News / Records
Thought & Prayers from CNTS

Posted by Loren on January 27, 2024

Thought & Prayers from CNTS
photo by Anthony Mehlhaff

LP no. 2 is coming from Los Angeles, CA based CNTS, a band featuring members of Dead Cross, Retox, and Qui. 

The band shared the news, and a new single, this week, announcing the imminent release of Thoughts & Prayers on March 29 via Ipecac Recordings. The CNTS lineup is guitarist/producer Mike Crain (Dead Cross, Retox, Festival of Dead Deer), drummer Kevin Avery (Retox, Planet B), and vocalist Matt Cronk (Qui). Cronk previously suffered a vocal cord injury which threatened his musical career, but has since defied expectations and recovered.

“We got together and ran through a song and it sounded good. We kept playing and my voice held up, sounded cool, and we all felt good playing together. It was immediately clear that we could do it again, that we’d really missed playing together and we wanted to do it,” Cronk says. “Personally, the experience was a significant marker in my recovery. I got a little teary after that first song.”

Thought & Prayers track list:

1.   I Won’t Work For You

2.   Thoughts & Prayers

3.   Smart Mouth

4.   Dear Sir

5.   For A Good Time (Don’t Call Her)

6.   Alone

7.   Eating You Alive

8.   Real Truth

9.   Junkie

10. Drown

Thought & Prayers from CNTS
photo by Anthony Mehlhaff

Related news stories

The Making of The Melvins' Tarantula Heart

Posted in Videos on April 21, 2024

Ipecac 25th anniversary reissues

Posted in Labels on April 7, 2024

Album 2 from Alessandro Stefana (Ipecac)

Posted in Records on March 28, 2024

Related features

Ipecac Recordings 20th Anniversary

Music • November 24, 2019

In the 20 years since Ipecac Records spewed its way into the public consciousness, it has achieved the impossible. It has continued to make money for its artists and the label itself without sacrificing its mission or values, remaining quite possibly the most consistent label in terms of quality releases … Read more

Spotlights

One Question Interviews • March 24, 2018

Spotlights SPB: What’s a record you love that would surprise people? Spotlights: Gonna go with – Braid’s The Age of Octeen. We love this band and especially this time in their career.   Read more