THOU HITS NUMBER ONE BR's Own Tops Pitchfork's Greatest Albums List

from Feb 2015

THOU HITS NUMBER ONE

BR's Own Tops Pitchfork's Greatest Albums List

By Jerry Richardson

 

 

                One of the first times I ever heard Thou, they were recording an album upstairs at North Gate Tavern with my buddies Brennan Moss and Michael Talley. It was quite some time ago, but if I'm not mistaken, most of their recording was done during the day
before the bar was open. But every now and again, they'd do some punch ins and
dubs during the evening, not long before we were about to open. It sounded like
the devil was up there and for all I knew, he was guesting on a riff or two.  I remember a few years later, I was in my in-law's house in Atlanta and I was looking through top metal tracks on itunes. There I saw Thou sitting at number 1. I was like "Oh wow, this is
awesome..." and I ran in the room where everyone was so I could tell them the news.  They didn't find the music entertaining, which in truth, was probably best for everyone. They're 60. But they did find their number one status impressive nonetheless.

                Flash forward to today, and 2014's Heathen tops Pitchfork's list of greatest metal albums of the year. That might not be Better Than Ezra-sized news for the majority of Baton Rougeans (who for the record, couldn't find a local music venue if it bit them in the ass). But for anybody out there following what's going on around here, it's a tremendous accomplishment. Check out the article HERE and when you see them in a bar somewhere, buy those dudes a beer. They're pretty incredible, just saying...

 

Listen to their record on their bandcamp page, and let it sink in that you'll never be as hardcore as these dudes.