THUMPASAURUS (US) / Muriel // A38 Ship

THUMPASAURUS (US)

EPISODE ONE: IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS THUMP

In the beginning there was thump… The primordial groove of the Universe. Thump thumped its way through all things. In the beginning groove was harmony, and harmony was groove, and it was good.

Long before the age of humans, the Thumpasaurus roamed the Earth, serving the cosmos as the teachers of the Thump. The thump traversed all beings, and the Thumpasarus helped distribute its secret wisdom to all sentient and non sentient creatures. It was good. As time passed and the Earth fluctuated between periods of great peace and great unrest, the Thumpasaurus became a threat to growing forces of evil- who fueled by a primary motivation in consumerism sought to eliminate the Thumpasaurus. To save the species and protect the goodness of the Universe, The Thumpasaurus fled the earth to the outer reaches of space time - though the Thumpasaurus swore to return to the Earth as harbingers of the age of reawakening. In their last gift to the consciousness of the cosmic manifestation of the Earth and its beings, the Thumpasaurus wrote down the secrets of the Thump in a manuscript of real troof and buried it in a sacredly SECRET location (the appalachian mountains) in hopes that the Thump would survive and benefit future generations with happiness, love and thump. As buildings turned to sand, and memories to dust, so too did the ancient memory of the Thumpasaurus and with them disappeared the philosophy of Thump.

Muriel

Muriel, a self-described "roots-pop-rock" band, was founded in 2013 by Adrián Méhes, Bence Jobbágy, Áron Tálas and Bálint Szeifert "Jason" Szeifert. Their first album "Muriel" was released in 2014, from which the songs "Low", "11 Million Miles" and "She's Insaint" were regularly played on Mr2 Petőfi Radio.

The band announced their retirement in 2020, but returned in 2022 with a sold-out show at the Metro Club.

Encouraged by the positive reaction of the audience, the EP "Körbeér" was released in December 2022 with three songs in Hungarian.

The band is now actively touring and working on the songs for their next full-length album in Hungarian.

Re-forming was a no-strings-attached decision on the band's part, but from the atmosphere at the concerts and the reactions to the new songs, we decided that it made sense to continue. There are many, many people in Hungary who need this kind of music. From the YouTube views of the older songs and the interest in the new songs, we feel that our audience needs Muriel and we wouldn't want to let them down for the world.