Last year, however, saw front man David Thomas remixing the group’s 11th and 12 albums, Pennsylvania and St. Arkansas. It provided a rare opportunity to revisit and reflect on a pair of 20-year-old albums representing the halfway mark of the band’s career to date.
Thomas’ musical career dates back even further, to the legendary – if short-lived -- Rocket from the Tombs. Pere Ubu represents to the next step in that musical evolution, a journey that took him and an ever-changing lineup through 2019’s The Long Goodbye.
In spite of health problems, both Thomas and Pere Ubu still a mission to keep bringing music to the world.