THAO Returns to Kill Rock Stars With New Music, Joins Lord Huron on Tour

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down officially  called it quits in 2021, but THAO is now back and back on Kill Rock Stars, the label who released her first two albums. Produced by Tune-Yards’ Merrill Garbus, “Fossils” is slinky funk, in an indie rock kind of way, with a very positive message in the face of insane times. It’s her first new music in six years.

“Fossils is both a red-flag warning and an encouragement,” THAO says. “I’m saying I can see it all, I can zoom out and up and see how I and we will have reached the end, frozen in these protective stances. The danger of underliving our lives is real, is in every isolationist choice we make. However, we can continually decide to be different. It takes enormous amounts of work to metabolize fear instead of being based in it. It is so easy to slip into the grooves of self protection.”

Watch the video for “Fossils” below.

THAO will be on tour with Lord Huron starting this weekend and all dates are listed below.

THAO – 2026 TOUR DATES

6/13: Decatur, GA @ Eddie’s Attic

6/14: Asheville, NC @ ExploreAsheville.com Arena #

6/16: Charleston, NC @ Credit One Stadium #

6/18: Wilmington, NC @ Live Oak Bank Pavilion #

6/19: Richmond, VA @ Virginia Credit Union LIVE! At Richmond Raceway #

6/21: Greenfield, MA @ Green River Festival

6/23: Bangor, ME @ Maine Savings Amphitheater #

6/24: Pawtucket, RI @ The Met

6/25: New Haven, CT @ Westville Music Bowl #

6/26: Atlantic City, NJ @ Ovation Hall at Ocean City Casino Resort #

# = supporting Lord Huron

_Originally reported by [Brooklyn Vegan](https://www.brooklynvegan.com/thao-returns-to-kill-rock-stars-for-first-new-music-in-6-years-listen-touring-with-lord-huron/)._