When Thao was in kindergarten, misguided kids called her TOWEL...
Willis Thompson and Thao Nguyen met in a re-enactment in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. We found Adam Thompson one summer at a Richmond delicatessen, gingerly slicing. We got in a van together and stopped every night in different places. We got out, played music (often for real live people) and then got back in and rambled to the next town.
We recorded one album, drove around and flew to and fro, and then we recorded another. Both albums document the musical collaboration of many friends and colleagues and the efforts of one Thao to understand human interaction at all, ever.
When the band is on tour we stop at rivers and skip stones competitively. On days off, Adam bakes bread and prepares dinner while Willis builds percussive instruments using only bottle caps and intuition, and Thao awkwardly lifts the one 10-pound weight she has brought along to stay in shape for shows. Everyone watches the Food Network and the Discovery Channel together for dessert. The three of us share many hopes; most center around getting co-starring roles in a Mentos commercial and sleeping in separate beds while traveling.
We are very grateful for our musical lots in life and will always try our best to act accordingly. We thank you, very sincerely, for your ears, and your time, and your penchant for showing up and dancing.
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I think you should know that you are amazing. As in the most talented, real, passionate, raw, well put together, beautiful music I have ever heard. It is fair to say that I love you.
hi thao , i met you twice in lawrence kansas. been listening to the new album even better than the last. love it! love. it. especially track 13, sad people dance too? yeah. awesome. and fun. you are so much cooler than i will ever be. and i am quite jealous of you for that, but i love ya! your the shit . in so many words.
omg omg omg youre show at the glass house was a freakin blast!!! Umm you might remember me yelling "youre hair is sexy" haha i doubt you will but umm i love ya guys!
I agree with Eric. Amazing Performance in Phoenix!
p.s I just wanted to say I was fortunate enough to sit next to Adam during David Shultzs' set, but i forgot to tell you that I liked your striped socks :)
again, thank you for coming to lubbock. i still have not completely come down from that euphoric experience (as it always is). i've been listening to the new album non-stop, and as very dancable as it is, it is also pretty sad. it makes me want to get my groove on and then it makes me want to give thao a hug. hugs all around! adam (thanks for my profile pic), willis, thao, i patiently await your return home to lubbock. muchos gracias!