‘THR!!!ER’ (pronounced ‘Thriller’) is the punchy, immediate return of twelve-legged bicoastal powerhouse !!! (pronounced chk chk chk) – more honest, more interesting, more fun than ever before.

A fantastic early reaction, with the teaser single playlisted at 6Music, Pitchfork calling the title “the best album title of 2013”, and Dummy asking “Are they one of the world’s most underrated bands?”

Guitarist Mario Andreoni explains ‘that’ title: “Over the course of many long van rides and post-coffee verbal riff sessions, we concluded that ‘Thriller’ became synonymous with an artist(s) and / or genre(s) artistic high-water mark. INXS’ ‘Kick’ is the Australian ‘Thriller’, Alanis’ ‘Jagged Little Pill’ is the Canadian ‘Thriller’, Wham’s ‘Make It Big’ is the blow-dryer’s ‘Thriller’, every recording by the 13th Floor Elevators is the dosed-man\’s ‘Thriller’, ‘Sister Ray’ by Velvet Underground is the ‘Thriller’ of musical fever dreams. One day at the studio, Nic [Offer, vocalist] drew ‘THR!!!ER’ on a napkin and I liked it, then we made our ‘THR!!!ER’.”

!!! are a bicoastal band with over a decade of history. Nic Offer, keyboardist Daniel Gorman and new bassist Rafael Cohen all live in Brooklyn, drummer Paul Quattrone resides in Pittsburgh, keyboardist Allan Wilson lives in Portland, Oregon, while Andreoni remains in Sacramento, where the group was formed. Understandably, writing new music wasn’t the easiest of processes. “In the past we just put albums together any way that works,” says Andreoni, “That usually meant a lot of jamming on loose ideas. For ‘THR!!!ER’, !!! went into the studio with everything written and a strong sense of each song’s shape.”

Producer Jim Eno (Spoon) helmed the recordings, leading to a tighter, concise pack of great songs than ever before. This also took the band in new directions, notably on the Detroit house-infused ‘Slyd’ and the raging guitars of ‘Station’, whilst also keeping their ear for a pop hook like no other (‘One Girl / One Boy’).