Thornhill have unveiled visceral single ‘Mercia’, their first new music since 2025 album ‘BODIES’.
Coming as the Australian band take to arenas across the U.S. supporting Sleep Token on their ‘Even In Arcadia’ tour this autumn, the track continues the emotional streak as their latest full-length.
Speaking on ‘Mercia’, frontman Jacob Charlton has shared:
“‘Mercia’ is a song about loving someone lost in their own abyss. It speaks to the ache of giving everything—warmth, devotion, even the hope of carrying their pain—only to be met with silence and defences, by ‘vaults’ and ‘ice’. At its heart, the song is about the futility of trying to heal what resists healing, and the way that struggle leaves you altered, hardened, and haunted. By the close, the speaker admits they are sinking under the weight of their beloved’s spectre. They’ve been hardened by the experience — so much so that they can’t offer mercy anymore.”
Have a listen below:
In our Album Story digital cover feature earlier this year, Jacob described working on their new music, saying:
“I think we landed on ‘Bodies’ in the right way. We were ready to make the sound that we didn’t know we wanted until we did it. The process was less a case of, “We’ve done this before, so we can’t do it again” and more, ‘Can we do things better than what we are thinking and hearing right now.”
Thornhill are currently out on the road with Sleep Token playing a run of sold-out U.S. arena shows.
Have a look at the full list of remaining dates below:
SEPTEMBER
20 – Greensboro, NC – First Horizon Coliseum
22 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
23 – Worcester, MA – DCU Center
24 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
26 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
27 – Cincinnati, OH – Heritage Bank Center
28 – Rosemont, IL – Allstate Arena
30 – Lincoln, NE – Pinnacle Bank Arena
OCTOBER
01 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Center
03 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
05 – Salt Lake City, UT – Maverik Center
07 – Tacoma, WA – Tacoma Dome
08 – Portland, OR – Moda Center
10 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena
11 – Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena
