The Shivas - Dark Thoughts

The Shivas - Dark ThoughtsVinyl LP pressing. For The Shivas, the show has always been the thing. That thing being a bombastic, explosive and thoroughly communal live rock and roll experience where barriers between the performers and their audience seem to dissolve into the sweat and sound. It's the stage or the basement, or the living room that's the Portland band's true element. It's their raison d'etre. It's their religion. The album is a defining sonic achievement for the

Vinyl LP pressing. For The Shivas, the show has always been the thing. That thing being a bombastic, explosive and thoroughly communal live rock and roll experience where barriers between the performers and their audience seem to dissolve into the sweat and sound. It's the stage - or the basement, or the living room - that's the Portland band's true element. It's their raison d'etre. It's their religion. The album is a defining sonic achievement for the band, which began booking their own tours in high school. Dark Thoughts is the sound of a tight-knit band whose members have learned not just how to trust each other, but how to grow together. "Being adults now," Leonard says. "We're starting to talk a lot more philosophically about why we do what we do. Some of my favorite music came from people needing to find a space. Music is just such a visceral place to find a release." That's what The Shivas are here for: to help people get free, if even just for an hour. If they drop a few great albums along the way, so be it.