Before DeClunk went missing in action we covered Thrillhouse regularly. Then whilst we were away they released an album. Have a listen, read the blurb then buy it here https://thrillhousetheband.bandcamp.com/album/something-about-this-place
We like so why shouldn’t you?
You might want to see this little interview that Thrillhouse kindly did for us a while back https://declunk.co.uk/thrillhouse-a-little-clunk-q-and-a/
and if you put Thrillhouse into the DeClunk search you will find the quirky videos that were made along the way.
Thrillhouse’ debut album Something About This Place is a story of childhood, failure and acceptance.
The name Thrillhouse is a bit of humorous nostalgia, a nod to an old Simpsons episode. But digging a little deeper reveals a yearning, highly typical these days, of being stuck in an increasingly bleak present whilst being rooted in a fragmented and pretend past. Debut album, Something About This Place is a hark back to childhood – to simpler times, before ambition, failure and regret wraps us up with our dreams and tosses us back down to Earth.
One night over a few whiskies, ruminating over their numerous failed/failing musical endeavours, Sam and Jack decided, against their better judgement, to start a new band. Thrillhouse is an indie outfit based in Brighton, UK, comprised of two lead songwriters and their mates Ali and Leo who play bass and drums respectively. You could call Thrillhouse a super-group, in the way that
Hawkeye is a superhero. The music is old-school, retro, whatever sounds cooler, with influences from Dylan and Springsteen to Dire Straits to War on Drugs.
The concept for the album was derived in much the same way as the band’s genesis – this time trading childhood stories to the soundtrack of ‘Born In The USA’. They dusted off the lid, opened the box and began plucking out memories for a hit of that bittersweet nostalgia. Whilst focussing on
reminiscing their childhood, each tune laments the time, energy and money spent on a seemingly fruitless endeavour of pursuing music.
Writing Something About This Place was an acceptance of things past, a letting go, que sera, sera ‘what will be, will be’ and all that. ‘Perhaps we’re’ still grasping. There’s no glamour in it – looking back. The world certainly wasn’t purer. But ours felt bluer, brighter and maybe something has been lost, left behind’.
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