Thank You Thank You is the new recording project from Tyler Bussey, who has been part of bands like Strange Ranger, Bad Heaven Ltd, The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die and various others. Early next year will see the release of Next to Nothing, the project’s debut EP on Oof Records, which introduces own Bussey’s distinctive voice. One which combines subtle restraint and emotional depth, and proves equally adept at exploring issues both national and personal.
The EP welcomes a variety of friends and collaborators too. Jacob Crofoot, Nick Sebastiano and Alenni Davis (Another Michael), Corey Witchlin (Spirit of the Beehive), Sean Hallock (Rozwell Kid), Sam Amidon and members of Hour all lend a hand, with mastering done by Stephen Steinbrink. Indeed, such a collaborative spirit is intrinsic to the Thank You Thank You sound, and something in which Bussey feels strongly. “I really do believe in community and lifting other people up, not as a concept, but as a daily practice,” he explains. “It comes just from loving music and wanting to make music with musicians you love. It’s as simple as that.”
Lead single ‘K P’ serves as the first taste of the Thank You Thank You style, and shows a shared creative process can result in a detailed and cohesive sound. The track explores the precarious and callous healthcare system in the US, and it is telling that its pervasive melancholy is underpinned by a biting urgency, a kind of desperation. “You always just see people crowdsourcing what they should do about some issue they’re having, because that’s their only choice,” Bussey says. “There’s this bleak, everyday cruelty of being left to fend for yourself or to rely on your friends and family for things that should just be basic, guaranteed rights, especially when we have more than enough resources to provide for everyone.”
when you’re asking everyone you know
what they do to get to sleep
everybody knows something that you don’t
‘there’s a million little tricks to it’
‘here’s another one you have to try’
am I the only one I know that doesn’t know
that never figured it out
Photo by Emily Burtner