Thou has always been a force of raw energy and unapologetic dissent, defying easy categorization and challenging listeners to confront the complexities of existence. Their forthcoming album, Umbilical, is their firmest nod to the raw intensity of obscure ’90s DIY hardcore punk. It’s a record filled with mosh-ready riffs, heavy breakdowns and scathing vocals. The band’s aesthetic and political impulses have always been punk. Like anyone embroiled in the subculture, Thou has been exploring what it means to exist within and without a rigid morality. That exploration takes thematic center on Umbilical, and their self-assessment is as harsh as the world around them. Today Thou shares Umbilical’s seething lead single and album centrepiece, “I Feel Nothing When You Cry,” of which the band tells u...