Thao & The Get Down Stay Down were laid to rest in 2021, and from the ashes THAO has risen. The following year the singer-songwriter released the song "Ambition" and covered Björk, and now she's finally back with "Fossils," her first new single in six years and her return to Kill Rock Stars.

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