Thursday unveiled their first new song in 13 years, “Application For Release From The Dream“. This marks the band’s first release since their 2011 album “No Devolución,” and it’s a track that does not disappoint. The song, described as a thundering emo power ballad with post-rock tendencies, culminates in a rousing finale that has already captured the hearts of fans.
Available online now, the song also features Norman Brannon on guitar, his first studio appearance with the band, and the first without a record label, emphasizing their new independent path. “Application For Release From The Dream” showcases Thursday’s continued evolution and their commitment to pushing musical boundaries while remaining true to their roots.
Fans can also catch this track live as the band continues to tour in intimate venues across Europe and participate in festivals like When We Were Young later this year.
The band shared a poignant message on Thursday morning to herald the song’s release:
“Tonight we release our first song in 13 years. It’s also our first release in 25 years WITHOUT a record label. That’s 25 years since we set out in a small white van to play basements and VFW Halls — attics, kitchens and back yards — with a bunch of burned CDRs marked in black Sharpie: ‘Summer Tour ’99.'” comments the band.
“In those 25 years, there were so many highway breakdowns, so many emergency rooms, run-ins with the law. So much time laughing in the studio, so many hours huddled together backstage or loading gear in the rain. And yes, 25 years of legal disputes and public blowouts. But now we are free. Free to make our own mistakes. Free to turn this band into whatever we dream it to be, whether we want to make it a collective of rotating members, a small cottage industry, a publishing house, a record label, or just a group of friends still having fun together after all these years. So tonight we step on stage at a tiny independent venue like we would’ve played when we were releasing Full Collapse (23 years ago this week) or again when we released No Devolucion (13 years ago this week). The kind of place we hope we get to keep playing at for as long as they’ll have us. Because no matter the size of the stages we’ve played in those 25 years, we remain— at heart — a small band, a bunch of kids still screaming in a basement. But we’re your small band and we love you. Thanks for everything. We’ll see you at midnight, in your time zone. ‘It’s just a moment now.'”
“Application for Release From the Dream” lyrics:
[Verse 1]
Is there something calling out to me?
A black cross in the valley of a dream?
Is there something? Is there something?
Is there something calling out to me?
[Pre-Chorus]
I can hear the angels call
Can you hear the angels call?
The flashing lights, the screams coming through the wall?
They won’t stop repeating
Like a record with a scratch in it
I can’t stop repeating
[Chorus 1]
Have we seen enough? (Holding on to you)
Have we seen enough? (Holding on for you)
[Verse 2]
Is there somеthing wrong with me?
I sit around, wait for this feeling to pass
Having lost all direction, under falsе application
[Pre-Chorus]
I can hear the angels call
Can you hear the angels call?
(They’re calling you, they’re calling, calling, calling you)
They won’t stop repeating: “There’s a forest, you’re a flame in it”
They won’t stop repeating
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[Chorus 1]
Have we seen enough? (Holding on to you)
Have we seen enough? (Holding on for you)
[Chorus 2]
Please never try to see it through
And I’ll try to stay too
Please never try to see it through
And I’ll try to find
[Bridge]
What is light? (A spark)
What is life? (A moment)
What’s the future? (A spark)
How long is time? (A moment)
In thoughts? (A spark)
Our bodies? (A moment)
Where’s the dream come from? (A spark)
What’s death? (It’s just a moment now!)
[Breakdown]
Spark, moment
Spark, moment
Spark, moment
Spark
[Chorus 2]
Have we seen enough?
Please never try to see it through
And I’ll try to stay too
Please never try to see it through
And I’ll try
[Outro]
Have we seen enough?
(What’s life? A spark)
(What’s death? A moment)
Have we seen enough?
(What’s life? A spark)
(What’s death?)
It’s just a moment now
