Thorslund “Firecracker Man”

Classic rock-inspired alternative act Thorslund announce their new video “Firecracker Man,” out 8/11/23, from their self-titled debut, due this October. The album is a non-linear autobiographical rock opera that touches on themes ranging from religious extremism, ostracism, toxic relationships, as well as rebirth, looking for new love, and chasing dreams.

The group creates songs that are fun and uplifting, despite the sincere lyrical content and focus on the light at the end of the tunnel, the dawn at the end of the night, and acknowledge that sometimes one must shed an old skin, or burn down the past to achieve truer and greater things on top of the ashes. The album was self-produced and engineered by the brothers, and mixed by Nick DiDia (Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Dirty Honey).

To accurately capture the sound of rock n’ roll’s heyday the brothers implemented many rare vintage rock n’ roll instruments in the recording of the album, including several Kalamazoo-era Gibson guitars, an original 1968 Marshall full stack only a few serial numbers away from Van Halen’s famous amp, and 1970 Thermogloss Ludwig drums identical to those John Bonham used in Led Zeppelin.

-Official bio