Cryogeyser – thistle.

Cryogeyser

Since their 2019 debut album Glitch, Cryogeyser has delivered a steady arc of distinctive melodies—both sonically mesmerizing and cathartic. Reflecting years of breakdown, renewal, and lucid introspection, Cryogeyser finds the band at their most evolved, fortifying existing strengths and exploring new sonic sensibilities: huge, gritty guitars, blissful pop melodies, surreal soundscapes, and tenderly immediate vocals. Cryogeyser have shifted their earlier vision of longing and resistance to one of metamorphosis, and cemented a spellbinding sound that realizes their transfigurative trajectory.

Each song on Cryogeyser invites listeners to submit fully to landscapes that illuminate the viscerality of transformation. “This album is about heat,” singer Shawn Marom explains. “Capturing ice and holding it forever—even as it melts—knowing you’re burning but staying in orbit.” Across the album’s sonic thresholds is a transfixing, heartfelt drive that celebrates the warmth that can emerge from new realizations. “Before music, I often felt like I took up too much space,” they reflect on Cryogeyser, which marks a deeply personal evolution. “This album is about transforming that shame into something shimmery and hopeful—playing like myself and no one else.” In immersive dedication to vulnerability, change, and the inevitable passage of time, the collection encapsulates the band’s journey and is a testament to Cryogeyser’s ethos: burning curiosity and fearless exploration of seemingly immutable grief.

thistle.

Alt-rock newcomers thistle. announce debut EP ‘it’s nice to see you, stranger’ (pre-order here), set for release July 4th via Venn Records (Bob Vylan, High Vis, Meryl Streek) and share latest track ‘wishing coin’, out today (May 20th).

Marking the follow-up to their EP title-track out last month, thistle. have swiftly captured the imagination of the press landscape on both sides of the Atlantic, with key champions including Stereogum, Clash, The Line Of Best Fit and So Young all throwing their support behind the band, in addition to early spins across the BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music and Radio X airwaves from key tastemakers such as Steve Lamacq, Deb Grant and Tom Ravenscroft. Armed with a lo-fi, introspective yet hardcore sound, having originated from a garage in Northampton, the trio are newly partnered with Venn Records, an independent label renowned for fostering some of the UK’s most boundary-pushing punk, hardcore, and alt-rock acts such as High Vis, Meryl Streak and Bob Vylan.

Having also ticked off supports alongside the likes of Man / Woman / Chainsaw, as well as capacity shows at The Great Escape Festival last week, thistle. are primed for festival slots at the likes of SXSW London and Left Of The Dial in the coming months as they continue to cement their thrilling live reputation.

Speaking ahead of their newest single release, frontman Cameron Godfrey revealed: “At the time of writing ‘wishing coin’ I realised that there were a lot of things in my life that were holding me back from doing what I always wanted to do. I remember having really vivid dreams of my future and they were never anything pleasant. As a result I decided to cut a lot of what I was doing out of my life as they were slowly making me forget what my goals and aspirations were.” thistle.’s ‘wishing coin’ is out now via VENN Records and available on all digital platforms.