Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, the San Francisco-based band fronted by singer and songwriter Thao Nguyen, will release their fourth studio album A Man Alive March 4 via Ribbon Music. “Nobody Dies,” the first track from the album, is now available for streaming.

A Man Alive was recorded at Tiny Telephone Studios in San Francisco and was produced by Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards. The two, close personal friends, experimented extensively during the creation of the record resulting in a new sound for Nguyen.

“With this record I had clearer vision and aspirations. I wanted emotion. I wanted power. I wanted A Man Alive to be beat- and bass-driven,” says Nguyen of the album. “A Man Alive is more instrumental, more riff- and loop-centric, and has more manipulated sounds.”
The new album also finds Nguyen exploring previously untouched subjects including her relationship with her father who left the family when she was a young girl. “The record is essentially about my relationship with my dad, its trajectory,” Nguyen says. “It’s a document of my life in conjunction with his, even though we’ve always been leading our lives away from each other. Some are optimistic and forgiving, some are the opposite.”

A Man Alive explores new territory for Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, but regardless of subject matter the songs on A Man Alive are vibrant and danceable, lending themselves well to the band’s trademark high-energy live show. Nguyen says, “I wanted to make a record that was very introspective and personal, but would also seek to communicate and that we would have fun performing. Not just fun, but I wanted a kind of crazy, rabid, animal energy. That’s my favorite thing about performing-you can tap into this frenzy.”

THAO & THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN LIVE

December 31 San Francisco, CA The Masonic*
March 25 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
March 26 Seattle, WA Neptune Theatre
March 27 Vancouver, BC The Cobalt
March 30 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Café#
March 31 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall#
April 1 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall#
April 2 St. Louis, MO The Ready Room#
April 3 Louisville, KY Headliners#
April 5 Asheville, NC Grey Eagle#
April 6 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge
April 7 Cincinnati, OH Woodward Theater#
April 8 Millvale, PA Mr. Smalls Theatre#
April 9 Toronto, ON Adelaide Hall^^
April 11 South Burlington, VT Higher Ground Ballroom^^
April 12 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair^^
April 13 New York, NY Webster Hall&
April 15 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club&
April 16 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts#
April 17 Richmond, VA The Broadberry
April 18 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
April 20 Atlanta, GA Terminal West
April 21 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks
April 22 Houston, TX Warehouse Live Studio
April 23 Austin, TX The Mohawk
April 24 Dallas, TX Trees
April 26 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad
April 27 Phoenix, AZ The Crescent Ballroom
April 28 Solana Beach, CA Belly Up
April 29 Los Angeles, CA The Regent Theatre

* with The Decemberists
# with Saintseneca
^^ with Little Scream
& with Saintseneca and Little Scream