The Thrills – So Much For The City

The Thrills – So Much For The City

A sun-soaked and nostalgia-drenched debut, So Much For The City finds The Thrills channeling wide-open Americana through an Irish indie lens. Built on shimmering guitars, wistful melodies, and a cinematic sense of space, the album captures the feeling of youthful escape, road trips, and imagined versions of California dreamscapes.

Despite the band’s Dublin roots, the record is steeped in West Coast imagery — from beach towns and freeways to Hollywood daydreams and fading summer romance. The result is a sound that feels both familiar and slightly distant, like a memory you can’t quite place but don’t want to lose.

Tracks like “Big Sur,” “Santa Cruz (You’re Not That Far),” and “Hollywood Kids” showcase the band’s gift for melodic, harmony-rich songwriting, while deeper cuts like “Deckchairs And Cigarettes” and “Your Love Is Like Las Vegas” add emotional weight beneath the breezy exterior. The album’s closing hidden track section adds a quiet, reflective finish to its cinematic arc.

Warm, nostalgic, and effortlessly melodic, So Much For The City remains a standout early-2000s indie release and a defining moment for the band.

Tracklist:

1. Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far) (4:13)
2. Big Sur (3:07)
3. Don't Steal Our Sun (2:50)
4. Deckchairs And Cigarettes (4:58)
5. One Horse Town (3:14)
6. Old Friends, New Lovers (4:01)
7. Say It Ain't So (2:44)
8. Hollywood Kids (5:33)
9. Just Travelling Through (3:21)
10. Your Love Is Like Las Vegas (2:23)
    11a. 'Til The Tide Creeps In (5:02)
    11b. Plans (Hidden Track) (4:01)