Photo: Caitlin Barrel

Northampton-based newcomers thistle have unveiled their blistering new single it's nice to see you, stranger. Packed with grungy guitars and lo-fi haze the track serves as a brilliant introduction to their thrashing sound as they sign to Venn Records (Bob Vylan, High Vis, Meryl Streek). Speaking ahead of their single release, frontman Cameron Godfrey explained: “‘it’s nice to see you, stranger’ is about friendships that, in hindsight, felt forced or fleetingdue to the circumstances—whether it was the environment or altered states I was in. At the time, they seemed to mean more to me than they did to them. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, just a realisation that time moves on, and so should I.” Take a listen for yourselves below.

Live Dates
April 11th -Bedford Esquires (w/ Man/Woman/Chainsaw)
May 16th -The Rossi Bar, The Great Escape, Brighton
May 17th -Shoegaze Alldayer, Corporation, Sheffield
May 21st -The Social, London
May 21st -Footsteps Festival, The Social, London
May 24th -Dot To Dot Festival, Bristol
May 24th-26th –Dot 2 Dot Festival
July 11th –The Black Prince, Northampton (w / Bdrmm)

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