I know a little about Baltimore: it’s the setting for The Wire, which is, y’know, the best thing since Shakespeare, Eminem, TV on the Radio, and whatever else the middle brow loves. It’s where the much-hyped Dan Deacon got together his faux-psychedelic Wham City collective and it’s where B-more, the chopped-up hip-hop/house hybrid, originated. In this country (well, Nottingham at least), B-more seems to be mainly popular with slightly posh students at hideous bars with horrendously cheap drinks offers, but I’m willing to believe it has a different audience over there.

Well now I know one more thing about this troubled but creative city: Thank You are an experimental three-piece riding the same musical plane as bands like Mi Ami, and the UK’s own Gentle/Friendly. They’re all tribal rhythms, frantic synth stabs and freak-out guitar anti-solos. They’re great on record, but sound like they would be much cooler live, especially from the evidence of the video below. Luckily for us UK folk, they’re touring over here in November. Here’s a track from their last full-length LP, plus a video of them. It’s all very multimedia here at Vice.

Thank You, “Embryo Imbroglio”

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Thank You tour the UK from November 1st (check the dates here). They have a new 12″ called “Pathetic Magic” out on Thrill Jockey soon.

JOEL WRIGHT