The Thoughts

Little Show, Big Show

 

Hi friends.  We just wanted to let you know that we’ve got two shows coming up in the next 3 weeks; a little acoustic set at The Sunset, and a REALLY big show at The Moore theater, where we’ll be joined by the Seattle Rock Orchestra!  The Sunset show is on Wednesday, October 27th, and we will be opening the show nice and early at 9:00pm.  Come and hear the stripped down versions of our songs, and then join us on Saturday, November 13th, where you can experience The Thoughts backed by a full orchestra!  We are opening the evening with a set of our own music, and then the SRO will be playing The Beach Boys “Pet Sounds” in its entirety, along with some other great songs produced by Phil Spector, who pioneered the legendary “Wall of Sound” recording technique that was used in the recording of Pet Sounds.  There are a whole bunch of great local artists singing, including:

Jen Wood
Ivan & Alyosha
Lesli Wood of the Redwood Plan
James Lanman
Alessandra Rose
Mychal Cohen of Campfire Ok
Yuni in Taxco
Michele Khazak
Ian Williams of the Thoughts
Rachael Ferguson of NighTrain 

Tickets are available here.  Make sure and get the good seats early, the last SRO show at The Moore was nearly sold out!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check out our album artwork!

As many of you may remember, the album artwork for our first record, Consider the Bear, garnered nearly as much recognition as our music did. How on earth do you plan artwork for the next album when that's the standard that's been set?

Luckily, contemporary realist painter John Rizzotto helped solve this puzzle for us. Much like our collaborations with the artists working on short films for our songs, we asked John if he'd be willing to listen to early tracks from the record and respond through his medium. And...

...OH MY GOODNESS, he created this beautiful scene pulled from Ian's lyrics and the overall sentiment of the record:

Gorgeous! We are working on a new constellation logo that will be laid over the upper right hand corner of this image and embedded in the night sky. And, much like the Consider the Bear artwork, this image will be the cornerstone we build our website and other materials around.

John has a wonderful exhibition up for the month of October at Hallway Gallery, and you should absolutely go see it. John's work is witty, nuanced, and unbelivably communicative--I can't encourage you enough to go and see it in person.

You can also see more of John's work at www.JohnRizzotto.com.