Back in the day, when Thou had a problem with a crowd, they’d play pain sets. “We’d come out and play all of our longest, slowest songs to punish the audience,” guitarist Andy Gibbs remembers. These ...

On Thou’s new full-length album, Umbilical, they’re taking aim at a band they hold in extreme disdain: themselves. “Essentially, it’s a diss record,” says vocalist Bryan Funck. “But I’m dissing Thou.” ...