The Thrills' album artwork unveiled

hotpress.com is delighted to bring you this first peek at the artwork for The Thrills' new album, Let's Bottle Bohemia, which emerges through EMI Virgin on September 10.

As a special "thank you" to fans here, there will be an Ireland-only bonus DVD featuring interviews and live footage from their December 2003 Devil's Island Mayhem Tour, which culminated in the mother of all knees-ups at the Dublin Olympia.

"It's the story of The Thrills since our first record," says guitarist Daniel Ryan. "When a band makes their second album, the way to look at it is, 'Could you put those songs on the first album?' If you can't, then you know you've made a good album. It should always be a step forward."

As previously revealed on this here site, 'Faded Beauty Queens' and 'The Curse Of Comfort' respectively feature REM's Peter Buck on mandolin and violin.

"Peter came to the dressing-room afterwards," Ryan recalls of their Glastonbury '03 introduction. "We were chatting and I was saying how he should play guitar on our new album and he said, 'Yeah, definitely, give me a call.' I didn't really think anything of it. Well, I rang and left a message while Peter and his wife were away. We only had two days left in the studio, but his wife called back and said, 'Peter will be there tomorrow.'"