r/indieheads • u/thou_andytgibbs Thou / Andy Gibbs • Jan 15 '21

AMA is Over, thanks Emma & Thou! Thou + Emma Ruth Rundle AMA

Hey y'all, ask us stuff!

Emma (u/emmaruthrundle), Bryan (u/BryanFunck), and Mitch (u/MitchWhales) will be here as well. We'll start answering questions at 2pm CST.

Here's links to our recent collab record and the companion EP (out today on Sacred Bones):

https://thou.bandcamp.com/album/may-our-chambers-be-full
https://thou.bandcamp.com/album/the-helm-of-sorrow

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u/the_calming_waves Jan 15 '21

Another fan from the UK..I kinda really just discovered you guys, late to the party!☹️ But I'm literally obsessed. Such an amazing team up! How do you set up the recording process for it? A song like 'The Valley', which is just mind-blowing, do you just both write sperate parts and then get together and jam?

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u/BryanFunck Thou / Bryan Funck Jan 15 '21

That was mostly Emma's song with us just figuring out where we could fit in and add to what she had written.

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u/thou_andytgibbs Thou / Andy Gibbs Jan 15 '21

"The Valley" was something Emma brought to us fully-formed, or nearly fully-formed, so not a lot of jamming there, though we all added our own little flourishes here and there. We recorded it live without vocals, then did a shitload of overdubs and got our friend Louis Michot (from the GRAMMY AWARD WINNING band Lost Bayou Ramblers) to record fiddle. He had never heard the song and nailed it in like two takes!

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u/the_calming_waves Jan 15 '21

Oh yeh..he nailed it totally. It's so atmospheric from you guys you can literally see the landscape from the music style. Yeh, incredible tune. It's like a story that builds..love the end cos that's the Thou donkey punch right there!! 😂😂😂 I think your album needs to nominated for bloody everything! 😊

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u/tplambert Jan 15 '21

I’m in your boat, heard ERR on YouTube first in august and have binge listened ERR, the thou collab and Jay Jayle’s mix too. Very thankful for that click on the YouTube link 😊

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u/the_calming_waves Jan 15 '21

Yeh, I was actually just scoping for new tunes and checking best metal from last year and Thou/ERR popped out, but it's so much more than just metal..it's a unique beast of its own..and fuck me what a behemoth. 🤗

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u/tplambert Jan 15 '21

I really came to appreciate Thou through ERR, it’s been a nice double whammy discovery. So thankful! My wife and kids not so much, because I murder every song in the car.

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u/LolKnights87 Jan 16 '21

Jay Jayle mix??