Thistle Sifter (CD)
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Forever The Optimist is Barnes’ latest and most ambitious work to date, offering a more
eclectic and symphonic sound to his ever-expanding body of work. Where previous albums A Spectral Moon (2022) and Circles (2024) strongly focused on personal struggles with health, acceptance and letting go of the past. Forever The Optimist deals with existential issues caused by man's neglect of our natural environment and fellow humans in the pursuit of neverending growth.
Heavily inspired by writers Jay Griffiths, George Monbiot, Omar El Akkad and Siddharth
Kara, the eight compositions touch on themes such as land use, animal rights, cobalt mining in the Congo, climate breakdown, neo-liberalism and the media’s complicity in genocide. Each track on the album is accompanied by thematic visuals.
Thistle Sifter has been captivating audiences with its immersive audiovisual live experience
throughout Europe in recent years, including AFAS Live in Amsterdam (with Sigur Rós), Le
Guess Who? Festival (Utrecht) & Roadburn Festival (Tilburg). The band has shared a stage
with Oh Hiroshima (Sweden), Midas Fall (UK), Törzs (Hungary) & Mother of Millions
(Greece). The live line-up features Pete Barnes (guitar & synths), Nils Breunese (guitar), Alex Rushmer (bass & synths), Koen Klarenbeek (drums).
Have a look and a listen:
THISTLE SIFTER - 'Forever The Optimist' Album Announcement
THISTLE SIFTER - 'One Fleeting Glance'
Tracks:
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
Format: CD
Artist: Thistle Sifter
Release Date: February 6, 2026