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. It consists of seven

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s and was released on August 24, 2018.

Background

After extensive gaps in album releases by the band between their last studio albums, six years between '' Out of the Vein'' (2003) and ''

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'' (2009), followed by another six years until ''

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'' (2015),

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Stephan Jenkins announced the band would be moving away from full-album releases in favor of more frequent, smaller EP releases moving forward. Jenkins made good on the promise, just a year later releasing the seven-track EP '' We Are Drugs''. The band's next plans included releasing a 2017 EP called ''Summer Gods'', to coincide with a tour of the same name, and would have explored a variety of new sounds for the band, including

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. However, the EP was not finished in time to be released during the tour, and was instead changed into simply a live album of performances from the tour. In June 2018, it was announced that the next EP was instead to be titled ''Thanks for Everything'', and to consist of seven

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s of various songs of Jenkins' selection. The change in plans was attributed to, and inspired by, the band's trips to local

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s and galleries during the ''Summer Gods'' touring, and the proceeds from the EP go towards the Andy Warhol Museum. Jenkins stated that the act of reinterpreting and recording cover songs of various genres that had influenced the band over the years was done to help find inspiration for the creation of a future studio album.

Composition and themes

The EP consists of the band's reinterpretations of seven vastly different musical artists: Happy Diving's " 10",

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's " This Isn't Our Parade",

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's " Song to the Siren",

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's " In the Fade", and

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". "Blood Bank" is a song the band had previously been performing at live concerts as early as 2012. ''

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'' described their version of "Fuck Forever" as "less consciously sloppy than abyshamble's frontman PeteDoherty's original cut" but still having "an anthemic,

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feel that's no doubt born from his views on the US's current political climate."

Release and promotion

The EP was first announced on June 22, 2018, alongside the release of the first single, "Fuck Forever". It was released on August 24, 2018.

Track listing

Source

Personnel

Band * Stephan Jenkins – lead vocals, rhythm guitar *Kryz Reid – lead guitar *Alex LeCavalier – bass guitar *Alex Kopp – keyboards *Brad Hargreaves – drums

References

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