Netherlands based musician Pete Barnes' Thistle Shifter has a post-rock Thistle Shifter has a new album in line, Forever The Optimist, coming out on Feb. 6, 2026 on FREIA Music. It is the third album from the cinematic, instrumental project and follows A Spectral Moon (2022) and Circles (2024).
While composed by Barnes, a full band takes stage for live shows.
Listen to the first single below.
Tracklist
1. Anthropocene
2. Ghost Acres
3. Atop A Horrid Hill
4. One Fleeting Glance
5. Endling
6. Weightless
7. Et In Arcadia Ego
8. Forever The Optimist
