New York psych-garage four-piece The Thing announces its sophomore album The Thing Is with the release of its third single “Midnight.” Three minutes of perfectly calibrated overdrive, “Midnight” sees the band punching the time clock for impending doom. Fast, driving, and unrelenting, this new cut is another taste of what’s to come from their second record arriving on February 2 — Presave. 

Built up by Zane Acord, Jack Bradley, Michael Carter and Lucas Ebeling, The Thing is on an endless crusade when it comes to achieving the exact sound they’re looking for, religiously indebted to the DIY forefathers who came before. Formed in 2022, The Thing jump-started their success once they fell in love with being on the road and fans started experiencing their live shows. Committed to doing everything they can in-house, the band records at its East Williamsburg studio Onion Records, creates its own visuals, and has crafted a visual identity that marries the grit of the 90s with the effortless temptation of the 70s.

On the inception of “Midnight” The Thing shared, “The initial idea came from a drunken stupor years ago when we were jamming in our living room. We spent close to an hour just on the one riff. We’ve been enjoying writing this way, entering a trance and trying to find a song amidst a cacophony. Eventually, we revisited this voice memo during our recording session for this album.”

Continuing, they said, “We whittled it down and settled on a form but had not found the lyrics. So, on the tail end of our most recent tour, we spent a few nights in an Airbnb in the Appalachians. The lyrics were inspired from conversions about nuclear weapons and how our time on earth is measured by a doomsday clock countdown. We were asking existential questions and affirming our belief in a creative life. We felt the spy-like essence to the instrumental fitted that lyrical theme nicely.”