Thou represents an aspect of Louisiana that's close to my heart.
The members know the suburbs of New Orleans and Baton Rouge well. I've personally known Bryan, Thou's singer, for most of my life, and he's been committed to the New Orleans underground music scene for as long as I've known him. He helped keep DIY punk alive in the city throughout the early 2000s during the post-Hurricane Katrina era.
Thou captures a strange irreverence in their sound and visuals that's specific to the region and is rooted in decades of house shows, zine libraries, urban exploration, protests, and carnival theater. Their style has greatly influenced the design of NORCO, and for that reason it felt natural for Geography of Robots to collaborate with Thou on our soundtrack.
Today we have two announcements – the first is the NORCO Original Soundtrack, a collaborative album available March 24 that contains the complete in-game score by Gewgawly I (Geography of Robots composer) as well as an album's worth of new songs by Thou. We've put out six track samples from the album. Check out the whole playlist here or hear some of Thou's 'View of a Burning City':
The second announcement is the NORCO Special Edition bundle, also available March 24. With the bundle you'll get a deal on the base game plus the NORCO Original Soundtrack and The Art of NORCO digital artbook all together.
We're 3 weeks away from launch! Thank you, sincerely, for all the interest and support that's carried us this far.
Y.