THAO lets Fossils breathe again

THAO is back in the solo lane: on June 10, she shared "Fossils," her first new single in six years and a return to Kill Rock Stars. 1

Her own note frames the song as a call to stay open: "Full embrace! Kiss that face! Don't just handshake the body who loves you." 2

The live thread ran through the East Coast in June, with Richmond, Greenfield, Bangor, Pawtucket, New Haven, and Atlantic City dates, several of them supporting Lord Huron. 1

Thao B. Nguyen is a Vietnamese American indie-pop singer-songwriter from Northern Virginia who started performing under THAO as a solo artist, a move she has tied to foregrounding her Vietnamese identity. 3

Photo: Kimberly Ha, via Stereogum / BrooklynVegan. 1