Thank You, I'm Sorry - "How Many Slugs Can We Throw Against the Wall Until We Question Our Own Mortality" | Sunday Single

Every once and a while, we extend our "local music" coverage to include bands elsewhere in the Midwest when they have a strong connection to our lil' scene here. Usually, this just means it's a Wisconsin or Chicago band signed to a MN label; in this case, it's Thank You, I'm Sorry.

Until recently, TYIS was the solo project of Chicago singer/songwriter Colleen Dow. They wrote an EP of acoustic demos, the malta house demos, and released it online in March of 2019. It was really great. Now, to kick off 2020, they are releasing a re-recorded version of these demos, simply re-titled to The Malta House.

Titled after the tiny Illinois town that Dow lived in while writing these songs, the EP is a hauntingly beautiful look inward at the struggles of mental illness and functioning in an inherently flawed society. If the EP's lead single, a re-done version of "How Many Slugs Can We Throw Against the Wall Until We Question Our Own Mortality," is anything to be judged by, the new versions of these songs will be a surely gracious companion throughout the winter. It's an exorcism of sleepless nights and the nihilism that grows naturally from isolation. "How Many Slugs..." was premiered last week on New Noise Magazine's website. You can listen to the song exclusively here. The re-release of The Malta House will be out on Feb. 7, 2020 via Count Your Lucky Stars - pre-order a cassette here.

[If and when the song is released in full, here's where we'll embed the link lol]

Now, to the MN connection: the full band includes two of our local favorites, Sage Livergood of niiice. on drums and Bethünni Schreiner of Lil Bee Photo on bass. None of the material they've recorded as a trio with Abe Anderson has been released yet, but y'all better stay tuned for the rest of 2020, because it's coming.