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JUN 21, 2026: Cubby Control Records releases San Francisco band Thriel's eponymous debut album despite controversial subject matter.



Thriel was formed as an offshoot of REPTIEL, which included members of seminal San Francisco bands The Cubby Creatures, Thee More Shallows and The Druggles.

Not ones to shy away from controversy with their mix of punk, indie and psych rock, Thriel takes on such thorny subjects as the fentanyl crisis in San Francisco, artificial intelligence, the billionaire space race, lab leaks, nuclear war and the Delphi murders, thus making themselves musici non grata across the political spectrum in their native San Francisco.

Thriel was recorded during 2024 and 2025 at Feast or Famine Records in San Francisco by outsider producer/engineer/session musician Jai Young Kim who is responsible for some of the most unheard underground music in San Francisco history.






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