{"id":2298709,"date":"2026-02-25T03:00:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T03:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2298709"},"modified":"2026-02-25T03:00:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T03:00:55","slug":"thistle-announce-new-ep-backflip-hear-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/thistle-announce-new-ep-backflip-hear-pieces\/","title":{"rendered":"thistle. Announce New EP &#8216;backflip&#8217;: Hear \u201cpieces\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The young UK trio thistle. specialize in a grungy, sloppy form of shoegaze that smushes together a few strains of &#8217;90s revivalism. They released their debut EP <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stereogum.com\/2308732\/thistle-announce-debut-ep-its-nice-to-see-you-stranger-hear-wishing-coin\/music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">it&#8217;s nice to see you, stranger<\/a><\/em> last year, and they&#8217;re about to follow it with another one called <em>backflip<\/em>. (This is one of those bands where everything has to be lowercase.) Opening track &#8220;pieces&#8221; is out now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;pieces&#8221; starts out as fractured big-feelings guitar-pedal music that veers a little closer to Slint territory than most of the new shoegaze acts tend to come. It builds up into something noisier, with screamy vocals and wobbly synth melodies. Frontman Cameron Godfrey directed the video, and you&#8217;ll find that clip and the <em>backflip<\/em> tracklist below.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"thistle. - pieces \" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LaWVNouSd2w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>TRACKLIST:<br \/>01 &#8220;pieces&#8221;<br \/>02 &#8220;pylon&#8221;<br \/>03 &#8220;backflip in slow motion&#8221;<br \/>04 &#8220;tied&#8221;<br \/>05 &#8220;mean eye&#8221;<br \/>06 &#8220;city,name&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>backflip<\/em> EP is out 5\/29 on REX RECS.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption><span>Lisa Ooijevaar<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source stereogum.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The young UK trio thistle. specialize in a grungy, sloppy form of shoegaze that smushes together a few strains of &#8217;90s revivalism. They released their debut EP it&#8217;s nice to see you, stranger last year, and they&#8217;re about to follow it with another one called backflip. 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