Brooklyn Vegan — Geoff Rickly w/ United Nations at Saint Vitus on 8/2 (more by Greg Cristman) Former Thursday frontman Geoff RIckly has been a busy guy this year, having already put out releases with two bands he's currently singing in, post-hardcore art... more info

Stereogum — The last time I saw Geoff Rickly was eight years ago on the parking lot outside Giants Stadium in New Jersey. Maybe 30,000 impressionable teenagers were watching Rickly, and he looked miserable. Thursday, the post-hardcore band that Rickly had formed... more info

Stereogum — United Nations, the great post-hardcore band who just released the searing album The Next Four Years, is best-known for being the new project of former Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly. But the band has one other longtime member: Jonah Bayer, the forme... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The xx at Radio City in 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield) The last time The xx played NYC was when they played 25 shows for 40 people each at Park Avenue Armory in March (which Geoff Rickly paid $2000 to... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Don Devore has been involved in many projects over the years, including '90s Philly punk band Ink & Dagger (who briefly reunited in 2010/11 with Geoff Rickly on vocals) and Brooklyn psych pop band Amazing Baby (who... more info

Stereogum — “A new life, a new craze, a new sound, all the rage,” Geoff Rickly sings on “Serious Business,” the first song from United Nations’ new album The Next Four Years — except he’s demonically howling it, not singing, and you’d never pick ... more info

Stereogum — Geoff Rickly started his mysterious berserker hardcore project United Nations when he was still the frontman for Thursday, but now that his old band has run its course, he’s devoting more energy to his feral side. The Next Four Years, the new Unite... more info

Metalsucks — Listen to their not-very-good new song. The post No Devotion: Ex-Lostprophets Members and Thursday’s Geoff Rickly Team Up in New Band appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher United Nations (photo by Pablo Van Winkle) The tracks keep coming the highly anticipated sophomore album from United Nations, The Next Four Years (due 7/15 via Temporary Residence Ltd). You've already heard "Serious Business" and "Me... more info

The Independent — Lostprophets are back with a new single, having replaced convicted frontman Ian Watkins with ex-Thursday singer Geoff Rickly. more info