Thursday have just released their first new song in 13 years

Surprise! Thursday have just released a triumphant new single, Application For Release From The Dream.

The track is the New Jersey emo/post-hardcore gang’s first new music in 13 years – not to mention their “first release in 25 years without a record label”.

Announcing the track ahead of time, the band reflected, “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.”

“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, what are you waiting for? Listen to Application For Release From The Dream below:

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