Name: Thumpasaurus
Start: 2025-08-20T18:00:00.000Z
Location: Saint Luke's

In the beginning there was Thump… something strange and funky condensing&nbsp;out of the primordial ooze. Then: underground house parties and backyard&nbsp;raves, stuff of legend still whispered about in Los Angeles. And now: the&nbsp;Space Barn blasts off, and Thumpasaurus is ready to engage a new frontier&nbsp;in the Thumpaverse. The inspired members of Thumpasaurus—Lucas Tamaren (vocals, guitar), Henry&nbsp;Was (drums, production), Logan Kane (bass), Henry Solomon (saxophone), Paul&nbsp;Cornish (keys), and Ben Benjamin (visuals/pancakes)—have been honing their&nbsp;craft and gaining a loyal cult for their experimental shows since they&nbsp;first got together 2015. Known equally for their musicality and&nbsp;theatricality, Thump has shared bills with Louis Cole, Vulfpeck, Jacob&nbsp;Collier, and more while individual members may have been spotted on stages&nbsp;with HAIM, Louis Cole, Ye, Snoh Aalegra, and the list goes on… Through their relentless energy, creativity, and a touch of the absurd,&nbsp;Thumpasaurus tries to point towards our inner realities and teach us how to&nbsp;conjure joy out of thin air. Thanks to catchy choruses and memorable&nbsp;lessons, their songs will stick with you: from mental karate chopping all&nbsp;the bad thoughts, to “I’M PISSED - leave me alone” (working out anger&nbsp;through dance.) Fearless about the future, explorations of the Thumpaverse&nbsp;aren’t limited to their musical palette. Their live shows and memorable&nbsp;music videos feature collaborations with AI, experiments with lore and an&nbsp;expanded universe and iconic team-ups with visual artists and&nbsp;world-renowned clowns.&nbsp; 2023 was Thumpasaurus’s biggest year yet. The capricious gods of TikTok&nbsp;shone down on them and catapulted their confident tune “Struttin'” onto the&nbsp;phones of millions—and then their televisions, too, as the tune featured&nbsp;prominently in an international Samsung ad. Thousands of new fans from all&nbsp;over the world piled into the Space Barn as Thump sold out shows all over&nbsp;the U.S on their “Struttin Across America'' tour. The band racked up 5&nbsp;million streams on Spotify and made their international late night debut in&nbsp;France, appearing on Alain Chabat’s “Le Late” right after the 2022 World&nbsp;Cup.&nbsp; On the tail of this momentum as the “Thump experiment” reached worldwide&nbsp;audiences, their third album* Hard* began in the studio. In order to&nbsp;attempt to capture the lightning-in-a-bottle magic of their shows, the&nbsp;Thumpiest of all Thump experiences, they tracked live as a full band, and&nbsp;then sprinkled further funk on top. It’s stuffed full of bangers, as per&nbsp;usual. “We set out to seek what would be the natural evolution of our&nbsp;sound,” says Lucas Tamaren of the new album. “It showcases our development&nbsp;as a live band as well as our members’ individual growth as producers in&nbsp;their own right.” The first single “Lipstick Makeup,” with a surreal music video created with&nbsp;director and animator Dylan Woodley, is a no-nonsense banger about getting&nbsp;ready to go to a party and feeling unstoppable, and proves that this is&nbsp;about to be their Thumpiest album yet by far. “Lipstick Makeup is about&nbsp;saying fuck it. I’m letting my freak out tonight and gettin real nice with&nbsp;it. It’s about being tired of all the pressures of life that make me live&nbsp;in anxiety and prevent me from being my authentic self. Tonight it’s&nbsp;different, because I'm on my way to the dance party.” Next came “Terrified”, a song about the terror of falling in love&nbsp;accompanied by a zombie slasher music video featuring a chainsaw guitar. “I&nbsp;was having big feelings when I wrote this song,” says Tamaren. “I was&nbsp;entering a relationship and everything felt manic, blissful, and awful at&nbsp;the same time. That's why this song sounds so big and dramatic, almost&nbsp;theatrical. This song is an odyssey.” Finally, the band released “I’m Cute”, a bass-driven self-affirmation&nbsp;anthem. “I’m Cute is about being cute. Putting on those little pants. That&nbsp;ball cap. It’s about feeling good. So good it’s almost sinister. Maybe&nbsp;something’s wrong. But how could it be if you feel this… Cute?” The new record, and the major international tour they’re undertaking to&nbsp;promote it, are doors opening to all new potential disciples: an entry&nbsp;point into the fantastic, imaginative worlds Thumpasaurus has created for&nbsp;themselves and their listeners. To all of their audience past, present and&nbsp;future… Let there be THUMP.

Thumpasaurus

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