THUMPER

In 2019, THUMPER performed a live and very ramshackle version of ‘Unwritten’ by Natasha Bedingfield for BBC Introducing. Calling on the propulsive fuzz of bands like King Gizzard and Parquet Courts, they essentially cooked up their own song while lead vocalist Oisín Leahy Furlong simply belted whatever lyrics from the tune he could remember over the top.

The song lay dormant in the THUMPER back catalogue until 2022 when for some reason the band decided to bring it out of retirement while touring their lauded debut album Delusions of Grandeur across sold-out shows and festivals in Europe and at home. Much to the bemusement of the band their heavily doctored version of Unwritten began to gain traction. Fans began requesting it, and their inbox began to fill up with increasingly aggressive requests to release a studio version. 

Now in 2023, fresh from Delusions of Grandeur being nominated for the Choice Prize Album of the Year alongside Fontaines DC, CMAT and Dermot Kennedy, the band make the next logical step in their upward trajectory: dropping an official studio version of the 2004 hit Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield. 

Accompanying the release, which comes days before the coveted Choice Prize Awards, is a brand-new, never heard before original THUMPER track ‘Circles’.

Voice Note - Unwritten

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