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“…as always, Thornhill have honed in on their ‘go big or go home’ mentality, and yet again, it’s paid off big time.” – Forte Magazine
“…BODIES feels spontaneous…open your ears, and let the energy Thornhill pour into album number three flow through every muscle and sinew.” – Beat Magazine
“There’s not a single sound or moment on this album that feels forced or oddly out of place. Thornhill have produced a masterpiece, a true work of art and indeed a solid contender for album of the year.” – Everblack Media
“BODIES is a compelling and impressive record that marks an exciting new direction for Thornhill. It’s a brave exploration of new sonic territory and a reflection of the band’s growth and maturity.” – The AU Review, 4/5
“BODIES endeavours (and succeeds) in capturing the essence and energy of “Thornhill right now”…in literal and figurative perfect harmony, BODIES is an astounding creation.”– Spotlight Report, 4/5
“Thornhill has thrived in reinvention, and BODIES is proof of that—the album is instinctual and wild…It’s an album that doesn’t tell you about obsession—it pulls you into its thrall. You don’t just hear these songs—you feel them, live inside them.” – Amnplify
“Whether you are a long time fan or have only just jumped on board, you are in for most likely one of the most impressive releases of the year. Thornhill have breathed air back into their own lungs.” – The Alt Journal
“This has all the brawn of The Dark Pool and all the romantic Deftones-worship of Heroine…the buzz is real. Let the Bodies hit the floor.” – Sense Music Media
“…there are definitely stand out tracks that put it into consideration for the band’s best work, put to record. A worthy follow up, and an exciting road map as to what we can expect next from the Melbourne four piece.” – The Live Wire
The wait is over, and today an astonishing new era for Melbourne’s Thornhill has arrived via their brand new studio album BODIES, out now via UNFD.
A dauntless pastiche of creative freedom and ingenuity, BODIES finds Thornhill in full flight, with its 11 tracks layered with authenticity and electrifying execution, cementing the group’s status yet again as one of Australia’s most engaging heavy acts.
Opening with percolating bounce via DIESEL, BODIES thrives with caustic urgency (Revolver), swooning melodics soaked in oscillating chaos and clarity (Silver Swarm), serene reprieves (fall into the wind), grinding swagger (TONGUES) and mellow R&B flavours (CRUSH), offering an expansive and kaleidoscopic palette that circles upbeat buoyancy and crushing heaviness; a snapshot of Thornhill in their most assured form to date.
Coinciding with the release today of BODIES, Thornhill have also shared a visualizer for the album’s haunting penultimate track under the knife.
“I wanted to convey an underlying fear of being unnoticed or forgotten,” the band shares of under the knife, “the notion of a silhouette falling between fingers conveys a message of fleeting moments—something that can be grasped but never fully held. Within the atmosphere of the instrumentation, a haunting exploration of love and lust, blends these two feelings into something more tragic, yet hopefully relatable. There’s a delicate balance between submission (“underneath your knife”) and resistance (“I don’t wanna know yet”), which creates a soft tension, a push/pull that moves with song dynamics.”
