Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, the San Francisco-based band fronted by singer and songwriter Thao Nguyen, will release their fourth studio album A Man Alive March 4, 2016. “Nobody Dies,” the first track from the new album, debuts today—listen to it here.
A Man Alive was recorded at Tiny Telephone Studios in San Francisco and was produced by Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards. The two, close personal friends, experimented extensively during the creation of the record resulting in a unique, new sound for Nguyen.
“With this record I had clearer vision and aspirations. I wanted emotion. I wanted power. I wanted A Man Alive to be beat- and bass-driven,” says Nguyen of the album. “A Man Alive is more instrumental, more riff- and loop-centric, and has more manipulated sounds.”
The new album also finds Nguyen exploring previously untouched subjects including her relationship with her father who left the family when she was a young girl. “The record is essentially about my relationship with my dad, its trajectory,” Nguyen says. “It’s a document of my life in conjunction with his, even though we’ve always been leading our lives away from each other. Some are optimistic and forgiving, some are the opposite.”
A MAN ALIVE
1. Astonished Man
2. Slash/Burn
3. The Evening
4. Departure
5. Nobody Dies
6. Guts
7. Fool Forever
8. Millionaire
9. Meticulous Bird
10. Give Me Peace
11. Hand To God
12. Endless Love
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