THURSDAY give us an “update” from Tarbox studios…

THURSDAY have titled their new album, Common Existence and it will be released on February 17th. This will be the band’s first on their new label, Epitaph Records.

You can check out Geoff dropping some info on the album from the studio over at Spin.com

A glimpse inside today’s Thursday marketing meeting. (more…)

NJ post-hardcore band THURSDAY have inked a record deal with Epitaph Records.

Thursday frontman, Geoff Rickly had the following to say.

“One of our biggest concerns was that we find a situation where we could be free to just be Thursday. Epitaph have continually voiced their desire to help us become the band that WE have always wanted to be. It’s a great feeling to have a label encourage you to be more socially conscious and politically active. It’s a great feeling to have a label owner push you to explore the most experimental and challenging aspects of your band’s music instead of dissuading you. It’s a truly great feeling to be working with a label that all of our friends have had so many great experiences with.”

Thursday will still release their forthcoming split EP with Japanese band Envy on Temporary Residence this fall but the band is already planning on putting out their 5th studio album in the spring of 2009.

Read the full press release after the jump. (more…)

It’s been a while coming but we finally have a release date for the highly anticipated THURSDAY cd split with Japanese noise-rockers, ENVY.

The album will be released on November 4th through Temporary Residence records. It was recorded in the spring of 2008; while in the studio Thursday asked Anthony Molina from Mercury Rev to come in and perform a remix of a track, helping the album flow seamlessly between the two band’s musical styles.

The split will be available as a vinyl-only release, well sorta. When you purchase the 180-gram vinyl you will get a copy of the abum in cd form incorporated into the packaging. So in one package you will get both the vinyl and cd.

For the collectors, there will be 3 different screenprinted album colors available - metallic silver, metallic gold, and metallic orange. The orange one will only be available through Thursday’s merch store. The others will be availble through Temporary Residence’s store beginning with a pre-order on September 15th. Artist Dan Grzeca was commisioned to create the album art, a tornado of crows tearing through a landscape. Grzeca is not only a celebrated poster designer but has also done album covers for the likes of Iron & Wine and Explosions In The Sky.

You can read a press release, get a sneak peak at the album art and catch a tracklisting after the jump. (more…)