Thursday Wind-Up For Action

New Jersey purveyors of post-hardcore Thursday are preparing for a flurry of activity, including a tour with the rather fantastic Circle Takes The Square, a live DVD and a new album.

The band made the surprising announcement that they were to release their Live DVD/CD "Kill the House Lights" via their old label Victory Records. The band said of the release "Many of you know that our parting with Victory was bitter on both sides and we're taking this chance to put that behind us."

"That label really helped us get to where we are and we helped them to establish themselves as well... 'coming full circle' and 'making amends' are some of the phrases that we could throw around here but we think you get the picture already. Tony's (Brummel - Victory Records Founder) passion for this project and his continued support of the band after all these years has helped to make this an easy decision."

"We're really looking forward to this release. The DVD will be a retrospective of our bands career so far (footage from the last nine years) with a ton of live stuff. Everyone always says we're much better live than on record-- now you can decide. The CD will have several new tracks (!) and some alternate versions and demos of older songs."

"Kill the House Lights" is scheduled for release on October 30th 2007, after which Thursday will start work on their new album. Despite re-joining with Victory for the DVD release, the band are still unsigned after parting ways with Island Records earlier this year. A label for the release of the new album is still "yet to be determined".

So then, to the tour. Hitting what is described as being "smaller than [their] usual venues" the band will hit the road with Circle Takes the Square and Portugal the Man. The dates are sadly U.S only, but here they are:

Nov 01 - Worcester, Massachusetts - The Palladium
Nov 02 - Baltimore, Maryland - The Ottobar
Nov 03 - Troy, New York - Revolution Hall
Nov 04 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - The Fillmore@TLA
Nov 06 - Detroit, Michigan - The Magic Stick
Nov 07 - Chicago, Illinois - The Metro
Nov 10 - Denver, Colorado - Bluebird Theatre
Nov 13 - Pomona, California - The Glasshouse
Nov 15 - Los Angeles, California - El Rey Theatre