Thank You, I'm Sorry
Anxiety is the first word sung on Thank You, I'm Sorry's first album. Back then it was just vocalist
Lleen Dow's (they/them) voice and an acoustic, but three years and a full band, another album
and several heart-rending singles later it's still on their mind. Anxiety never really goes away, but
you can learn to cope and how to enjoy everything else. The respites, the joy, the excitement
when anxiety takes a backseat. Thank You, I'm Sorry is growing, learning, indulging,
experimenting and figuring it out. Together.
Thank You, I'm Sorry came together as a band to flesh out quiet, lonely songs Lleen built on
their own, and they haven't stopped exploring and expanding their sound since. Bee Schreiner's
(they/them) basslines effortlessly pull songs forward, knowing just when to nudge the band to
avoid getting caught in an anxiety spiral. The drums from Sage Livergood (they/them) bring
everything together, constantly keeping pace while poking out into fills that feel like they could
shatter apart at any moment, yet always finding their way back. Abe Anderson’s (he/him) and
Lleen's guitar lines intertwine and bounce, refusing to sit still anywhere long enough to get
bored. Thank You, I'm Sorry find ways to piece together parts that feel impossible to pin down or
coalesce, making something beautiful and catchy that will bounce around your head for weeks
growing in strange places:
It starts with a homespun recording of kids yelling, acoustic guitar and gentle melodies about
longing for youth. With their third full-length release Growing In Strange Places, Thank You, I'm
Sorry set the stage with a callback to where the band started. A cymbal crash, and the quartet
start to pull you along the journey of exploration they've been on since releasing The Malta
House in 2020. Instruments expand, reverb shimmers, echoes and blasts of anxiety interrupt.
Across the album's 13 tracks, Growing In Strange Places alternates chaotic dives into their
worst impulses, polished pop about the pain of dragging yourself out of bed in the morning and,
most importantly, where they find relief and joy from the internal din of anxiety.
It starts with a homespun recording of kids yelling, acoustic guitar and gentle melodies about
longing for youth. With their third full-length release Growing In Strange Places, Thank You, I'm
Sorry set the stage with a callback to where the band started. A cymbal crash, and the quartet
start to pull you along the journey of exploration they've been on since releasing The Malta
House in 2020. Instruments expand, reverb shimmers, echoes and blasts of anxiety interrupt.
Across the album's 13 tracks, Growing In Strange Places alternates chaotic dives into their
worst impulses, polished pop about the pain of dragging yourself out of bed in the morning and,
most importantly, where they find relief and joy from the internal din of anxiety.