Thrice is set to release their new album Horizons/ East next Friday, September 17th. Today we received a video for a new song featured on the record called “Summer Set Fire to the Rain.”
Frontman Dustin Kensrue’s explains the meaning of the song saying:
“How often is life spilling over with beauty and novelty and possibility and all we can do is complain, in this case about getting wet, and to miss the moment completely? So much depends on how we attend to each moment.”
“Much of this song is really close to Ed’s original demo. As we got together and were jamming on the parts, I ended up singing the words ‘Summer set fire to the rain.’ While most of the things I end up singing during the writing process are nonsense, sometimes there are little gems that emerge, and I’ve been trying to pay more attention to them and pull them in to songs when it feels right. In this case, my accidental but poetic framing of being caught in the rain while the sun shines became a central metaphor for the song.”
A few weeks ago, Dustin was Cutter’s guest on Cutter’s Rockcast and on The Cutting Edge Countdown. The two discussed the new album which the band recorded and produced on their own during the pandemic. You can listen to that entire conversation below.
Horizons/ East Tracklist
The Color of the Sky
Scavengers
Buried in the Sun
Northern Lights
Summer Set Fire to the Rain
Still Life
The Dreamer
Robot Soft Exorcism
Dandelion Wine
Unitive/East
