To celebrate the album announcement, TH da Freak share debut single ‘I’m Still’ the first track the band worked on together for the album, making it a founding piece for their new sound. The tempo shifts frequently, moving from fast punk sections to grungy chords and riffs bordering on the sludge metal sound of the Melvins.
TH da Freak shares the following on the video for ‘I’m Still’:
“For the music video, which I shot in a DIY style with our friend Eddie behind the camera (he takes nearly all of our photos and contributes significantly to the art direction for this new album), I wanted to recreate an atmosphere reminiscent of Los Santos in GTA—an arid, chaotic, and absurd world, somewhat like the one in Ari Aster’s film Bo is Afraid.“
TH da Freak Live Dates
February
21 : BERGERAC (FR) – ROCKSANE
March
14 – KREUZLINGEN (CH) – HORST KLUB
15 – SANTA MARGHERITA LIGURE (IT) – ARCI ORCHIDEA
16 – TORINO (IT) – BLAH BLAH
17 – CASALPUSTERLENGO (IT) – BANG BANG RADIO
18 – MILANO (IT) – DETUNE
20 – BENEVENTO (IT) – KINDERGARTEN
21 – NAPOLI (IT) – PUNK TANK
22 – PERUGIA (IT) – SPAZIO MODU
23 – PRATO (IT) – OZNE
April
4 – SABINANIGO (ES) – CORLEONE
5 – MÁLAGA (ES) – ZZ PUB
6 – ÚBEDA (ES) – NÚMERO 31
10 – TOLOSA (ES) – BONBERENEA
11 – OVIEDO (ES) – ALMACENES
12 – SANTANDER (ES) – ESCENARIO
May
15 – PARIS (FR) – PETIT BAIN
22 – BORDEAUX (FR) – ROCK SCHOOL BARBEY
24 – MAMERS (FR) – FESTIROCK
October
17 – NOTTINGHAM (UK) – SALTBOX
18 – EXETER (UK) – THE CAVERN
19 – COVENTRY (UK) – JUST DROPPED IN RECORDS
21 – LONDON (UK) – HOOTANANNY
November
7 – SION (CH) – LE PORT A FRANC
10 – SECRET CITY (IT) – NOWHERE CLUB
14 – MUNICH (DE) – LOST WEEKEND
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