I first heard Brisbane, Australia-based Thigh Master's single "Exodus" a little over two years ago, while driving into work in suburban Boston one morning. The local independent/ alternative station in the area, WMBR 88.1 FM out of the basement of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT's) student union, is fantastic, a harbinger back to the old days of college radio, when stations of that ilk were wild enough and brave enough to play anything that struck the DJ of the day's fancy, no matter how non-commercial or anti-mainstream it was. I generally switch between WMBR and the local National Public Radio station on my morning commutes... but with the news here in the States increasingly chaotic and depressing, I found myself grooving to alt/indie music more and more often. In doing so, I've come across some musical gems being put out at that station, including this one on that fateful day:
Although the band is from Australia, I instantly caught that New Zealand/Flying Nun vibe/sound shooting out of this tune, reminding me of the stuff I liked and listened to often when I lived over in that part of the world many moons ago. Needless to say, this band flipped my wig, and I couldn't wait to get home to order their single.
Thigh Master formed in 2012 around a nucleus of brothers Matthew (guitar and lead vocals) and Daniel Ford (bassist) with drummer Patrick Byron, but went through a few lineup changes in their first few years before settling on a stable, solid foundation of Matthew, Patrick, Innez Tulloch on second guitar and new bass guitarist Dusty Anastassiou. The band has toured extensively in the Australasia and Southeast Asia region, and to date has released two albums, Early Times in 2016 and Now For Example just last year, the latter of which contains the album version of the song presented here, released a year earlier. Both of these albums come highly recommended. The group was supposed to begin their first-ever US tour in March of this year... but that didn't happen, for obvious reasons.
In the meantime, here's the single to whet your appetite: Thigh Master's Exodus/Pity Run single, recorded in September 2017 and released on Bruit Direct Disques on January 4th, 2018. Enjoy, and as always... well, you know.
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