Thunderchief Announce New Album; Playing Baltimore This Weekend
Later this year, Richmond, Virginia’s Thunderchief — named after a warplane? nope. — will release the follow-up to last year’s No Sufferance for Thy Fools, which will come preceded by a few cover tracks yet to be unveiled. That’s cool. No specifics other than Mike Dean produced, and it’ll be out “later this year,” which at this point I just read as “if you want vinyl you’re waiting longer” because of the state of the world, but these things happen when they happen. If you’re sitting around waiting for something you preordered and holding it against the band, label, whatever, that it hasn’t shown up, pull your head out of your ass.
Kind of curious to see the band, founding by Rik Surly, listing Erik Larson as a new member on drums. As I recall Larson and Surly were playing together back at Maryland Doom Fest a couple years ago when I couldn’t get in to see them because I’d lost my drivers’ license (it’s hard being a person, leave me alone) and hilariously got carded at the door. He’s also played on the records. But I guess sometimes these things get made official later on. So be it. You know he’ll kill it either way.
Thunderchief are back in MD for the The Deviant Collective two-dayer in Baltimore this weekend. Info on that is here: https://www.facebook.com/events/thedepot-baltimore/the-deviant-collective-day-1/312842907028651/
And the new album announcement from the PR wire follows here:
Richmond, VA’s nihilistic ruffian outfit THUNDERCHIEF, will be playing at The Depot in Baltimore, MD on Friday, August 13, 2021 as part of a 2-day event known as “The Deviant Collective” featuring Yatra, Horseburner, Stonecutters and Howling Giant.
This show will mark the first appearance of THUNDERCHIEF as a live DUO, moving forward w/ Erik Larson manning the drums.
The band will be premiering new material from a full-length album, recently recorded by Mike Dean of C.O.C., and will be releasing a series of “appetizer” cover songs, leading up to the album’s drop, expected later this year.
Stay tuned for future live dates/tours/news from the band at the links provided below.
Thunderchief are:
Rik Surly – Guitar/vocals
Erik Larson – Drums
www.thethunderchief.com
www.thethunderchief.bandcamp.com
www.instagram.com/thunderchiefofficial
www.facebook.com/thunderchiefrva
